Lady Smith Lady Smith, chair of the Scottish government's child sex abuse inquiry, has issued a statement calling on victims and witnesses to come forward as its investigations continue.
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Former Justice Secretary Kenny Macaskill Former Justice Secretary Kenny Macaskill has said he believed in decriminalising illegal drugs while in office but that it "wasn't worth the fight" with his SNP and Scottish government colleagues.
The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association has announced, in association with the Scottish Criminal Bar Association (SCBA), the return of the Criminal Day Conference on Saturday 5 November 2016. The Conference will take place at the Hilton Grosvenor, Grosvenor Street, Haymarket, Edinburgh. In keeping w
CLT’s Certificate in Project Management for Lawyers is now available online. Using a personal login, delegates can access a range of videos, notes and presentation materials to guide them through their studies. Four multiple choice assessments are also submitted online. Course tutor Iain Sim obser
Lord Sumption Lord Sumption of the UK Supreme Court recently delivered a lecture to an audience of Administrative Appeals Chamber and Immigration and Asylum Chamber judges in London.
Peter Wright Proposals to use online courts to resolve civil claims of up to £25,000 represent a threat to access to justice, a leading lawyer has warned.
The Law Society of Scotland has launched a series of free events for trainee solicitors across Scotland to hear from an expert panel and meet other trainees in their area.The trainee roadshow will travel to Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow and Edinburgh and bring together representatives from the Law Socie
Ken Swinton Ken Swinton, head of the law school at Abertay University, has responded on behalf of all 10 of Scotland's law schools to Douglas Mill's article of 13 September.
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The effectiveness of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) as Scotland’s independent prosecutor is to be the subject of a major new inquiry by MSPs on the Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee amid worries it is overburdened. The committee has issued a call for views asking or
Thorntons has pledged its support for Cash for Kids each year through a Charity Wills campaign – and this year the firm’s new Kirkcaldy office will also back the annual appeal this September.
The Scottish Young Lawyers’ Association (SYLA) calendar year is now underway for 2016/17, with a trio of events being held this month. Next week, on 8 September, the SYLA is hosting “An Evening with McTears Auctioneers” in Glasgow. Drinks and canapes will be kindly provided by McTears Auctione
Maria Miller The Commons’ Women and Equalities Committee has called for women in the UK to have protections similar to those in Germany after a “shocking” increase in workplace pregnancy discrimination over the past decade.
Caroline Maguire Caroline Maguire , employment legal adviser at Law Centre (NI), writes for our sister publication Irish Legal News on access to justice for victims of labour exploitation in the wake of an important UKSC decision.
