A new casino for Fountainbridge, which has been turned down by councillors three times, has finally been given the go-ahead after a costly court battle. Grosvenor Casinos appealed to the sheriff court after being consistently refused permission for the GBP 17 million complex on the site of the former Mecca Bingo Hall and Palais de Danse. Last week, Sheriff Gordon Liddle condemned licensing chiefs for rejecting the original application and ordered the city council to pay the legal bill, thought to be around GBP 50,000.