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A fox should not be of the jury at a goose's trial.

Between December 2020 and February 2021, the average property selling price in Dumfries and Galloway was £177,319, a 14.9 per cent increase on the same period last year, ESPC reports. Properties in Kirkcudbright boasted an average property selling price of £207,967, while those in the to

In its judgment in the case of Gilligan v Ireland, the European Court of Human Rights has unanimously held that there had been no violation of Article 6 (right to a fair trial within a reasonable time) of the European Convention on Human Rights. The case concerned the length of several sets of

The third annual report of the Scottish tribunals has been published. The report covers the period from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020. It details the work undertaken within the new Scottish tribunals structure.

The Scottish Police Authority will receive an additional £10 million to invest in modernisation of the police fleet. The funding will enable the purchase of around 235 new ultra-low emission vehicles by Police Scotland and will also help support the replacement of 140 existing petrol

Simon Allison discusses employment law issues – but through the medium of Line of Duty. So, at the end of season five of the BBC’s Line of Duty, what have we learned?

There are no plans for weekend courts, the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) has said. In an announcement of a strategy to resolve the criminal case backlog, the SCTS said weekend courts formed no part of these plans. 

Thomas Mitchell details a personal injury case exemplifying that liability often comes in shades of grey.  As a personal injury lawyer, specialising in representing those injured in road traffic collisions, I read with interest the decision of Lady Wise in the recently reported decision of Wido

A snail in a bottle that was no storm in a teacup, Lord Kinclaven encourages readers to declare Donoghue v Stevenson the greatest entry in Session Cases as we celebrate 200 years of those venerable law reports. The legal significance of the decision in Donoghue v Stevenson, 1932 SC(HL) 31, is b

Judges are workers and have every right to join a union to protect themselves from discrimination and bullying, one of the UK's largest trade unions has said. GMB wrote to the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales last week after an MP raised concerns about "bullying, harassment, whistle blowing a

Agricultural tenants could benefit from additional protections in the aftermath of the Holyrood elections, writes Hamish Lean. With the Scottish Parliamentary elections looming, Fergus Ewing has been sketching out changes that the SNP are considering to agricultural tenancy legislation if they remai

The Civil Division of the Sheriff Appeal Court has remitted a claim made under Simple Procedure rules for the return of a television to its original owner back to the sheriff after it was ruled that he was not entitled to determine that its prospective purchaser had failed to comply with an unless o

Six new members have been appointed to the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) Board with effect from next month. The new members who will take up their positions on 1 April are:

The Scottish Law Commission will publish delayed discussion papers on personal injury payouts and homicide this year following the disruption of the Covid-19 pandemic. Writing in the foreword to its annual report for 2020, chairperson Lady Paton said the Commission's publications over the course of

Dear Editor, How far we have fallen? It was with horror that I read in your newsletter (19th March 2021) of the proposed pilot for juryless rape cases.