A lord ordinary has assoilzied all eight defenders in a long-running action brought by the former sole shareholder in a company that went into administration after a share sale after holding that he had failed to establish he had been induced to sell the shares by a fraudulent conspiracy between his
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Rape victims and complainers are to have free access to court transcripts under a new scheme. The year-long project, which starts on Friday, will provide access to transcripts that could normally cost thousands of pounds.
February 2024 saw the publication of the latest output of a long-running collaboration between the Signet Library and the Edinburgh Legal Education Trust, beginning in 2010 and which has overseen the publication under the imprint Old Studies in Scots Law of an important series of facsimile reprints
A man arrested for alleged public drunkenness was arrested again the very same day after allegedly drunk-driving to a police station to complain about it. Police in Ajax, Ontario said a 42-year-old was arrested for public intoxication early yesterday morning and released into the care of his mother.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has begun seven days of hearings on the legality of Israel's six-decade-long occupation of Gaza and the West Bank. The proceedings, which are entirely separate from the case brought by South Africa against Israel under the Genocide Convention, come after the
A judgment of the European Court of Human Rights this month found that the Slovak justice system had taken too long to enforce an order for contact between a mother and her son and had breached their rights in terms of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The mother who brought the
A serial rapist who terrorised six women in a long campaign of violent and sexual offending has be made subject to an order for lifelong restriction and will spend at least 10 years in prison. Unemployed Kevin Vivers, from Bathgate, West Lothian, was found guilty of 27 charges including nine rapes a
Scotland’s best known (fictional) advocate is back in action this month in The Scotsman with this year’s month-long Christmas serial Edward Kane and the Supernal Sisters. The story focuses on the popularity of seances and other spirited events in the mid 1900s. Ross Macfarlane KC’s
Holyrood's Criminal Justice Committee has said the funding situation facing the criminal justice sector is unsustainable and a new approach must be adopted. This should encompass a vision for the sector based on long-term wholesale reform rather than the current approach of small uplifts each year t
In recent days Colombian pop star Shakira has settled a long running dispute with the Spanish authorities on her tax residence between 2012 and 2014. The singer has paid over 7.5 million euros to bring the case to an end, writes Kevin Winters. The Spanish authorities reportedly argued that Shak
Alasdair Hardman will be returning to practice at Themis Advocates on 1 Dec. The stable, which has welcomed Mr Hardman back after a year-long sabbatical, said: "He was an integral part of the stable prior to it becoming Themis Advocates and for the two years that followed and we thoroughly look forw
The Inner House of the Court of Session has allowed a reclaiming motion challenging a lord ordinary’s finding that a long-running legal dispute between a Scottish company and its tea plantation workers in Kenya can be heard in Scotland, and sisted the case until the resolution of individual pr
Cullen Kilshaw LLP Solicitors and Estate Agents is to merge with JD Clark & Allan, a long-established firm based in Duns in the Borders. The combined firm will continue to trade under the name of Cullen Kilshaw LLP.
Less than half of rape and attempted rape cases brought to the Scottish courts end in a conviction in continuance of a decade-long trend, according to new figures. The latest annual statistics on criminal proceedings concluded in the Scottish courts show a 48 per cent conviction rate in rape and att
The UK Information Commissioner (ICO) has welcomed the Court of Appeal’s ruling on a long-running court battle over a subject access request complaint. The court upheld an earlier High Court decision by Mr Justice Mostyn to dismiss a claim by Mr Ben Delo that the ICO had unlawfully failed to d
