“To Scotland, it is as important as Parmesan is to Italy and champagne is to France. Now the national dress, the kilt, could soon get the same type of brand protection as its European counterparts.”
The Independent, 29th February 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Scottish Government is to scrap laws which allow children under 16 to be held in jail without having been convicted of an offence.”
BBC News, 21st February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Scottish Government has decided against a ban on animal snares.”
BBC News, 20th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“English cancer patients should rent a second home in Scotland to gain access to drugs not available in England, an expert on NHS law suggested yesterday.”
The Times, 14th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The constitutional relationship between England and the rest of the United Kingdom has been thrown to the centre of the next general election after senior Conservatives backed plans to strip Scottish MPs of the right to vote on English matters.”
The Times, 29th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Somerville and others v Scottish Ministers (HM Advocate General for Scotland intervening)
“The time-limit in s 7(5) of the Human Rights Act 1998 did not apply to a claim for damages based on breach of a Convention right by a member of the Scottish Executive where the act or failure to act relied on was outside devolved competence and thus ultra vires in terms of the Scotland Act 1998.”
WLR Daily, 17th October 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Moncrieff and another v Jamieson and others [2007] UKHL 42
“A servitude right to park vehicles, where necessary for the comfortable use and enjoyment of a right of vehicular access, was capable of being constituted in the law of Scotland as ancillary thereto.”
WLR Daily, 17th October 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“A poor work-life balance and the high cost of living is leading English lawyers to head north of the border to practise, according to Scottish law firms and recruiters.”
The Lawyer, 3rd September 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Gerry Cunningham is a lucky man. This morning his estranged lottery-winning wife Angela promised to share her winnings but under Scottish law she has no obligation to be so generous.”
The Times, 15th August 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A former Libyan intelligence officer found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing was given permission today to launch a second appeal against his conviction.”
The Times, 3rd July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Libyan intelligence agent convicted of the Lockerbie bombing has been granted a second appeal after an independent commission ruled yesterday that his conviction was unsafe.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th June 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Advocates must respect privilege
Wilson v. Jaymarke Estates Ltd.
House of Lords
“Although an appeal to the House of Lords could be brought without leave from the Inner House of the Court of Session in an appeal against a final judgment of a sheriff court, the appeal was limited to questions of law.”
The Times, 28th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
When accused tries to import victim’s sexual history
Privy Council
“A Scottish statute providing that when a court gave permission for a person accused of certain sexual offences to lead evidence of the alleged victim’s previous sexual history, there was a presumption in favour of laying before the jury the accused’s previous convictions for sexual offences unless he could show that such disclosure would not be in the interests of justice, or would prejudice his right to a fair trial.”
The Times, 12th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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