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A new documentary marks the 70th anniversary of the European Court of Justice. How did EU law develop to become what it is today? How has the Court of Justice evolved throughout its history?

Dear Editor I respectfully point out that the Bosman case was argued in Luxembourg not in Strasbourg. It might also be pointed out that the ending of the regime where the hiring of a promising young player from a small club by a large club entailed the payment of a training indemnity to the former c

The poor state of courthouse buildings in England and Wales is contributing to the courts backlog with cases delayed due to leaking roofs and broken heating systems, according to new research. Around two-thirds (64 per cent) of solicitors surveyed by the Law Society of England and Wales had experien

The Crown Office has received reports from Police Scotland following the arrest of former sheriff Alistair Duff in connection with alleged communications offences. Concerns had been raised earlier this year over the fact no information had been made available following the arrest of Mr Duff, former

Lawyer Catherine Barile has been appointed as a member of the Mobility and Access Committee for Scotland. The committee was set up under the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001 to advise Scottish ministers on the barriers and challenges for disabled people in relation to transport.

"Do you want to keep your brain engaged over the festive season?", asks the Supreme Court (presumably instead of eating your weight in chocolate and letting lingering resentments with siblings boil over). Then you may want to enrol in a free course offered by the court, in which participants will ge

Ampersand has welcomed Brandon Malone to the stable, after he called to the bar. Stable director Euan Mackenzie KC said: “I am delighted to welcome Brandon to Ampersand. He is a renowned lawyer with an impressive CV and accomplishments before coming to the bar. He will be an asset to the stabl

Anderson Strathern has reported its most successful year ever for investment deals. The corporate investment team, led by Euan Tripp, advises some of Scotland’s most active investors – spanning private equity funds, institutional investors, angel syndicates, family offices and high net w

All new-build homes in Scotland will soon have to meet the internationally recognised ‘Passivhaus’ standard after the Scottish government agreed to progress legislation proposed by Scottish Labour MSP Alex Rowley. The Proposed Domestic Building Environmental Standards (Scotland) Bil

Stun guns bought online and imported from abroad are classed as prohibited firearms, High Court prosecutors have warned. The warning came as a 35-year-old man was jailed for five years at the High Court in Edinburgh after being convicted of discharging a taser in a children’s skatepark.

The UK government's plan to deport migrants to Rwanda is lawful, the High Court has ruled. The court ruled yesterday that the scheme did not fall foul of the UN's Refugee Convention on human rights laws.

The Edinburgh Foundation for Women in Law has announced that the 2022-23 annual speaker is Solicitor General Ruth Charteris KC. During the Annual Reflections Lecture, Ms Charteris will reflect upon their career to date; explore some of the obstacles, barriers, and challenges that they have faced; an

A petition by a British citizen who was raised in France challenging a decision to refuse a request that he be transferred from a Scottish prison to a French prison where he would serve a shorter custodial sentence has been refused by a Lord Ordinary. Thomas Wainwright had been sentenced to 12 years

Dr Alessandra Asteriti gives her opinion on a UN expert's advice to a Holyrood committee on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill. On 13 December 2022, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, the UN Independent Expert on Protection Against Violence and Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation an

A former secretary at a Nazi concentration camp has been convicted of complicity in the murder of more than 10,000 people. Irmgard Furchne, 97, worked from June 1943 to April 1945 as a stenographer and typist at the Stutthof concentration camp, where around 65,000 people were killed, including 28,00