SCOTLAND
BBC News
A £500,000 damages claim brought against the Scottish government by the former chairwoman of a child abuse inquiry has been thrown out of court.
A judge ruled Susan O’Brien QC’s compensation claim should be dismissed.
He said she had failed to plead a relevant case of breach of contract or infringement of article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights.
Lord Pentland held that the case advanced on behalf of Ms O’Brien for breach of contract was “misconceived”.
He ruled that the article 8 breach arguments of the action, covering the right to respect for private and family life, were “unsound”.
Ms O’Brien was appointed to head the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry in July 2015 but resigned a year later after facing the sack over “unacceptable” comments.
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