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The critical importance of the rule of law and the independence of the legal profession were among the key themes considered at the Law Society of Scotland’s Annual Conference. Law Society chief executive Diane McGiffen told conference attendees: “We want every Scottish solicitor to be a

Ahead of the US election tomorrow, in which one candidate hopes to win bigly, David J Black looks at interference on both sides of the Atlantic. Aspirant President Donald J Trump, who now joins the disparate ranks of Barack Obama and Sarah Palin in condemning the very idea that Scotland should opt f

An untrained law student enjoyed the rare opportunity to conduct a 60-person orchestra following a social media appeal. Ella Eroniemi, 22, responded to a post from Finnish national broadcaster Yle seeking a member of the public with no experience of conducting to try conducting the Radio Symphony Or

Today at least 80 per cent of the case load of the High Court of Justiciary is sex crime. The Children’s Hearing system has seen a huge increase in child-on-child sexual abuse in recent years. Whether it is for downloading indecent images of children, rape, domestic violence, sexual assau

The Law Society of Scotland and the Faculty of Advocates have jointly intervened in relation to an important principle in Scottish criminal law that is central to a Supreme Court case. Three days of hearings were conducted in the Supreme Court between 21 and 23 of October, challenging two sexual off

The new Employment Rights Bill introduced by the UK government represents one of the most significant single items of employment legislation ever to be published and makes provision for 28 different employment law reforms, writes Helen Corden. Among the changes proposed are enhanced rights for worke

CMS has announced the promotion of Laura West to partner in its Infrastructure, Construction and Energy Disputes (ICE Disputes) practice. Ms West is dual-qualified in Scots and English law and is a Law Society-accredited specialist in construction law. She teaches construction law to postgraduate st

Thorntons has secured a new three-year contract with City of Glasgow College, Scotland’s largest technical and professional skills education provider and the third largest of its kind in the UK. Thorntons has been providing legal advice to City of Glasgow College since 2016 and expanded its ro

Chinese government officials are reportedly cold-calling women to urge them to get pregnant. The bizarre scheme forms part of the Chinese government's efforts to reverse a decline in the country's birth rate, the South China Morning Post reports.

The number of cases being considered by the Scottish government in relation to the Horizon scandal has been reduced to 97, Holyrood's Criminal Justice Committee has been told. Writing to the committee, Justice Secretary Angela Constance, said that 44 of the 141 cases were deemed as not within the re

This week's de recenti judgment marks a significant change to the longstanding rules around corroboration in criminal cases that will likely have far-reaching consequences, the Law Society of Scotland has said. A bench of nine judges made the ruling on 30 October 2024 on an appeal from Lord Advocate

A sheriff has made no recommendations following the death of a prisoner that was caused by substance abuse. Anthony McCarthy died on 28 September 2020 at HMP Kilmarnock.

The Scottish Law Agents Society (SLAS) is inviting lawyers to complete a survey on the perceived fairness, transparency, and suitability of the existing legal complaints system in Scotland. Recently, SLAS noted that members of the legal profession have raised concerns and expressed dissatisfaction r

A commercial judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session has recalled the appointment of an interim judicial factor on the estates of an Aberdeen-based partnership dealing in scrap metal after finding that the full circumstances did not merit such an appointment. Petitioner Rodney McAllister so