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From around 1835, Inverness Castle was the home of the city’s sheriff court until, earlier this year, all its business was permanently moved to a new “Justice Centre”, more functional but with considerably less style or grandeur. However, the future is precarious for many court bui

Benjamin Bestgen considers how the law might grapple with nanoscience. See his last jurisprudential primer here. Imagine you are trying to conceive a child using artificial methods. A robot so tiny you could breathe it in without noticing selects the most promising sperm and directly inserts it into

In the 1970s Ernst Schumacher, an unlikely named British Coal economist, wrote his famous work Small is Beautiful bequeathing the decade a title that became a mantra, but which arguably made little impact on society. Today, in a reaction to globalisation boosted by Covid lockdowns, a new slogan has

A judge-led initiative in courts across the south of Scotland is proving successful in reducing the backlog of summary court cases caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Currently, many Sheriff Court cases scheduled for trial resolve by an agreed guilty plea between the prosecutor and the defence agent

The first in this year’s series of Hamlyn Lectures is being hosted by the Faculty of Advocates and delivered by Eleanor Sharpston QC, Advocate General from 2006 to 2020 at the Court of Justice of the European Union. Three online lectures by Ms Sharpston will consider The Great Experiment: Cons

The Planning and Environmental Appeals Division (DPEA) of the Scottish government has conducted its first ever virtual planning inquiry in Scotland. The appeal, heard between 13 and 16 October 2020, was in respect of an objection by the planning authority, Argyll and Bute Council, against the develo

Advocate Ximena Vengoechea will be among the participants at an upcoming event that seeks to promote the work of the Colombian Truth Commission and reach out to the Colombian diaspora. The commission is one of the organisations established in 2017 after the peace process between the armed forces and

The last thing the UK needs is a government whose ministers exercise “unbridled power”, a former Supreme Court justice has said. Speaking to The Guardian, Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, who retired from the bench last month, criticised recent comments from the Home Secretary Priti Patel and Pr

Residential property, conveyancing and estate agency firm Simpson & Marwick is to become part of the Aberdeins Group following a de-merger from global law firm Clyde & Co. Rob Aberdein will join the firm as managing partner.

Beverley Atkinson, legal director at DAC Beachcroft, has been re-accredited as a specialist in professional negligence law by the Law Society of Scotland. Having first been accredited in 2015, Ms Atkinson is one of only nine specialists in this area of law in Scotland.

A judge of the European Court of Human Rights is to deliver this year's Macfadyen Lecture virtually.  The Scottish Council of Law Reporting has arranged for Judge Tim Eicke to deliver his lecture from Strasbourg at 6:00pm on Thursday 5 November.

TrustLaw, the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s global pro bono legal service, is to host a free-to-attend virtual event focused on helping Scottish lawyers develop their skills and understanding in delivering pro bono legal work, in partnership with the law firm CMS. The Legal Roundtable: Strength

The UK government's Internal Market Bill is "contrary to the rule of law" and risks destabilising the UK's constitutional settlement, a Lords committee has said. In its report on the bill, which it said is "without precedent", the Constitution Committee added that the government has given no "satisf