Author Archives: Iain Nisbet

A number of female pupils have been excluded from Grey Coat Hospital School in London in relation to an abusive facebook page about a teacher. The group was called “The Hate Society” and 29 girls signed up as members of … Continue reading →

News reaches us from the Christian Legal Centre that Gary McFarlane, a relationship counsellor, has won a claim for wrongful dismissal against Relate Avon. He was sacked because his Christian beliefs prevented him giving sex therapy to homosexual couples. The … Continue reading →

The Court of Appeal has ruled that workplace harrassment “on the grounds of” sexual orientation may be unlawful regardless of whether the victim is (or is thought to be) of the sexuality in question. A Mr. English was married with … Continue reading →

An article from the Nearly Legal housing law blog alerts draws my attention to the imminent (well, 1st April 2009) coming into force of Section 11 of the Homelessness etc (Scotland) Act 2003. This long awaited jigsaw piece of the … Continue reading →

The naked rambler has been jailed for (another) 12 months for a breach of the peace. He was brought into the dock at Glasgow Sheriff Court already naked, having been arrested at the same court just last month trying to … Continue reading →

John McFall MP, who is the chairman of the Treasury Select Committee, has called for a change in the law to help Scotland tackle serious “white collar crime”. He has raised concerns that Scotland has no equivalent body to the … Continue reading →

Law Actually brings us this story of insurance firms using facebook to scupper personal injury cases. So, think twice before posting that video of you limbo dancing while you’re supposed to be recovering from a serious back injury!

Today, 10 December, sees the anniversary of the death (in 1747) of Duncan Forbes, Lord Culloden (1685-1747). Studying law at Leiden University, he became an advocate and sheriff of Midlothian in 1709. He was elected MP for Inverness in 1722 … Continue reading →

A unique guide to the rights of parents of school-age children in Scotland was launched today by Consumer Focus Scotland. CFS have produced a third edition of the highly popular reference book on Scots education law The A-Z of Scots … Continue reading →

The High Court today refused the Christian Legal Centre and CORE permission to judicially review the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority’s decision to grant research licences which involves creating animal human hybrids. The main concern in this case was that … Continue reading →