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Author Archives: Iain Nisbet
Fear not! The Absolvitor is here …
Exciting news! As part of a general revamp of their super website, Absolvitor has a new home on yell.com – although they do insist on calling me “The Absolvitor” … not sure why. It does make me sound kind of … Continue reading
Tommy Sheridan, the story so far …
In case you haven’t been following the Sheridan case closely, here is a summary of the evidence so far… Sundry Witness: “You are a liar.” Sheridan: “No, you are.” Sundry Witness: “No, you’re a liar for saying I’m a liar.” … Continue reading
Posted in Criminal Law, Defamation, News
Tagged High Court of Justiciary, Perjury, Tommy Sheridan
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Jazzing up the Judiciary
The latest web review for the Journal is now available online. In the magazine it bears the title “Judges for the people” and is all about the new Judiciary of Scotland website. An excerpt: “The site includes pen portraits and … Continue reading
Law Centres Update 4
Another round up of what’s been happening in Law Centres across the UK. Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, Law Centres, News
Tagged Law Society of Scotland, Scottish Legal Aid Board
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Sex, lies and pantomime
There may still be 80 days until Christmas, but it’s pantomime season already as the Tommy Sheridan perjury trial kicked off on Monday 4 October. Continue reading
Posted in Criminal Law, Defamation, Glasgow, Legal Aid, News
Tagged damages, High Court of Justiciary, Legal aid, Perjury, Tommy Sheridan
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Flying the flag for Scotland
The Royal Banner of the Royal Arms of Scotland may be known to you and me as “The Lion Rampant” but it has been the banner of the Kings of Scotland for centuries. Continue reading
Posted in Criminal Law, From the Archives, Scottish Government
Tagged Court of the Lord Lyon, Heraldry
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judges.com
As you may have noted, Scotland’s judiciary have launched a new website, and a very nice one it is too: Judiciary of Scotland. One thing that I noticed was that it uses a .org.uk SLD (second level domain). The Scottish Courts Service (still) uses a .gov.uk SLD. Continue reading
The law of hearsay
As every student of Scots law knows, Section 2 of the Civil Evidence (Scotland) Act 1988 allows for the admissibility of hearsay evidence in civil cases: “evidence shall not be excluded solely on the ground that it is hearsay”. Continue reading
Respect the family …
This month’s Journal website review is now available online. It’s called “The Family Way” and manages to avoid any Mafia related jokes altogether (hmm … must try harder). Continue reading
Lions, and tigers, and bears – oh my!
Further forays into areas of the law in which I do not excel. This week – personal injury law. I start with the law relating to injuries caused by dogs and other animals. Continue reading
Absolvitor: Scots Law Online 