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The Lord Advocate has reiterated the Crown's commitment that any reported person who deliberately coughs or spits at police officers or other front-line workers during the coronavirus emergency will be dealt with robustly by Scotland's prosecution service. James Wolffe QC has said placing at ri

A company established by a Scottish solicitor, delivering quick and affordable online wills in clients' own homes, has recorded meteoric growth since the coronavirus lockdown with an upsurge among women and health professionals. Lawyer Bruce de Wert set up www.MyScottishWill.co.uk in the year 2000 a

Pinsent Masons has promoted one Scotland-based lawyer to partner and two senior associates to legal director. The latest round of promotions saw the firm welcome 17 new partners across the globe, including Edinburgh-based Kathryn Wynn, who is a specialist in data protection with a focus on the finan

Rural law specialist Gary Webster has joined Ledingham Chalmers in Inverness. Expanding its geographical reach for this discipline into Moray and the north of Scotland, Mr Webster joined as partner from another legal practice in the city today.

Emily Wiewiorka is returning to private practice as a consultant with Bellwether Green. The well-regarded commercial contracts, IP and data lawyer left private practice to take up an in-house position with global mobile smartphone company a number of years ago.

Herbert Kerrigan QC has suggested that proposals for non-jury trials in solemn cases be rejected. Last week the Scottish government had sought to pass legislation that would remove juries from solemn trials for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic. 

A criminologist has suggested that Scotland will face prison riots if inmates are not afforded any coronavirus protection. Twelve people died in riots in Italian jails last month after prisoners objected to restrictions on visits.

The Bar Council has urged the UK government to provide financial support to barristers' chambers during the coronavirus crisis. It has so far received 145 responses to a survey of 262 of the largest chambers.

A former senior judge has said efforts should be made to preserve jury trials during the pandemic after the Scottish government attempted to pass legislation allowing solemn trials to be conducted without juries. Crossbench peer Lord Hope of Craighead's comments come after the governm

Darina Kerr details the Coronavirus (Scotland) Bill's provisions relevant to the commercial property sector. The bill includes changes to the notice period required by landlords to ‘irritate’, or take back, a lease and pursue tenants for unpaid rent. This is now extended from 14 days to

The Scottish members of the UK National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) have today written to Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf, highlighting efforts to uphold the rights of people in detention and deprived of their liberty during the COVID-19 outbreak. Among the recommendations in the letter, signed by Jud

The University of Dundee’s Professor Nicholas Fyfe has been made a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in recognition of the impact of his work on policing research. Professor Fyfe, Dean of Dundee’s School of Social Sciences, is among 51 fellows elected in this year’s cohort f

Lady Hale, former president of the Supreme Court, has been named as the patron of The Next 100 Years, a project dedicated to achieving equality for women in law. Lady Hale has long been a supporter of equality, speaking up for increasing diversity in the legal profession and the judiciary. In 1984 s

Burges Salmon has launched its latest diversity and inclusion (D&I) network ‘BBalanced’ to support its recently established gender taskforce in identifying priorities and objectives for the firm to improve gender balance in line with its D&I firm-wide strategy. An employee-driven

Yesterday’s bombshell proposal, announced on Twitter à la Trump, by the Lord Justice General to ‘temporarily’ suspend trial by jury in solemn cases has rightly provoked outrage. It is one of a raft of proposals that the Scottish government is seeking to push through using th