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Jones Whyte has announced the promotion of Phulah Pall to associate and head of immigration. Mr Pall studied law at the University of Stirling, graduating with honours. After completing his diploma, he started his traineeship with a well-established Glasgow criminal firm in 2013 and became a qualifi

Long-serving members of West Dunbartonshire's children's hearing have been rewarded for their commitment to children and young people at a special recognition event. The dedicated members, who had served a combined total of 190 years on the children’s hearing, were each presented with a certif

A Glasgow priest has launched legal action over church closures related to Covid-19. Canon Tom White whose St Alphonsus parish is in the heart of the city’s famous Barras has issued a pre-action letter to the Scottish government demanding it ends the blanket ban on places of worship. 

The Scottish FA has confirmed the appointment of Andrew Phillips as compliance officer. Mr Phillips replaces Clare Whyte and will begin his new role on 1 March. He joins from Jones Whyte Law, where he has been practising as a solicitor advocate in criminal and regulatory defence.

Dear Editor I read with interest Iain Smith’s article and fully endorse his sentiments. Adverse childhood experiences and their effects on child development have been part of pre-service and in-service training in the children’s hearing system for some years now.

Dear Editor, Douglas Cusine is right in pointing out that there is no need to wait for the end of civil litigation in the so-called "Rangers malicious prosecution case" before setting up an inquiry into what caused the Crown in Scotland to prosecute maliciously for the first time in history. I pract

When I first embarked on my legal career, I never thought for a moment that the profession I so eagerly wanted to join and belong to would also be the profession in which I felt trapped.  After a successful career spanning 20 years, its only once I left that I truly recognised my failings, as w

In Scotland, vulnerable individuals who find themselves arrested and prosecuted for criminal offences may be eligible for support at various stages of the criminal process in order to allow them to participate effectively. The nature of, and entitlement to, such support depends on the stage in which

In Scotland, vulnerable individuals who find themselves arrested and prosecuted for criminal offences may be eligible for support at various stages of the criminal process in order to allow them to participate effectively. The nature of, and entitlement to, such support depends on the stage in which

Following an election among four candidates, Faculty members have chosen Stephen O’Rourke QC to be the new Keeper of the Library, replacing Mungo Bovey QC, who stepped down as a Faculty office-bearer after serving in the role for more than 12 years. The Keeper is responsible for the Advocates

Gerry Sinclair never planned to spend close to two decades as chief executive and principal solicitor at the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC). Having cut his teeth at Ross Harper & Murphy before spending 15 years as a named partner at Sinclair McCormick & Giusti Martin, he e

If we truly want to reduce offending within our communities in Scotland then we must move beyond tokenistic, meaningless terms like being “hard” or “soft” on crime. We need to be cleverer, writes Iain Smith. ‘Smart Justice’ offers a chance to stand back from the c

Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People will deliver Glasgow Caledonian University's inaugural Law and The Common Good lecture. Bruce Adamson, who will be joined by two of his young advisers, will outline how the rights framework can effect change, at the online event on March 15.

This week Benjamin Bestgen considers swearing, without which many of us would struggle to get through the day. See his last jurisprudential primer here. Unrelated to jurisprudential questions, a colleague recently mentioned the Jersey employment tribunal case of Wilkinson v Fairway Trust Limited [20

Many will think of defamation as the primary recourse in battles between public figures and those who seek to comment on them but a recent High Court decision in England and Wales (Sussex v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2021] EWHC 273 (Ch)) shows that, under the right circumstances, protection of priva