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The Times Online reports that David Hartnett, head of Revenue and Customs, is to write to Scotland’s top civil servant saying that there is no legal basis for a local tax and that the Revenue would refuse to collect it. … Continue reading →

Don’t forget to check out Mike Dailly’s new blog in The Firm Magazine. Entertainingly titled “Dailly’s Weekly Blog” it kicks off with an attack on proposals to introduce ABS (Alternative Business Structure) to the legal profession in Scotland, concluding (with … Continue reading →

In the first ruling of its kind, a judge has ordered the Royal Bank of Scotland to install a lift so that a wheelchair user can have the same access as any other customer. Furthermore, in recognising the embarrassing treatment … Continue reading →

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!