Lord Turnbull A man who posted a sexually explicit image of a woman on Facebook after they exchanged naked pictures of each other on Snapchat has successfully challenged a sheriff’s decision to place him on the sex offenders register.
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David Flint Last week, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) fined a Glasgow based firm £80,000 for making over 109,000 nuisance calls to people registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS). David Flint explains the case.
Sir David Edward QC Sir David Edward QC, a former Judge of Court of Justice of the European Union, is to head a major conference on Brexit sponsored by Scottish Legal News.
Alison Bryce (pictured) outlines a new EU regime set to overhaul data protection.
Carol Brennan The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission’s Consumer Panel has set out its vision of how the internationally recognised principles for consumer protection should apply to legal services to mark International Consumer Rights Day.
Lord Mance A Supreme Court Justice has called it “critical” that the role of judges in a representative democracy is properly understood as one of applying the law and not making it, broadly speaking.
Lady Paton A man convicted of culpable homicide some 50 years ago who claimed that his human rights had been breached because he had not been given a reasonable opportunity to rehabilitate himself after being transferred from the state hospital to prison has had his legal challenge dismissed.
Lady Dorrian A man who was jailed for the statutory minimum term of five years after being caught in possession of firearms at a Scottish airport has had an appeal against his sentence rejected.
Ben Bestgen Ben Bestgen, a Scots lawyer who relocated to the sunnier climes of Jersey where he now works for Appleby, gives SLN readers the low-down on offshore finance and corporate substance in this year’s Annual Review.
Pictured: (L-R): Professor Hector MacQueen, Malcolm McMillan (chief executive), Lord Pentland (chairman), Dr Andrew Steven, David Johnston QC and Mrs Caroline Drummond
Lord Neuberger President of the Supreme Court Lord Neuberger has lauded the “accelerating endeavours to achieve greater diversity in the senior judiciary”, which, he said, is a result of greater diversity in the lower courts.
Lord Gill Lord Gill, former Lord President of the Court of Session, heard his final appeal as a member of the UK Supreme Court’s supplementary panel this week.
Lord Armstrong A motorist who admitted careless driving after crashing into a stationary bin lorry but claimed he was trying to avoid another oncoming vehicle has had a damages action against the other drivers dismissed.
Kay Springham QC It is every professional’s worst nightmare – a complaint is made and investigated by your regulatory body. What is worse is if the complaint is upheld, and a decision has to be taken on the sanction to be imposed, writes Kay Springham QC, of Compass Chambers.
Gillian Craig Contractual third party rights, one of Scotland’s most antiquated and inflexible laws is about to get the 21st century treatment as a new bill was introduced last week in the Scottish Parliament, writes Gillian Craig.
