Eight software developers have secured £50,000 each in funding to develop apps to broaden access to legal services in England and Wales. Their solutions include a tool to aid group litigation, AI technology that supports employees during disputes with their employer, and a one-stop-shop to hel
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The role of Christianity in modern life is to be debated in at an event in Edinburgh next month featuring Donald Findlay QC. The Royal College of Surgeons will host 'Christianity in the Public Square?' – three debates which will see experts discuss the relevance of Christianity in today's worl
It may be more difficult for women lawyers to reach the rank of Queen’s Counsel because of a bias against instructing them in the highest courts, Scotland’s most senior female judge has said. Lady Dorrian, the Lord Justice Clerk, said that appointments to Queen’s Counsel were broad
A former judge has said the Supreme Court moved the boundaries of the law because of a "particularly disgraceful constitutional abuse" by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Lord Sumption said that the advice given to the UK government in the recent Miller prorogation case was "in line with the orthodox v
A group of campaigning organisations have come together to call on the Scottish government to expand the scope of the proposed biometrics commissioner. The group made up of Open Rights Group, Amnesty International Scotland, and Big Brother Watch have written to Justice Secretary Humza You
Ticket touts at Euro 2020 matches will face fines of up to £5,000 under a law being considered by the Scottish Parliament. Under the UEFA European Championship (Scotland) Bill it would be a crime to tout tickets for profit, whether in person, privately or via resale sites.
A new BBC documentary shines a light on a high profile murder trial that has gripped Scotland. Inside The Murder Trial: The Disappearance Of Margaret Fleming was granted in-court access by the Lord President, Lord Carloway trial judge Lord Matthews, the Crown Office and Police Scotland.
A new report suggests that greater uptake of legal expenses insurance (LEI) by individuals could increase access to justice for the ‘forgotten middle’ – individuals without disposable income to spend on private legal services, but whose earnings or assets prohibit qualification for
Three people have been arrested in Russia's autonomous region of Chechnya on suspicion of "practising sorcery", according to local media reports. In a broadcast on Grozny TV, a local station run by Chechen authorities, two women and one man are accused of "selling their souls to the Devil" by Adam E
The Scottish Liberal Democrats have renewed demands for a full police staff survey after a new report revealed the number of officers receiving specialist trauma support for PTSD has more than doubled in the last three years. The Scottish Police Authority (SPA) report on wellbeing also reveals
The United Kingdom Environmental Law Association (UKELA) annual Scottish conference is taking place in Edinburgh on Thursday 10 October 2019. The conference is sponsored by Terra Firma Chambers, and Westwater Advocates are sponsoring five student places.
Today's unprecedented ruling by the Supreme Court has provided welcome reassurance to those who feared for the very future of our parliamentary representative democracy. It is, of course, an historic victory for Joanna Cherry QC and her legal team of Aidan O'Neill QC, David Welsh, Elaine Motion and
There has been a 115 per cent increase in reports of rape since 2010-11, while reports to police of sexual crimes increased by eight per cent from 12,487 to 13,547, new figures show. There has generally been an upward trend in rape and attempted rape since 2010-11 with both crimes more than doubling
Clyde & Co has entered into an agreement to transfer its Simpson & Marwick Aberdeen estate agency team to Ledingham Chalmers LLP from 4 November this year. All 12 Simpson & Marwick Aberdeen staff, including property partner David Geddie and senior associate Lynne Stewart, will transfer a
The remains of former Spanish dictator Francisco Franco can be removed from his burial place at the centre of a controversial state monument and reburied in a cemetery, the Supreme Court of Spain has ruled. In a unanimous ruling, judges rejected a legal challenge from Franco's grandchildren and thre
