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A quick update of Mr. Matheson’s case. I learn from The Metro this morning that Mr. Matheson, the former Head of Hermitage Academy, has been struck off as a teacher for pockling money given by the ice cream van for … Continue reading →

You can now read my latest Yell.com blog post, all about new wheel clamping powers for the Scottish Court Service to assist in collecting unpaid fines. It’s called: New wheel clamping powers in Scotland. If someone were to clamp our … Continue reading →

Now that Scotland is enjoying it’s very own Da Vinci mystery, I thought I should have a shot at unravelling the tale for you. This potted version is taken from various newspaper reports I have been reading over the past … Continue reading →

Look at me! Look at me! I’m in the Scotsman, and on St. David’s Day as well – how ironic. In case you’re wondering why I’m not quoted, it’s because I forgot to phone the journalist back until he’d gone … Continue reading →

I see from a number of blogs (mostly from India, for some reason) Michael Mancini has evaded justice. As you may remember, Mr. Mancini was the motorist issue with a £60 fixed penalty notice for not being in control of … Continue reading →

At the same time as the Scottish Government were revealed to have plans to set up a special body to run a future referendum on independence (thus bypassing the Electoral Commission), an interesting legal opinion has been released on an … Continue reading →

I note that October’s edition of the Safer Communities journal has an interesting article called “Scotland’s approach to hate crime law.” The abstract reads as follows: Hate crime law and the criminal justice system in Scotland are different and distinct … Continue reading →

My new Yell.com solicitors blog post is all about the new HM Prison Low Moss, which is just down the road from where I live. However, I will confess that in our household, the only prison we take an active … Continue reading →

My first tweetle (is that the right word?)! My previous post on CCTV in the workplace made such a huge impression on the Interwebs that Yancey Thomas, with his Work Privacy tweddle-feed made a link to it with this twootum. … Continue reading →

So, here they are, the seven redacted paragraphs from the Binyam Mohamed case. The UK Government are now okay about them being in the public domain because the US has effectively put them in the public domain and, in any … Continue reading →