My apologies for disappearing temporarily from the blogosphere.  I to have been left grounded by the volcano! I was in Strasbourg at the European Court of Human Rights, but that is a story for another day (and yes, the court covers plastic...

It takes a really burning issue to produce the heated public debate that we have seen split the Scottish Legal profession over the last few weeks. But that’s exactly how lawyers have reacted to the proposal before the Scottish Parliament, to in...

I read an interesting story in the paper today which expressed outrage that the family of a prisoner should receive a high level of compensation for what the paper called “falling out of his prison bed”   When I read between the lines...

Recently a friend of mine was involved in a road traffic accident, she was sitting at a set of traffic lights when another car drove into the back of her vehicle. She was shocked and had a very sore neck. She swapped details with the other driver and t...

The Army has been given a sharp reminder of its legal duty to ensure the health and safety of our troops when they are engaged in non-combat duties, even if they happen to be working in a war zone. One of my colleagues helped the mother of soldier Rob...

A recent insurance company survey found that road accidents are decreasing but rear-end shunts are increasing and now account for almost a quarter of all accidents. Typically the victim of a rear-end shunt will suffer whiplash injuries, usually to the...