Debate:- The parties were the education authorities for their respective areas. The dispute between the parties related to the cost of the provision of additional support services for children of families ordinarily resident in the defenders' area, who therefore belonged to the defenders' area. In each case the child was placed in school as a result of a parents' application to the pursuers. The pursuers submitted that the defenders were liable because the children belonged to their area, and th ...
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This appeal raises the question of the nature of the investigation that must be carried out by the State whenever a prisoner in custody makes an attempt to commit suicide that nearly succeeds and which leaves him with serious injury. The respondent (JL) was arrested, charged and remanded in custody to Feltham Young Offender Institution. In August 2002 he was found hanging from the bars of the window of his cell. He was resuscitated but suffered serious brain damage. The London Area Mana ...
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This case involves Critical Mass cycle rides. These rides take place spontaneously without any advance planning or organisation by any individual or individuals. Cyclists gather at a certain place and set off in a group for a ride through a city. The route for the ride is not predetermined but evolves as the trip proceeds, with those at the front of the group choosing which way to go. Until September 2005 the police did not attempt to require the participants in the London Cr ...
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This appeal concerns the validity of s.9 of the British Indian Ocean Territory (Constitution) Order 2004 (“the Order”). The British Indian Ocean Territory (“BIOT”) is situated south of the equator and consists of a group of coral atolls known as the Chagos Archipelago. s.9 of the Order states that BIOT has been set aside for the defence purposes of the Governments of the UK and the USA and therefore no person has the right of abode in the BIOT. According ...
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Appeal under section 56 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 against a decision of the Respondent dated 21 November 2006:- On 9 February 2005 the applicant, Mr. Reid, made a request, under section 8 of the FOISA, for details of any complaints lodged in the previous ten years against any or all of a named company, any named directors of the company, and any named employee of the company. The Council's response was to issue a refusal notice dated 9 March 2005, referring inter alia to ...
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Petition for an Interim Administration Order in terms of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002and for Warrant for Inhibition and Arrestment:- An interim administration order was made on 3 February 2005 under section 256 of the Act. The court appointed LR as interim administrator and gave her certain powers as regards the conduct of that interim administration. LR has proceeded since then to act as interim administrator and in the process has inter alia seized property identified in the order and made i ...
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Reclaiming Motion:- "M" and his parents resided in the local authority area of West Dunbartonshire. West Dunbartonshire Council were responsible for "M's" education in terms of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980. "M" was born on 4 April 1991 and suffered from cerebral palsy and was blind. "M" attended a mainstream school which was in the area of West Dunbartonshire Council and managed by them. "M's" mother did not want him to attend the mainstream school and wanted him educated in a special schoo ...
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Appeal
William Alexander wrote to the Minister for Justice asking to be provided with information which the Scottish Ministers held. They advised him that the some of this information was exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and that some of the information was not held by the Scottish Ministers. Mr. Alexander asked them to review their decision. They did so and maintained part of their response but also identified some documents which were covered by exemptions b ...
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