The newly instituted Strathclyde Centre for Antitrust Law and Empirical Study (SCALES) has held a launch event.
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Staff at Just Employment Law are walking four million steps this month to raise much-needed awareness and funds for Pancreatic Cancer Scotland.
A prisoner support expert has raised concerns about the function of a law aimed at offering more support to prisoners due for release on a Friday after it emerged only 15 people had benefited from it in three years. Under the Prisoners (Control of Release) (Scotland) Act 2015, prisoners due for rele
The Law Society of Scotland is seeking views from the profession relating to their experiences of representing vulnerable individuals facing criminal prosecution. The Law Society’s Criminal Law Committee has convened a working group of individuals from practice and academia, to review existing
The Society of Advocates in Aberdeen welcomed the Press & Journal to its library for an exclusive tour over the weekend. The professional body was founded over 450 years ago and has been based in the library on Concert Court since 19870.
Bars and law societies across Europe are today highlighting the importance of criminal legal aid in ensuring access to justice as part of European Lawyers' Day 2019. The fifth annual European Lawyers' Day, an initiative of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE), is also highlighting
The Herald has published a full obituary of senior Scottish prosecutor John Dunn, who passed away last month at the age of 57. He will be remembered for "his lightning wit, fast analysis and generous heart", the obituary reads.
The three per cent increase in legal aid fees has not improved low morale among criminal lawyers, the president of the Edinburgh Bar Association (EBA) has said. In an interview with The Herald, solicitor and EBA president Julia McPartlin said "morale is not great and hasn't been great for a while" a
More than 6,000 people were detained in Scotland under the Mental Health Act 2003 last year, the highest figure since the legislation came into force. The data, published in a new report from the Mental Welfare Commission, also shows rising figures for young people aged under 25 being given com
The prosecutor who took on campaigners opposed to the Skye Bridge tolls says the stress of the case caused him to have a nervous breakdown.
The Scottish Parliament’s Presiding Officer will lead a delegation of MSPs visiting the Swedish Parliament this week as part of an ongoing commitment to parliamentary reform and learning from other legislatures.
Willie McIntyre's Robbie Munro series has received a rebrand.
Via Aberdeen Law School: Congratulations to Nina Robertson, a third year LLB student, who won the Davidson Chalmers Stewart LLP Commercial Law Prize.
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Advocate Simon Crabb was invited by the Malawi-based Church and Society Programme and the Church of Scotland World Mission to participate in human rights and peace-building activities with colleagues in Malawi.
