…or a shameless self promotion Today, at approximately 5pm, the late Margo MacDonald’s Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill, adopted by Partick Harvie, will most likely be defeated at Stage 1. it’ll mark the third time in as many Parliaments that a bill that would legalise Assisted Suicide would fail to pass. This bill in particular has come in for pretty harsh criticism, and the Committee hasn’t been … Continue reading The 3rd Death of Assisted Suicide…
…or a long story on a lot of not very much. It’s been a busy few weeks for me. In the past few weeks on the Diploma I’ve had 6 or 7 assessments, some written, some oral and some both. Street Law lessons have been great – and I was part of a ‘Day of Street Law’ at Kyle Academy in Ayr {Which I will be … Continue reading Refuge in Audacity?
…or why I want the Scottish Government to burden me with Student Debt. As Nicola Sturgeon took over the reins of the SNP at the weekend, she declared that now they, and not the Labour Party, were the party of social justice in Scotland. In support of this, the abolition of tuition fees for Scottish Students in Scotland. The Labour Party opposed this, and so showed … Continue reading Free is not Cheaper…
…or why a perfectly innocent question from an Glasgow Lawyer made me think. I’m coming to the end of my 3rd week of my Diploma at Glasgow University, having graduated with my LL.B here in July. A more natural point to start a blog would have been 3 weeks ago. I could have – possibly should have – started writing this blog during my undergraduate degree…but I … Continue reading Why Start Now…
Paul Cruikshank 