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A major judge-led review of the administration of justice in serious sexual offence cases in Northern Ireland has issued 220 draft recommendations for consultation, including the provision of publicly-funded legal advice to complainants and restricted public access to trials. Sir John Gillen, a reti

Pictured (L-R): Alexandra Smith, Emma de Sailly, Katrina Barclay, Hamish Lean and Paul Tinson Shepherd and Wedderburn is supporting the work of two rural charities in Scotland with charitable donations to RSABI and the Royal Highland Education Trust (RHET).

The Faculty of Advocates has named Megan Dewart and Michael Way the first winners of The Mike Jones Excellence in Advocacy Prize. Ms Dewart and Mr Way are among the current group of Devils undertaking the Faculty's renowned training programme, which was established in the 1990s by Mike Jones an

Human rights group Amnesty International has highlighted 20 important cases involving the Human Rights Act 1998 to mark 20 years since it received royal assent. Kate Allen, Amnesty's UK director, called the act "the unsung hero of UK life" and hit out at threats from politicians

Writing for our sister publication Irish Legal News, Dublin solicitor Wendy Lyon examines the new book by sex workers and activists Juno Mac and Edinburgh-based Molly Smith. From its striking cover – designed to resemble the outside of a Soho sex shop – and provocatively punny title

The recent judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the case of Sciotto v Fondazione Teatro dell’Opera di Roma serves as a great reminder to employers in the arts industry of the complexities involved in employing fixed-term employees, write John Macmillan and Cono

Scotland needs more pathologists in order to get the bodies of murder victims back to their families sooner, a criminal defence lawyer has said. A new protocol was announced last week by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service to speed up the release of the bodies of murder victims that have

A prize for excellence in advocacy in the name of the late Lord “Mike” Jones is to be awarded for the first time next month. An event at Parliament House, Edinburgh, will feature a moot involving teams of two from junior members of the Faculty of Advocates and devils, as well as a lectur

SYLA is delighted to introduce the latest events open to all its members. It is a busy time of year so check out our full list of events here and make sure you read below for more. Autumn Young Professionals Social with YES, SYLA and RTPI – Thursday, 25 October 2018

In the 20th anniversary year of the Scotland Act 1998 and the Human Rights Act 1998, what have we learned and what are the next steps in Scotland's human rights journey?Join us in Glasgow on the 14th of November to mark twenty years of the Human Rights Act and reflect on the potential of the next tw

Becoming an entrepreneur will be the subject of an exciting event next week for young professionals in the Borders. The Scottish Borders Young Professionals event, Inspire Your Inner Entrepreneur, will be held at Melrose Rugby Club on Wednesday 24 October, at 6pm and will feature some

A high-profile international lawyer promises to make it a special European Lawyers Day at the Faculty of Advocates next week. Philippe Sands QC, professor of law at University College London, author of East West Street and counsel who has appeared before a number of international courts, is to give

The second of this year’s three Hamlyn Lectures will be hosted by the Faculty of Advocates, and delivered by Robin Allen QC, chair of the Equality and Diversity Committee of the Bar Council of England and Wales. Mr Allen addresses "Why does equality seem so difficult? Three problems in compari

The 32nd annual James Wood Lecture will be delivered by Professor Jo Shaw LLD FRSE AcSS, Salvesen Professor of European Institutions at the University of Edinburgh, on the topic “Integration, Dis-integration and Citizenship in a Troubled European Union”. The lecture will examine the impa