The former lord chief justice of England and Wales has said cartoonists should avoid offending Muslims. Lord Woolf (pictured) warned against the consequences of offending Muslims when he said: “By now it must surely be appreciated that depicting the prophet in a derogatory way will case grave offe
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Following the news that criminals are continuing to be jailed for mere weeks despite the introduction of legislation that was intended to end prison sentences of less than three months, a solicitor advocate has attributed this to regional differences in how offenders are handled. As The Herald repor
A survey designed to give salaried members of the judiciary in Scotland the opportunity to provide feedback on their views and experiences of serving as a judge has found that almost all judges who have been in their post for at least 5 years (82 per cent) feel working conditions are worse now than
The wife of Manuel Ramon Gonzalez, 61, called the police after seeing him in a compromising position on CCTV with the family's pet chihuahua. Mr Gonzalez admitted cruelty to an animal as well as sexual activity with one after he was arrested, CBS12 reports.
Burness Paull has won a competitive tender process to become the sole provider of legal services in Scotland for the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). Following a rigorous three-month tender process involving three core stages, the firm has seen off competition to secure the three-year
As consultations on land reform draw to an end Robert Scott-Dempster (pictured) discusses how any new measures must comply with the ECHR. Whilst it may feel to the average land owner that there is an inexorable wave of land reform coming in their direction it should not be forgotten that theEuropean
The rights of over 1,000 UK prisoners were breached when they were disallowed from voting in elections judges in the European Court of Human Rights have ruled after inmates who were prevented from voting during elections between 2009 and 2011 brought a case to the Strasbourg court. In today's judgme
A law meant to reduce the number of people being put in prison has had little effect as thousands of prisoners are still being imprisoned for three months or less The Herald reports. About one third of sentences handed out by courts are for a period of weeks, despite the then justice minister Kenny
Clothing firm staff to take legal action after being given 15 minutes consultation over redundancies
Fired staff at a clothing firm are taking legal action after they reportedly were given just 15 minutes of consultation over the risk posed to their jobs. Thompsons Solicitors are to represent workers at USC, which went into administration, losing 79 permanent staff and 166 agency or zero-hours cont
Shepherd and Wedderburn will be speaking at this month’s Global Law Summit in London, dubbed by former attorney general, Dominic Grieve QC MP, as the “Davos of where law meets business”. John MacKenzie, solicitor advocate and head of the firm’s commercial dispute resolution division(pictured
David Morgan (pictured) discusses the ECJ’s interpretation of “establishment” in respect of collective redundancy in a case involving defunct retailer Woolworths. The Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union has delivered his opinion in the hotly anticipated and widely re
Edinburgh city councillors have approved a compensation deal for the families affected by the Mortonhall baby ashes scandal. The settlement was announced last month and means that 129 families who raised legal claims will no longer have to pursue them.
House sales exceeded £15.3 billion in 2014, according to statistics published by Registers of Scotland (RoS). A total of 93,875 sales took place across Scotland in 2014, the highest annual figure since 2008, and an increase of 11.6 per cent compared to the previous year.
Today is the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation. This is a United Nations sponsored day of awareness and action against female genital mutilation (FGM) To coincide with this event the Scottish Women's Support Project and Scottish government have drawn up a statement op
A register of lobbying should be established according to a report issued today by the Scottish parliament’s standards, procedures and public appointments committee. The proposed register would make information about lobbying activity around decisions made by parliament and government more transpa
