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Dr Cyrus Tata Wednesday 24th February 2016 6-7.40pm Strathclyde University

Srikanth Srinivasan An Indian-born judge is a frontrunner in the race to replace the vacant seat on the US Supreme Court bench following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia last week.

The failure by the Lord Advocate to adopt and publish a policy identifying the facts and circumstances which he will take into account in deciding whether or not to authorise the prosecution in Scotland of a person who assists another to commit suicide does not breach human rights law, appeal judges

Calum MacNeill QC Westwater Advocates’ Calum MacNeill QC represented Greater Glasgow Health Board in the proof recently decided by Lord Stewart who denied a £15 million claim for clinical negligence brought against it by a sufferer of cerebral palsy.

Prison reform campaigners are to send volunteers to Scottish courts amid concerns about how the system treats female prisoners, The Herald reports. The number of women in Scottish jails has doubled in the past decade.

Professor Neil McKeganey A drug addiction expert has said prisoners should have their sentences cut if they can prove they are clean, The Scotsman reports.

David S Christie Technology is reducing the reliance on traditional courtroom hearings, writes David S Christie.

Tim Macdonald Lindsays has appointed Tim Macdonald to its rural services team as a solicitor.

Dr Simone Lamont-Black Dr Simone Lamont-Black, founder of theEdinburgh Vis Moot Project and lecturer in international trade law at the University of Edinburgh, has welcomed the continued support and sponsorship from the Scottish Arbitration Centre for the law school’s Vis Pre-Moot, to be held on 2

In a bizarre mix-up a court in Egypt sentenced a four year old boy to life in prison on a number of charges – including murder. Ahmed Mansour Karni was handed the term after being sentenced in absentia for offences he allegedly committed two years ago – when he was two.

A Crown application to prosecute anew a man acquitted of murder nearly 25 years ago has been refused. The application was based on alleged admissions which were made or became known after the date of acquittal, but the Criminal Appeal Court refused the application, made under section 3 of the Double

David Johnston QC Negative prescription establishes a time-limit within which a person who is aggrieved must raise his or her claim in court. If the time-limit is missed, the ability to pursue the claim is lost.

Gavin Shuker MP British men who use prostitutes abroad should be prosecuted according to a report supported by a senior MP.

Gillespie Macandrew has appointed two associates to its Glasgow office, as it continues to see its client base in the West of Scotland grow. Isobell Reid (pictured right), formerly with DWF LLP, is an experienced property and commercial lawyer and joins the litigation and dispute resolution team, wh

Anneli Spence Thorntons has bolstered its land and rural business team with a new appointment.