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Have you ever seen Dumbarton Rock?
Dumbarton Sheriff Court (Crown Copyright) That august publication, the Lennox Herald, reports that the High Court will, as of 22nd February 2010 sit in Dumbarton for the first time. The Scottish Court...
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Sheriff Derek O’Carroll
Derek O’Carroll, the first principal solicitor of Govan Law Centre, has been appointed as an all-Scotland floating sheriff – based in Edinburgh. He will have a commission enabling him to serve where...
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Good old fashioned penny pinching
At the risk of sounding like Jeremy Clarkson, let me add my voice to the chorus of disbelief surrounding the untimely death of solicitor Alison Hume. In 2008, while taking a short-cut home, she fell...
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judges.com
As you may have noted, Scotland’s judiciary have launched a new website, and a very nice one it is too: Judiciary of Scotland. One thing that I noticed was that it uses a .org.uk SLD (second level...
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Jazzing up the Judiciary
The latest web review for the Journal is now available online. In the magazine it bears the title “Judges for the people” and is all about the new Judiciary of Scotland website. An excerpt: “The site...
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As much as possible
During the last Holyrood elections, my colleague and I paid a visit to a candidate, who is now in a position of some responsibility and influence. We asked the candidate what his/her position was on...
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As ithers see us …
Basshunter So, Basshunter has been cleared of charges of sexual assault at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court. Which is fine, but what interested me was the way in which it was reported in some online news...
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Court Service’s Online Makeover
Screenshot from the new, improved Scottish Court Service website I note that the Scottish Court Service has indulged in an online makeover. As far as I can make out, the content remains the same. The...
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