Colin Souter has written a response to a September 5 article by solicitorBrian Inkster. The views expressed below are not those of shareholders at Upper Coll Common Grazings or of Scottish Legal News. As the Grazings Constable for Upper Coll, I took over under difficult circumstances, after the form
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The House of Commons’ Foreign Affairs Committee has published a report “representing the full spectrum of opinion” on the question of the UK’s continuing membership of the European Union. Five members have declared for 'Leave' and five for 'Remain'. The chair’s position is currently undecl
of it”. Delivering the opinion of the court, the Lord Justice General said: “There is no requirement that the two sources of evidence be direct testimony from eye-witnesses. It is entirely legitimate to prove a case using, for example, one witness speaking to one incident and the hearsay eviden
The Herald has published a full obituary for Glasgow solicitor Kevin Maguirewho passed away last month aged 95. Mr Maguire, who was born in 1921, was a former senior partner at R Maguire Cook and Co and was highly respected within the Glasgow legal community.
The Herald has published an obituary of Sheriff Irvine Smith QC, who died on Monday 11 January 2016 at the age of 89.
Muslim travellers believe they are being disproportionately targeted in Scottish airport security checks, according to a study conducted by Durham University. Research carried out in Edinburgh focussed on Asian immigrants and Scottish-born Asians who felt Scotland was a "tolerant, friendly and inclu
Anderson Strathern’s education group was out in force at the inaugural Herald Higher Education Awards in Glasgow last night. The firm was one of the main sponsors of the event and it sponsored the "Institution of the Year" award, which was presented to the winners Glasgow University by Fiona Kille
A first sortie into Scotland by a charity which helps teenagers explore unexpected career paths has been voted a success, with special praise for the Faculty of Advocates. Through the Looking Glass was founded in London in 2012 by a City lawyer, Lesley Wan, and provides gifted young students from le
A sheriff has told a woman who falsely accused a couple of raping her that a lawyer who will have no choice in the matter will be appointed for her after she was unable to get any legal representation. Hannah McWhirter, 21, was meant to be sentenced at Aberdeen Sheriff Court this month for wasting p
The British and Irish Association of Law Librarians (BIALL) has awarded Avizandum, a legal bookshop in Edinburgh, the "BIALL Supplier of the Year Award 2015".
A female architect has received hundreds of thousands of pounds in damages following a court's ruling she was subjected to sexist bullying at work. Julie Humphryes was accused by male colleagues of “exhibiting maternity paranoia” at the firm YOO, prompting her to take her employer to court and w
One in forty drivers stopped in the past fortnight were over the legal drink drive limit, according to new Police Scotland statistics. The Scottish government and Road Safety Scotland released the figures, which apply to drivers stopped and breathalysed between 29 May–12 June 2015, the first two w
A 29-year old woman from Perth who faked an abortion in order to sell the child to a friend behind the father's back has been jailed for three years. After a week-long trial at Perth Sheriff Court, a jury found the woman and her friend guilty of carrying out fraud against the father, who believed he
A football fans' organisation has responded to Friday's publication of an independent evaluation of the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act which found that only 21 per cent of cases brought under the section 1 of the act secured a conviction. Fans Against C
The Edinburgh Student Law Review (ESLR) has recently celebrated the launch of its annual main edition, as well as a special edition consisting of papers from the Edinburgh Postgraduate Law Conference 2014. At the launch party, David Welsh, a senior solicitor at Turcan Connell and tutor on the Diplom
