Mike Dailly Govan Law Centre (GLC) has secured permission for a petition for judicial review to proceed which challenges a decision of a social work complaints review committee that was subsequently ratified by a local authority.
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James Wolffe The Lord Advocate has affirmed his predecessor’s view that it would be “inconceivable” not to hold an inquiry into the M9 crash last July which resulted in the deaths of two people.
Colin McConnell A privately-run prison is due to rack up a bill of £1 billion to the taxpayer, 12 times its building costs.
Lord Wallace of Tankerness Lord Wallace of Tankerness has suggested Holyrood may need more MSPs with the new powers transferred from Westminster following Lord Smith’s review.
David Anderson QC The UK’s spies should be permitted to continue harvesting huge amounts of data from email, according to the independent reviewer of terror legislation.
Maya Foa The family of an 81-year-old British journalist fear he could die in a Bangladeshi prison from ill health within months if he is not released. Shafik Rehman, who used to work for the BBC, has now spent four months detained without charge.
Fergus Ewing A consultation on proposals to amend legislation so that specified forms of electrofishing would be permitted for catching razor clams has been launched.
Philip Gormley Famed crime writer Ian Rankin has revealed that the head of Police Scotland invited Scotland’s top crime writers to dinner in order to “reassure” them that changes to the force would not affect their novels.
Chris Keates A trio of teachers have launched a legal case to block their transfers to different schools, on the basis of their contracts' mobility clauses, in a case that could make it more difficult for councils to move underperforming teachers in the future, The Herald reports.
Aileen Campbell New statistics released today show that in 2015 there were more drug-related deaths recorded than ever before, at 93, 15 per cent higher than in 2014 and more than double the figure for 2005 (336).
George Frier Shepherd and Wedderburn acted in three recent acquisitions for Satellite Solutions Worldwide Group (SSW), an AIM listed Oxfordshire-based global communications company specialising in the provision of high-speed satellite and last-mile broadband solutions to remote locations.
David Strang Fears over violence at Polmont Young Offenders Institution has limited social activities there according to a new report.
Michael Kelly Michael Kelly, a partner at MacRoberts LLP, is the subject of this week's SLN Spotlight.
Alan Sheeley Pinsent Masons has warned that police budgets risk being swallowed up by law firms unless work given to them to seize fraudsters' assets is done either on a “no win no fee” basis or according to competitive tendering.
Derek Mackay The Scottish government has asked the UK government to reform laws allowing for a Scottish business vehicle to be used in criminal activity.
