scottish government

McFall calls for Scottish fraud office

Iain Nisbet
December 17, 2008 00:13

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 Serious Fraud Office which investigates financial crime in...

Priests and Jurymen

Iain Nisbet
December 02, 2008 21:23

The Scottish Government's recent consultation paper "The Modern Scottish Jury in Criminal Trials" has raised an interesting dilemma for Kelvin Holdsworth, the Provost of St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral in Glasgow. He asks (as does the consultation) "whether or not you think that...

Scottish Legal Aid Board re-appointments

Iain Nisbet
November 25, 2008 00:03

The Cabinet Secretary for Justice has re-appointed existing Board members Sheriff Kenneth Ross, Elaine Rosie and Susan McPhee to the Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB). Their first terms of appointment ended on March 31, 2008.

Sturgeon "not persuaded" on euthanasia

Iain Nisbet
November 03, 2008 23:06

Nicola Sturgeon MSP, the Health Secretary, has been reported as saying she was "not persuaded" that assisted suicide should be made legal, after independent MSP Margo MacDonald said she hoped to bring legislation on the subject before Holyrood next year. Ms. Sturgeon (with whom I once...

Save Pollok Park

Iain Nisbet
September 05, 2008 23:32

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 technically allowable as a reason to review the planning decision - so...