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Thomas Ross The SLN Spotlight this week falls on Thomas Ross, advocate and president of the Scottish Criminal Bar Association.

Visitors planning a trip to see the highest court in the land this summer will now be able to see one of the final reissues of Magna Carta, in a rare opportunity to view one of the original manuscripts for free.

Ross Yuill The Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) has said it did not receive the correct information from solicitors relating to the families of those who died in the Glasgow bin lorry tragedy last year and added that officials raised discrepancies nearly a month ago.

James Wolffe QC The Scottish government needs to think again about which categories of deaths should prompt a mandatory inquiry, the Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, James Wolffe QC, has suggested to MSPs.

From left to right: Nicola Kerr, Jemma Ross, Sarah Walker Four lawyers have been welcomed as Associates at Simpson & Marwick following a series of promotions intended to strengthen the firm.

A suspected criminal was arrested after he “liked” his own wanted post on Facebook. The profile of Levi Charles Reardon, a suspect from Montana believed to have stolen a wallet and personal cheques, was uploaded to a Crimestoppers page that stated he was “wanted on: forgery (common scheme), fe

John Forsyth John Forsyth discusses the issues surrounding the remit of the Scottish Sentencing Council, which is to be constituted later this year.

James Chalmers Professor James Chalmers discusses the curious case of RR v HM Advocate HCJAC 34, summarised here.

A divorced father-of-two who was sequestrated after failing to meet his maintenance commitments towards his ex-wife and children has had a petition for suspension of a charge for payment and interdict refused. Crawford Hill argued that payments he made to his former wife Sally-Anne Hunter following

The Faculty of Advocates has backed calls for a specialist tribunal or court in Scotland which would provide an effective forum for deciding environmental cases. Friends of the Earth Scotland (FoES) is campaigning for change, and the Faculty said it supported a dedicated tribunal or court which coul

A man who was found guilty of attempting to smuggle drugs into a prison on the basis of DNA evidence which prosecutors claimed to show that the accused had licked the seal to an envelope containing the illegal substance has had his conviction quashed on appeal. Judges in the Criminal Appeal Court ru

A woman detained in a Scottish hospital under mental health legislation who challenged a warrant which was granted for her transfer to Holland had had an appeal against the decision refused. Sheriff Principal Derek Pyle (pictured) heard that the appellant “K” was detained in April 2014 within Ne

A man caught with 22 mobile phones in his tights at a concert has been jailed for nine months. Ionut Tudorache, 25, had only been in the UK for a few days when he was caught by security staff at a Kasabian concert at Bournemouth International Centre in November last year with the haul of phones.

Two Celtic supporters who were convicted of “offensive behaviour at football” after singing a pro-IRA and INLA song have been granted leave to appeal over whether their human rights had been breached. The Criminal Appeal Court will be asked to consider whether the applicants’ rights under Arti

Greater protection against prosecution should be afforded to victims of human trafficking, the Faculty of Advocates has suggested. Planned new anti-trafficking legislation relies on guidelines by the lord advocate to save victims from being taken to court for offences committed due to their exploita