3 minutes
Glasgow City Council has been fined £80,000 after a military veteran sustained life-changing injuries when he was struck by a falling lamppost in the city's west end in June 2023. A 50-year-old man was standing at the roadside in conversation with a work colleague when the lamppost collapsed,
6 minutes
The Law Society of Scotland has today published a report into racial inclusion within the Scottish legal profession, finding an increasingly diverse and progressive sector that wants to do more, but is hampered by slow progress, lack of visible minority role models and experiences of bias. Alongside
5 minutes
Liz MacKay Despite the use of English court terminology, Morton Fraser's Liz MacKay and Audrey Watson were impressed by a 'trial' that included an audience-picked jury.
3 minutes
Anderson Strathern has appointed four new directors. Lorraine Currie, one of only four solicitors accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in freedom of information and data protection law, has joined Anderson Strathern following eight-years at the Scottish Information Commissioner&
1 minute
Scottish Legal News editor Graham Ogilvy is to give a talk to the Society of Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland on the subject of Journalists, Lawyers and the Digital Media. Graham will draw on 40 years’ experience of working as a journalist to discuss the changing media landscape an
2 minutes
Professor Richard Susskind Professor Richard Susskind has called for a slow and modest introduction of an online court, Legal Futures reports.
1 minute
A police unit has admitted 13 breaches of spying laws. Police Scotland’s counter corruption unit (CCU), which illegally snooped on journalistic sources, has been found to have authorised its own spying, instead of obtaining judicial approval.
SUBSCRIBE
