Author Archives: Iain Nisbet

The House of Lords has ruled, in the case of Helow v. Secretary of State for the Home Department, that the fair-mided and informed observer would not have considered there was a real possibility of bias in Lady Cosgrove’s hearing … Continue reading →

The Equality and Human Rights Commission is to consider whether to use its statutory powers to bring a legal challenge against Aberdeen City Council on whether their recent budget cuts have been “equality impact assessed” as required by law. The … Continue reading →

According to the International Middle East Media Centre, a group of international legal personalities from Ireland and Scotland visited eastern parts of the Gaza Strip on Sunday, mainly in the southern Khan Younis city, observing the damage caused by continuous … Continue reading →

BBC News reports that Sheriff Hogg in Edinburgh Sheriff Court has fined a Polish man £100 for breach of the peace for taking a photo of an unwell (the report suggests possibly drunk) woman outside a pub. The Sheriff is … Continue reading →

Hot on the heels of my own heroic efforts in the case of M. v. Aberdeenshire Council and Campbell Smith‘s class size busting case in East Lothian Council, Petitioners, comes another parental victory in a placing request appeal to the … Continue reading →

Just a brief post, to draw your attention to the good news story in the Herald about prisoners making time to help themselves and their communities by contributing to community time banks. Heartwarming isn’t it? Community service in the truest … Continue reading →

According to the Daily Record, the number of women training to be advocates in Scotland’s courts is set to equal the number of male devils for the first time. Numbers of women have risen recently and this year’s autumn intake … Continue reading →

The Stornoway Gazette reports that Calmax Construction Company, based in Lewis, were fined a total of £10,000 for waste and pollution charges. It seems that Calmax were demolishing a house and the rubble left over contained a substantial amount of … Continue reading →