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This is a brief blog to explain the background to the rented housing amendments I lodged at Stage 2 of the Coronavirus (Scotland) (No.2) Bill on Tuesday 19 May and those I intend to lodge at Stage 3 to be
Continue readingThis is a brief blog to explain the background to the rented housing amendments I lodged at Stage 2 of the Coronavirus (Scotland) (No.2) Bill on Tuesday 19 May and those I intend to lodge at Stage 3 to be
Continue readingI have just realised that I have never posted the good news about my defamation case here on my own website so here is it for the record. I won! Lord Clark ruled comprehensivelty in my favour in an Opinion
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Over the past few months I have been assisting a constituent to resist a Notice to Quit served on him to evict him from his home. I have set a Crowdfunder up to raise funds to pursue a legal case
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Over the past few months I have been assisting a constituent to resist a Notice to Quit served on him to evict him from his home. I have set a Crowdfunder up to raise funds to pursue a legal case
Continue readingThe case of Wildcat Haven Enterprises CIC vs Andy Wightman has been running in Court 6 at the Court of Session before Lord Clark, presiding.The case opened on Tuesday 29 October. As a defender I am unable to comment on
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Today, I have published a consultation that that will help inform the Scottish Greens’ scrutiny of the Non-Domestic Rates (Scotland) Bill This Bill is the first ever primary legislation in the history of devolution dealing with the non-domestic rating system
Continue readingOn 21 March 2017 I was served with a summons by Wildcat Haven Enterprises CIC. It is a defamation action in which the pursuer is claiming £750,000 damages (plus 8% annual interest). The action relates to two blogs I wrote
Continue readingTo mark Highland Titles Day (10 Feb 2015), here’s some recent twaddle from @KDKA TV in Pittsburgh broadcast on 5 December 2018.
Continue readingOn 20 March 2017, I was served with a summons by Wildcat Haven Enterprises CIC claiming that I had defamed them and seeking damages of £750,000 (now £810,000 with 8% interest). The allegations relate to two blogs I published in
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