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More than 1,000 barristers and advocates have urged the Prime Minister to allow Parliament to determine whether the UK should leave the European Union or not following the referendum in favour of Brexit. Signatories to a letter sent to David Cameron have argued there must be a free vote in Parliamen

A North Ayrshire man has been jailed for 18 months at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court after being found guilty of hamesucken. The court heard that Graeme Bryden, who was 27 at the time of the offence, broke into the home of the woman in Stevenston in the early hours of 25 June 2015.

Nine students from schools in Edinburgh have enjoyed an insight into life as an advocate as part of a programme organised by Through the Looking Glass, a charity which helps teenagers explore unexpected career paths. Through the Looking Glass, founded in London in 2012 by a City lawyer, Lesley Wan,

Scotland’s police force is to delete millions of vehicle movement records amid concerns its retention of this data breaches data protection laws, The Ferret has revealed. Police Scotland’s database was created from Automatic Number Plate Recognition cameras placed throughout Scotland.

Congratulations to our new Law Officers, Lord Advocate James Wolffe and Solicitor General Alison Di Rollo. Good lawyers both and deserving of their appointments. We wish them a fair wind. On one condition. White collar crime in Scotland is patently not getting the attention it should. All has been P

The Faculty of Advocates has sent a message of support to lawyers in Kenya who have taken part in nationwide protests in defence of the rule of law. The protests were mounted following the murders of a human rights lawyer, Willie Kimani, and his client, Josephat Mwenda and a driver, Joseph Muiruri.

Judges in the Court of Session have been urged by health professionals to make a quick decision on minimum pricing for alcohol. The policy which was approved by the Scottish Parliament in 2012 has gained the support of medics and numerous other health professionals and charities.

Two women have been sentenced to 23-and-a-half-years and 24 years in jail after they were found guilty of the murder of a two year old boy in Fife. The court heard that Liam Fee died having suffered a blow to his abdomen. Rachel and Nyomi Fee had tried to blame the injuries on another boy.

Students at Edinburgh Law School’s Freedom of Expression Law Clinic have submitted a petition to the UN Working Group of Arbitrary Detention, urging the group to support detained Vietnamese bloggers, Nguyễn Hữu Vinh and Ngô Hào. Supported by experienced practitioners, the final year LLB stud

Balfour+Manson recently announced that it raised over £5,200 for MS Society Scotland between April and June this year. The staff have been extremely busy participating in a number of challenges and testing their stamina and nerves.

Susan O'Brien QC has resigned as chair of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry complaining that the Inquiry's independence was being undermined by government interference -- an allegation also made by Professor Michael Lamb, a senior psychologist resigned from the inquiry last week claiming that interfe

The General Court of the European Union has ruled that the repute of McDonald’s trade marks makes it possible to prevent the registration, for foods or beverages, of trade marks combining the prefix ‘Mac’ or ‘Mc’ with the name of a foodstuff or beverage. The Court today upheld the European

The Faculty of Advocates would welcome more defamation cases being raised in Scotland because, it says, the current low level threatens development of the law in the area and the country’s stature as a litigation forum. Responding to a Scottish Law Commission discussion paper on defamation, the Fa

A new, in-depth study has been written about the Faculty of Advocates’ War Memorial and the men whose names it carries. The research was undertaken by Alastair Shepherd, a solicitor and historian, and he has donated the work to the Faculty, fittingly on the centenary of the start of the Battle of

Talks over an independent Scotland’s EU membership have been taking place at Brussels, according to one insider. Dr Kirsty Hughes has been told Scotland could be placed in a “transitional holding pen” after Article 50 TEU is triggered which could could prevent the country having to re-apply fo