Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) students took to the streets to promote the University’s law clinic, a student-led and student-run initiative designed to give them practical experience while studying for their law degrees.
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Changes to Scots law will now mean fatal accident inquiries (FAI) can be held in cases where people die abroad. The Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths (Scotland) Bill, which was passed without opposition at the Scottish Parliament, increases the number of situations where FAIs are mandatory as well a
A man has been convicted of murder in part as a result of his distinctive walk. Gordon Veitch, 56, from East Lothian, was sentenced to 16 years in prison for the murder of Brian Bathgate, 45, a joiner.
Edinburgh has the highest number of expensive streets in Scotland, according to research from Bank of Scotland. The capital is home to 13 of Scotland’s top 20 most expensive streets, with Aberdeen accounting for four of these locations and Glasgow two.
Liberty campaigners yesterday unveiled an 11-foot banner celebrating the Human Rights Act in Westminster Hall, in protest against the act’s omission from a parliamentary exhibition commemorating the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta.
At Edinburgh Sheriff Court today, 34-year-old Mourad Mosdefaoui was sentenced to two years imprisonment and made subject to the notification requirements of Section 45 of the Counter Terrorism Act 2008 for a period of 10 years after posting pro-ISIL images on Facebook, and being found in possession
The Law Society of Scotland welcomed the acceptance of a Scottish government amendment to the Apologies (Scotland) Bill by the Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee. The amendment exempts apologies made under the duty of candour procedure as set out in the Health (Tobacco, Nicotine etc. and Care
The Sheriff Appeal Court (SAC) (Civil) is providing a new facility to lodge motions to the court by email, opening up a simple and speedy procedure for court users. From 1 January 2016, there will be the capacity to intimate, oppose and lodge motions in the SAC by email which will also become the de
The Scottish government's decision to approve a 67-turbine wind farm near Fort Augustus has been described by a judge in the Court of Session as “defective” following a judicial review. Lord Jones said ministers made their decision on SSE's Stronelairg project "in breach of environmental obligat
The Faculty of Advocates’ Choir will be performing its 20th consecutive Christmas carol concert this week, raising funds for the homeless. The concert is in St Andrew’s and St George’s West Church, George Street, Edinburgh, on Friday, 11 December, and has an earlier than usual starting time of
The fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into last December's bin lorry crash in Glasgow that left six people dead has concluded the tragedy could have been avoided if the driver had not lied about his medical history. Harry Clarke, 58, fell unconscious at the wheel of his bin lorry on 22 December 2014, cau
The Scottish government’s Land Reform Bill requires strengthening in key areas to deliver on its radical ambitions, according to a report by the Scottish Parliament’s Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment committee (RACCE). The committee highlighted a range of issues in its report on the
Council enforcement officers are due to fell a hedge which neighbours have been feuding over for three decades after the owner refused to cut it down herself. Residents in the village of Buchylvie, near Stirling, won their battle in June this year when government officials ordered that the excessive
A man who complained about blanket interception of communications in Russia has won his article 8 case at the European Court of Human Rights. The Grand Chamber held unanimously there had been a violation of article 8 – the right to respect for private life and correspondence.
India's highest court is to hear an appeal next year seeking to ban jokes about the country's minority Sikh community. Harvinder Chowdhury, a Sikh lawyer, said thousands of websites ridicule Sikhs, who number some 25 million, as “stupid, naive and foolish”.
