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Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (Appellant) v DSD and another (Respondents) – UKSC 2015/0166 On appeal from the Court of Appeal Civil Division (England and Wales)

A woman who was left in legal limbo for five years after her rape complaint was bungled by the Crown Prosecution Service and Metropolitan Police has abandoned it in frustration. The CPS has apologised to the woman, who is now in her mid-twenties, after a failure of communication between police and p

Half of trainees joining top law firms were privately educated and will earn more than their state school colleagues as they progress in their careers, The Times reports. A new survey shows that there is a bias towards privately educated candidates at top-paying law firms despite attempts by the pro

A student-run law clinic is to offer free legal advice to shoppers in Glasgow from today.

A third of partners in law firms are women while more than half of all partners were educated at state schools, The Brief reports. Data from the Solicitors Regulation Authority shows that the profession is balancing at senior levels across 9,000 law firms, .

Law student Lewis Barn will be part of the Glasgow University team on this year’s University Challenge. A quiz contestant regular, Lewis has appeared on the BBC’s Only Connect, hosted by Victoria Coren Mitchell and is the youngest member of Scotland’s National Quiz Team, having competed in the

It's that time of year again and we are updating our distribution list for the 2018 edition of our Annual Review, our full-colour glossy magazine that is delivered free of charge to Scotland's law firms. Once again, the magazine is packed with updates making it a vital read for Scotland's profession

A woman who defamed her ex-husband on Facebook is facing a £200,000 legal bill after losing her appeal, The Brief reports. Nicola Stocker, 50, posted Facebook comments accusing ex-husband Ronald Stocker, 67, of trying to kill her. The comments were aimed at his new partner, Deboragh Bligh.

Barrister Kate Parlett, a specialist in public international law, will be speaking at Glasgow University as part of its ongoing ‘International Law as a Profession’ lecture series.

Law At Work (LAW) has made two strategic hires as it celebrates record success in the first half of its financial year. Revenues are up 30 per cent on the same period last year with growth coming from the acquisition of new clients, including Border Biscuits and Shetland Arts Trust, as well as incre

Since September 2016, the Faculty of Advocates via its Equality and Diversity Committee has, with the full support of our Dean, Gordon Jackson, QC, and Vice-Dean, Angela Grahame, QC, been considering how Faculty can improve its approach to equality and diversity. Our review is principle-driven but a

Solicitor estate agents in Scotland have a higher success rate when it comes to selling properties, compared with other estate agent models, according to the latest data from SPC Scotland. Following the recently released Jefferies research on Purplebricks, indicating that the firm may have misled cu

A group of British emigrants in the Netherlands have won permission to refer their case for continued EU citizenship after Brexit to the European Court of Justice. The five British nationals asked Amsterdam District Court to refer their case to the ECJ on the grounds that their existing rights could

Sheriff Principal Craig Turnbull will consider the challenges and opportunities of the Sheriff Appeal Court in a speech to the Society of Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland. He will tackle the subject at the next SSC Society meeting in the SSC Members' Lounge, Parliament House, Edinburgh a