Clinical legal education practitioners from across the UK converged on the University of Birmingham on 10 September 2026, for the annual CLEO conference on the theme of ideas, impact and innovation…

A blog (sign)post follows, to flag and introduce my comment in the Scots Law Times about a recent case concerning a former residential tenant seeking a penalty award from their former landlord. The…

Clinical legal education practitioners from across the UK converged on the University of Birmingham on 10 September 2026, for the annual CLEO conference on the theme of ideas, impact and innovation…

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Abstract. This article examines recent proposals to introduce a right to a healthy environment in Scotland as part of a new Human Rights Bill. With the int

We are delighted to host an in-person Q&A event with Lord Ericht in collaboration with The Franco-British Lawyers Society

This is the first blog published since I installed new software to handle email notifications to subscribers. I hope it all works properly. If not, please let me know. I have also added a donate butto...

There has been disagreement between queuers and others skipping the line to reach the top of Yr Wyddfa.

This blog has hosted content about access flashpoints in the past – from Dalkeith, to Beauly, to the Trossachs, to Glasgow, and beyond. Here comes a post about Glen Lyon and North Chesthill E…

The rules have sparked anger, with one estate agent saying there has been no viewings for 18 months.

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The image above appeared on the front cover of the Sunday National on 16 August 2026. The story highlighted the ongoing charges faced by the Isle of Skye Ferry CIC, the community company that operates...

NatureScot says Chesthill Estate in Glen Lyon "doesn’t always appear to be compliant with Scotland’s access rights."

The PM wants the public to avoid using single-use grills during the current spell of extremely dry weather.

I’ve never tried guga. I smelt it once, and that was enough for me. In Tiree, the traditional seabird meat was sgarbh (cormorant). My father’s generation remembers the recipes well. It was boiled, and then fried or turned into soup with a good whack of potatoes. It had a fishy, gamey flavour – much like you could imagine a deer would taste if it lived on a steady diet of fish.

The scheme is one of six community projects to be given Scottish government support.

NatureScot's latest guga hunt statement, updated on 3 August 2026.

I’ve never eaten Guga, and wouldn’t thank you for a bite of it, but I did use to live beside Craig Dunain. Craig Dunain is as apt a place as any for the conclusion of this round of controversy over…

'Weird Al' Yankovic revealed he turned down a seven-figure offer to perform at the state-sponsored Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

A STATUTE forbidding Bearing of ARMOUR

Councillor George Madgwick’s constituents also received 'breaking news' messages and links to his social media posts

A Scottish council spent close to £75,000 fighting a court battle to avoid holding a public consultation over the sale of a piece of land - only to…