The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has welcomed improvements to Law Society of Scotland investigation timescales since it made statutory recommendations last year. A report published by the SLCC in March 2023 showed that the majority of complaints investigations were taking longer than
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Applications are now open for the WS Society's Summer Law Scholarship programme 2024. Designed for law students to enhance their professional and personal development, this is a unique opportunity for participants to spend two weeks as a WS Summer Scholar with the resources of the Signet Library at
The Herald has published an obituary for solicitor Norman Alexander Fyfe, who has passed away at the age of 69. "Norman, or Norrie, grew up in Kilmacolm with his brother George in the 1960s, his parents, Sandy and Mary, allowing him the freedom not many children enjoy today. With his friends Mike Ab
Candidates who want to commence devilling at the Faculty of Advocates next year can now apply for scholarships to help ease financial tensions during their training. There are four scholarship schemes and over 60 scholarships have been awarded during the past five years, totalling well over £3
A Holyrood committee is divided in its support for a pilot of juryless trials in rape cases. The pilot, which cannot take place without the participation of solicitors, would remove juries from rape cases due to a perception that conviction rates in such cases are artificially low compared to other
Views are being sought on whether Scotland should have a disability commissioner. The Disability Commissioner (Scotland) Bill has been introduced by Jeremy Balfour MSP and would establish the role of commissioner, who would be expected to promote and safeguard the rights of disabled people.
Following the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, Britain began to face up to the changing world of the 20th century which would bring an end to the greatest empire the world has ever known. Robert Shiels enjoys a readable new account. With this readable general narrative of the Edwardian period, Alwyn
His Majesty The King has appointed Collette Gallagher, Anna Reid, Joseph Stewart, Lorna Anderson, Clare Arias, Sean Lynch, Angela Farrell, Edward Gilroy, Maria Kicinski, Mark Allan, Neil Kinnear, Clair McLachlan and Mark O’Hanlon to the office of summary sheriff, on the recommendation of the f
A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Thailand: UN experts alarmed by sentences handed down to human rights lawyer Arnon Nampa on lèse-majesté charges | OHCHR
A man with links to serious organised crime has been jailed for eight years for running a drugs operation in Dundee. Aaron Bradford, 35, was sentenced at the High Court in Aberdeen after jurors convicted him of being concerned in the supply of Class A and Class B Drugs.
John Brownlee, a former teacher, inflicted sadistic cruelty on young boys at the Edinburgh Academy between 1967 and 1991. He has been found to have physically assaulted and emotionally abused children at the school. Brownlee, 89, had been deemed medically unfit to be criminally tried and did not att
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has welcomed the decision to give Julian Assange leave to appeal his extradition, handed down at the English High Court yesterday, subject to assurances from the US government that address their grounds of appeal. Michelle Stanistreet, NUJ general secreta
New legislation giving tenants more rights and addressing homelessness has been published. The Housing (Scotland) Bill will introduce an ‘ask and act’ duty on social landlords and bodies, such as health boards and the police, to ask about a person’s housing situation and act to avo
London South Bank University has become the first in the UK to guarantee LLB students professional work experience as part of their degree. Every LLB student at the university will be given the opportunity to work in one of five clinics through what it calls its 'Law Clinic Guarantee'.
The High Court of Justiciary has refused two appeals against conviction by a pair who were convicted of the attempted murder of a man in an Edinburgh newsagent after they argued they had not been given a fair trial. Lewis Spence and Connor Steele were each given an extended sentence with a custodial
