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This Ol' House

Iain Nisbet

January 07, 2009 00:11

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 legislation will require landlords to notify the local authority...

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...

The Cost of Equality

Iain Nisbet

September 23, 2008 22:18

So, other than Gavin Henson's return to first team rugby with the Ospreys, what else has caught my eye today? Well, Mark Irvine of Action 4 Equality has discovered that the cost to Glasgow City Council of all the "independent" lawyers advising equal pay claimants on their compromise...

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...