Last month advocate Robert Sutherland completed a trek to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro as part of a team raising money for the Scottish children’s charity Children 1st. Here he describes what this involved. Mount Kilimanjaro is 5,895m (19,341ft) high and is the largest f
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Agents for Britain’s security service are authorised to commit serious crimes, on British soil, without informing prosecutors, under a secretive MI5 policy, a court has been told. Reprieve, Privacy International, the Pat Finucane Centre and the Committee on the Administration of Justice a
Licensing chiefs are calling for answers from the Scottish government after it sent out legal papers riddled with errors to trade bodies. Official accreditation documents, which were described as being “full of errors in terms of basics in law”, were sent out on September 26, detailing t
In its decision in the case of Chong and Others v the United Kingdom the European Court of Human Rights has unanimously declared the application inadmissible. The case concerned the killing of 24 men in December 1948 by British soldiers in the village of Batang Kali in Selangor, which is now a state
Burges Salmon has announced that it has secured leased office space at Atria One in Edinburgh’s Exchange business district, next door to the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. It is leasing 6,229 sq ft of office space on the second floor of Atria One on a 10-year lease. Other
Pictured (L-R): Emma Gray, David Currie and Scott Williamson A University of Dundee student retraining for a career in law has been awarded the annual Ken Scott Bursary by Blackadders.
Hardly a day goes by without another newspaper article or statistic about the challenges of being a working parent, the rise in sex-related discrimination in the workplace, and the ever persistent gender pay gap. As a caregiver, it is hard, at times, to see light at the end of the tunnel. Happily, a
Recorded crime in Scotland has seen a slight increase in the past year but is still at its second lowest level in more than 40 years. There were 244,504 crimes recorded by the police in Scotland in 2017-18. This is the second lowest level of recorded crime since 1974.
Law students are being invited to apply for a £1,000 cash prize and internship at Thompsons Solicitors.
An important proviso has been added by the Faculty of Advocates to its support for legislation which would keep child witnesses out of court in serious criminal cases. The Scottish government wants much greater use of pre-recorded testimony, but the Faculty said it was essential that the evidence of
Gillespie Macandrew's chief executive officer has spoken to The Herald about his ambitions for the firm. Robert Graham-Campbell, who took over last year, said he is relishing the role.
Sir Douglas Flint CBE, former HSBC chairman, has been appointed non-executive chairman and director of IP Group plc. Sir Douglas will assume the role of chairman with effect from 1 November. Sir Douglas retired as group chairman of HSBC Holdings plc last September, having been appointed to that role
The Scottish government has been criticised for its failure to implement elements of legislation intended to help victims, five years after it was enacted. Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesman Liam McArthur MSP chastised the Scottish government for “neglecting” its commitments to
