A prison warden who hallucinated and became violent after accidentally inhaling drugs being taken by inmates has received compensation from the Scottish Prison Service (SPS).
Thompsons Solicitors has promoted four lawyers to partner and two to associate across its offices. The newly assumed partners are Alan Calderwood who is based in their Edinburgh office accident team and David Adams who is based in the RTA team in Glasgow.
Local councils have a legal responsibility to deal reasonably with snow and ice With a new lockdown in place, exercise is one of small number of reasons to leave the house. But with snow and ice covering many pavements and roads across Scotland, even that is proving difficult, with several health boards warning of a spike in weather-related slips and falls. So just who is responsible for making sure we can all get out and about without breaking a hip? Alan Calderwood, associate solicitor with Thompsons, explains that the answer depends on where you plan to go. The lawyer said that for most roads and pathways, it will be the local authority who is responsible for clearing and gritting, while for other places, such as supermarket car parks, the occupier is liable.