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Life of A Law Student. Newer posts →. September 24, 2011 · 2:49 pm. Week 2: Continuing smoothly along. Well the second week of semester has drawn to a close and classes are nearly all in full swing. It has been, as usual, a busy week and the difference in work load between second and third year is really very noticeable. There is certainly a lot more reading involved. The next few weeks are devoted to looking at the joys of VAT and SDLT, so hopefully it won’t be quite as boring as it sounds! Well this we...

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Jonathan Mitchell QC >> Success rate in judicial review petitions in Scotland

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Scots law and legal practice. Success rate in judicial review petitions in Scotland. Printer-friendly format for this post. This post quotes in full a recent response by the Office of the Advocate General. To a freedom of information request by Alan Caskie. The vast majority of these were in cases that were settled before a full hearing. I take a number of points from these tables. First, there is no evidence of any widespread problem of what the Civil Courts Review. Third, the repeated claims of the UK ...

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Jonathan Mitchell QC >> The Court of Session meets article 6 of the ECHR

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Scots law and legal practice. The Court of Session meets article 6 of the ECHR. Printer-friendly format for this post. In what seems to be an odd coincidence, there were two apparently unrelated developments this month concerning the systemic problem of delay in civil appeals in the Inner House: one in Edinburgh, one in Strasbourg where the European Court of Human Rights considered the practice and procedure of the Court of Session. Comes into force on 5th April 2010. Review of Inner House Business.

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Jonathan Mitchell QC >> Representing victims of trafficking in Scotland

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Scots law and legal practice. Representing victims of trafficking in Scotland. Printer-friendly format for this post. The Equal Opportunities Committee of the Scottish Parliament is carrying out an inquiry into migration and trafficking in Scotland. Giving evidence to its meeting of 18 May. The Ethnic Minorities Law Centre. 8221; The Scottish Refugee Council. There’s a topical seminar on this issue, arranged by the Scottish Refugee Council together with the Murray Stable. Enter email address for notifica...

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Jonathan Mitchell QC >> Edinburgh

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Scots law and legal practice. Archive for the 'Edinburgh' Category. Answers to last month’s quiz. Below Nobody got more than one question right, so rather than embarrass my loyal readership I am awarding myself the prize in terms of Rule 5. 1 Which published Court of Session opinion was removed from the Scotcourts website at the request of one party because its contents were said to be commercially confidential? Hat-tip to Douglas Macgregor. BSA International v Irvine. One response so far. To raise issue...

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Jonathan Mitchell QC >> Forthcoming conference: Scottish Public Law Group

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Scots law and legal practice. Forthcoming conference: Scottish Public Law Group. Printer-friendly format for this post. The Scottish Public Law Group’s. Annual conference for 2010 will be held on Monday 7 June at the Playfair Library in Old College, Edinburgh University. The full programme is available here. This will be fully booked so get your place quick. 1987 SLT 179. The Civil Courts Review. Where the intervener need not show title and interest; the role of the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

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Ipse Dixit: Examination in chief, redux

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The unsubstantiated and ill-informed opinions of one elderly Scots Law student. Monday, 29 November 2010. Examination in chief, redux. Now I have to get down to the serious work of revising for the imminent Contract, Criminal, and Constitutional law exams. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Elderly Law student, double bassist, jazz freak, beer drinker, computer scientist, geographer, and father. View my complete profile. Mar 27 - Apr 3. Feb 27 - Mar 6. Jan 16 - Jan 23. Dec 12 - Dec 19. Dec 5 - Dec 12.

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Ipse Dixit: 27/02/11 - 06/03/11

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The unsubstantiated and ill-informed opinions of one elderly Scots Law student. Monday, 28 February 2011. It's a legal matter. baby. Alexandrou v Oxford [1993] 4 All E.R. 328. Dorset Yacht Co v Home Office [1970] AC 1004. Gibson v Orr 1999 SC 420. Gilfillan v Barbour 2003 SLT 1127. Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire [1989] AC 53. They don't seem to be at too great a variance from the Reclaimer's (appellant to Englishers) authorities:. Gibson v Orr 1999 SC 420. Police (Scotland) Act 1967. The latest...