Lord Phillips Over 340 leading ex-judges and lawyers have criticised the UK government's response to Europe's refugee crisis in an open letter published in The Times.
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Dame Elish Angiolini New laws on burials and cremations will mean another Mortonhall baby ashes scandal will never reoccur it has been claimed.
Mike Dailly Mike Dailly suggests an unequal relationship between tenants and landlords means many of the former are leading lives of misery.
Ewan MacLeod The Scottish government’s announcement that it would be putting in place a moratorium on granting planning permission for underground coal gasification (UGC) projects until the outcome of a potentially lengthy independent investigation could result in claims under the European Convent
The Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland Legislation that would tackle the rise of so-called "revenge porn" and modernise the law around domestic abuse has been published by the Scottish government.
John Scott QC, chair of the Advisory Group on Stop and Search A lawyer who chaired a government-appointed group tasked with drawing up reforms for stop and search has said it could take years for officers to become familiar with the new rules.
Law Society president Jonathan Smithers The Law Society has responded to a Ministry of Justice consultation on proposals to close 91 courts and tribunals, which is one fifth of courts and tribunals across England and Wales, and integrate or merge 31 more.
The Faculty of Advocates has identified human rights issues relating to parts of the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill. The Faculty was invited by the Scottish Parliament’s Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee to comment on the Bill from the perspective of the European Convention on H
Shepherd and Wedderburn has promoted eight solicitors to the position of Associate in its Edinburgh and Glasgow offices.
Neil Stevenson The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission(SLCC) has welcomed the results of a case which saw Lord Drummond Young support the SLCC's view that there must be a "realistic prospect of success" and that prompt resolution of a matter is relevant.
Lord Hardie Around six million documents will be considered as evidence by the Edinburgh Trams Inquiry, it emerged today at a preliminary hearing.
Dr Cyrus Tata With the Scottish government consulting on an extension of the presumption against short prison sentences, Dr Cyrus Tata looks at the reasons behind the appeal of imprisonment.
Lord Gill The former Lord President is to give evidence to a Holyrood inquiry over the creation of a judicial register of interests.
Lord Hope Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the international financial centre in Abu Dhabi, has announced the appointment of Lord Hope of Craighead as Chief Justice of Abu Dhabi Global Market Courts.
Dean Spielmann The European Court of Human Rights President Dean Spielmann has launched a network for the exchange of information on the case-law of theEuropean Convention on Human Rights.
