Scottish Human Rights Law Group

Concerned an objection to a freeing order by the unmarried father of a four and half year old child in respect of whom the father had raised proceedings seeking orders for parental responsibilities and rights under section 1 and 11 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995.

The unmarried fathers of two children of the same mother objected to the petition of the local authority to have the two boys freed for adoption.   It was likely that the boys would be adopted by their foster carers with whom they were well settled.   One boy regularly saw his birth father, who suffered from mental illness, and wished to …

Action for damages for injuries sustained in a road accident .  The pursuer also sought a declarator that the conduct of private investigators who had come to his house and spoken to his wife, under the pretence of being a former army colleague of the pursuer was unlawful, as contrary to Article 8, in that it was designed to obtain …

The |Lord Ordinary held that in principle the defence of qualified privilege available in defamation actions at common law was not incompatible with the requirements of Article 8.
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The accused had previously been sentenced to detention for eight years for assault to severe injury and danger of life. The original offence had involved him striking a young boy with a hammer and burying him in a shallow grave.    As part of his probation plan he had a meeting with two social workers. In his conversations with the social …