Tag: legal
Bonnington displayed ‘political agenda’ in attacks on Scottish government claims legal...
By a Newsnet reporter A leading lawyer who last week launched an astonishing attack on the SNP, claiming the party was playing to...
Realisation that referendum outwith their control slowly dawning on Westminster as...
By G.A.Ponsonby Scottish Secretary of State Michael Moore has given the clearest signal yet that Westminster is growing increasingly concerned with its lack...
Labour slams English exam fiasco as UK government faces legal action...
By Bob Duncan The UK Government is facing legal action in the wake of the fiasco over changes to the marking of this year's...
Experts split on Scottish Parliament referendum power
By G.A.Ponsonby Constitutional experts are in disagreement over whether the Scottish Parliament has the power to hold an independence referendum. Speaking on Good Morning Scotland...
Tony Blair blocked Iraq war legal advice claims former aide
By G.A.Ponsonby Former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair blocked the Cabinet from seeing documents detailing advice on the legality of the Iraq war. The claims...
BBC Scotland facing legal action over ‘defamatory’ claims in documentary
By Martin Kelly BBC Scotland is facing the threat of legal action after Rangers administrators Duff & Phelps accused the corporation of making defamatory...
The Wicked Witch of Westminster says the independence referendum is not...
By a Newsnet reporter Do you remember the movie ‘The Wizard of Oz’? Dorothy, the scarecrow, the tin man and the lion travelled all the...
Salmond warns Wallace ‘don’t tell Scottish people what they can do’
By G.A.Ponsonby Claims by Lib Dem peer Jim Wallace that the Scottish Government does not have the power to hold an independence referendum have...
Labour Justice Spokesman facing court over ‘alcohol violence lies’
By G.A.Ponsonby Labour’s Justice Spokesman Richard Baker has been warned he faces legal action over public statements he made linking the tonic wine Buckfast...