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4 Dec 2006, 4:48 am
Scotland - first FOIA court caseFrom BBC news, an important case from Scotland (note that Scotland does not have the Tribunal step as under the Uk FOIA - cases go from ICO to Court"):Information commissioner Kevin Dunion has won a legal battle over the release of data relating to childhood leukaemia cases in Dumfries and Galloway. [read post]
29 Nov 2006, 1:56 am
"The Herald - Arms flights prosecution ruled out"According to papers released under the Freedom of Information Act, Prestwick Airport's freight-handling department was told only verbally about the dangerous cargo, when the operator should have had special written permission to "carry munitions of war in UK airspace".Scotsman - Scotland 'unprepared' for disaster"A comprehensive report by the Centre for Disaster Management has identified key… [read post]
28 Nov 2006, 11:49 am
According to this article from the BBC News, one-third of religious crime in Scotland is football related. [read post]
28 Nov 2006, 4:51 am
Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, ABN Amro Holding, Lehman Brothers and the Royal Bank of Scotland will provide the debt to Huawei Technologies, the report said. [read post]
28 Nov 2006, 4:48 am
On August 19, 2005, the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), leading a consortium that included investment banker Merrill Lynch and Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing, acquired a 19.9 per cent stake in Bank of China, the second largest in the country in terms of assets, with an investment estimated at $2.5 billion. [read post]
27 Nov 2006, 3:55 am
.: "A clear majority of people in both England and Scotland are in favour of full independence for Scotland, an ICM opinion poll for The Sunday Telegraph has found. [read post]
23 Nov 2006, 2:01 am
In Witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names at Cape Cod the eleventh of November, in the Reign of our Sovereign Lord, King James of England, France and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth. [read post]
21 Nov 2006, 3:17 am
The Seven Wonders of the Modern World according to the American Society of Civil Engineers (in 1994) were:The 31-mile Channel Tunnel under the North Sea, linking Britain and EuropeThe CN Tower in Toronto, the world's tallest freestanding structure on landThe Empire State Building in New York CityThe Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco BayThe Itaipu Dam between Brazil and ParaguayThe Netherlands North Sea Protection WorksThe Panama CanalWorld Wonders Built in Recent YearsIn our view, a number of… [read post]
19 Nov 2006, 7:51 am
"Scotland Yard has launched an investigation into an audacious attempt to murder â € “ using a deadly poison â € “ a leading Russian defector at a restaurant in London. . . . [read post]
18 Nov 2006, 7:20 am
The defence of provocation has been discussed this week by two senior legal figures in Scotland and England. [read post]
17 Nov 2006, 3:24 am
CFOI Scotland training course 22 November: RE-SCHEDULED for 17 January 2007The Campaign for FOI in Scotland have re-scheduled their planned November 22nd course to January 17th. [read post]
15 Nov 2006, 10:13 am
Similar: Apr. 9 (Scotland), May 9 and Jun. 8, 2000, etc. [read post]
29 Oct 2006, 3:02 pm
The idea, submitted by Scotland Yard to Attorney General Lord Goldsmith [official profile], is aimed at curbing unruly protestors and suppressing opportunities for incitement to violence by banning flag burning in general as well as requiring protestors to keep their faces [read post]
28 Oct 2006, 9:32 pm
And news of this surprising case has spread to distant shores such as Scotland. [read post]
28 Oct 2006, 3:06 pm
David Safavian, a Bush administration official who enjoyed golfing with Jack Abramoff in Scotland on Abramoff's dime, will be taking an 18 month break from the links. [read post]
28 Oct 2006, 3:44 am
Safavian participated in the Scotland golf trip that has also ensnared Ohio Congressman... [read post]
27 Oct 2006, 7:05 am
The BBC reports thatOne in 10 of Glasgow's financial call centres has been infiltrated by criminal gangs, police believe.The scam works by planting staff inside offices or by forcing current employees to provide sensitive customer details.The information is then used to steal identities and fraudulently set up accounts or transfer money...Det Ch Insp Derek Robertson of Strathclyde Police told the BBC's Newsnight Scotland programme that there were a large number of call centres in… [read post]
23 Oct 2006, 12:24 pm
Our experiences in using the technique (derived largely but not wholly from medical education) have been encouraging, and the blog will track our experiences of further use in the GGSL, and our joint projects with other legal education providers in Scotland and elsewhere. [read post]
22 Oct 2006, 5:11 pm
The Pacific-McGeorge faculty often gets together to see new "arty" films, and this time around, we saw "The Last King of Scotland," which takes as its subject the brutal regime of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. [read post]
22 Sep 2006, 2:16 am
"In contrast: Recent findings from the Committee on Standards in Public Life (based at Westminster) - Survey of public attitudes towards conduct in public life found that "Views in Scotland are very similar to the national average, but fewer people in Northern Ireland would describe standards as very or quite high (35%) and 17% rate standards as very or quite low. [read post]
