Micro muses
- Any of my Renfrewshire homies fancy doing the Linwood parkrun on Saturday morning? 2 hours ago
- RT @_JamieMcIntyre: Sadly reflective of general lack of Gaelic knowledge amongst wider population - should never have got as far as this wi… 2 hours ago
- RT @Dr_PhilippaW: Ah, but they weren't SNP MPs! It is always #SNPBaad only need to look at response to #BabyBox twitter.com/aitken_marc/st… 3 hours ago
- RT @ShonaMurrayNT: Finally @Telegraph has gone too far with its propaganda. Not even the willing could believe a headline as far-fetched as… 11 hours ago
- RT @Rachael_Swindon: It's really no surprise there's so many misconceptions about benefits when you get a whole night of poverty being used… 11 hours ago
Monthly Archives: September 2012
Accessible Access
“Accessible Access”. That is what a sign just off Edinburgh’s Chapel Street (near the University) states. I should have taken then posted a photo of said sign, I might even make a special pilgrimage to it one day. Being a … Continue reading
Confounding Consultations
The Scottish Government’s Consultation on the Proposed Community Empowerment and Renewal Bill draws to a close on 26 September 2012. I have already blogged about certain aspects of the consultation. Rather than rehash previous utterances, I will offer some brief … Continue reading
Welcome to the DPLP
Where has the summer gone, eh? “What summer?” I hear you cry in response, as we shamble from one non-descript-not-quite-so-rubbish-as-the-others season into the conjoined malaise that is autumn/winter. Thankfully, the reader will note this is not another weather blog, although … Continue reading
Property and positive obligations under the ECHR
The European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“ECHR”) is a well known, sometimes misunderstood but crucially important international law instrument. It does many things, from its absolute prohibition on torture (no exceptions or wriggle room as far … Continue reading
Posted in Devolution, ECHR, Land Reform, Law, Property
Tagged ECHR, Human Rights, Land Reform, Law, Scots law
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Harming Scots Law
“Holyrood ‘has harmed’ Scots law”. That, at least, is what a BBC headline proclaimed in its report of comments by a well known, respected and livewire Scots legal commentator Alastair Bonnington. His initial comments in the Times (presumably available behind … Continue reading
