Author Archives: Iain Nisbet

Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People, Kathleen Marshall, has announced that she will not seek reappointment when her term of office comes to an end next April. The Scottish Parliament’s Corporate Body (SPCB) will recruit her successor. Kathleen Marshall … Continue reading →

The Scottish Ministers have decided (on 3rd September) not to call in an application by Go Ape! to build an adventure playground in Pollok Park and have sent it back to Glasgow City Council. The volume of objections is not … Continue reading →

From the pages of Jonathan Mitchell QC: The Murray Stable has now formed four special interest groups: employment, public law, commercial and insolvency, and family law. The Family Law Group is holding a public launch on 22 September at the … Continue reading →

As reported by Techno Llama among many, many others, Google’s new browser “Chrome” had a few teething problems, with initial versions of the Terms of Use claiming the rights to “any Content that you submit, post or display on or … Continue reading →

In an outstanding example of joined-up government (or, depending on your view, hypocrisy and stupidity), Aberdeen City Council are calling on the Scottish Government to allow them to pass local laws to criminalise begging on the streets. This, just months … Continue reading →

The Scottish Government has announced its legislative programme for the coming year. Here it is in full: EDUCATION (ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR LEARNING) (AMENDMENT) (SCOTLAND) BILL; ARBITRATION (SCOTLAND) BILL; BUDGET (SCOTLAND) BILL; CHILDREN’S HEARINGS (SCOTLAND) BILL; SCOTTISH CLIMATE CHANGE BILL; COUNCIL … Continue reading →

You may already have noticed, but there have been a few changes to the Legal Links section of the website, in particular, some tweaks to the Courts & Case Law page and a new(ish) Tribunals page. The Sheriff Officers and … Continue reading →

I came across this on another blog and really liked the idea. IRREPRESSIBLE.INFO is an Amnesty International campaign, which highlights Internet censorship across the globe. From the site: “Chat rooms monitored. Blogs deleted. Websites blocked. Search engines restricted. People imprisoned … Continue reading →

The 83 year old protester who was stopped and searched under the Terrorism Act for wearing an anti-Blair t-shirt has had his complaint against police upheld. John Catt was searched by police at the Labour Party Conference in 2005 in … Continue reading →