Saturday, October 01, 2005

Legal: Swedish couple win right to call their daughter after a Scottish whisky brand

A Swedish couple have won the right to name their daughter Edradour, after a Scottish whisky brand.

In Sweden the tax office registers the names of new born babies and they had initially refused the name, saying it was too closely linked to an alcoholic drink.

The girl's parents took the case to court arguing that Edradour is also a beautiful town in Scotland, and said they had been charmed by the place as well as the whisky.

According to their charming and unusual website: "Edradour is produced in Scotland's smallest distillery - and is hand made today as it was over 150 years ago by just three men who are devoted to the time-honoured methods of whisky making."

I wonder how the Swedish tax office will react if Mr and Mrs Walker decide to call their son, Johnny?