| The use of the tawse, a then popular and widely accepted form of punishment in Scottish schools, did not infringe the European Convention. |
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| The school deserves praise for its initiative, and it's a far better means of improving behaviour than thrashing unruly children with the tawse. |
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| The conclusion was that the Court, without actually deciding whether the use of the tawse would contravene Art. 3, held that the threat of its use did not do so. |
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| In Scotland they didn't have the cane, they had something called tawse, which is basically a big, leather belt. |
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| This manifests itself as a sense of intelligent urgency rather than law-giving, but while the Scottish dominie may have discarded the tawse as a teaching aid, he or she still means you to take notice. |
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| Nicholas Tawse, 45, from Nottinghamshire, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary and was jailed for three years and two months. |
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| David Stephen Tawse, 23, of no fixed address, given a 12 month conditional discharge and ordered to pay PS195 in charges for possession of a Class B drug. |
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