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Tayside legal and estate agency firm Miller Hendry has announced three promotions and a new appointment at its Perth and Dundee offices. Lindsay Kirkwood has been promoted to associate in the private client team in Dundee, while Michael Johnston and Samera Ali have been promoted to senior solicitors
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Eamon Keane responds to Alistair Bonnington on the Scottish Parliament's Salmond inquiry. I wish to comment upon one matter, related to evidence and procedure, raised in Alistair Bonnington’s opinion piece, in which he is, in my opinion, wholly incorrect. Namely, his assertions about the inte
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Dave Penman, general secretary of the FDA trade union, which represents Scottish government civil servants and prosecutors, responds to Alistair Bonnington on the Salmond inquiry. Many of you will have views on the evidence and issues that have been dealt with by the Committee on the Scottish Govern
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Juries should be cut from 12 members to seven in order to clear the Covid-19 backlog of criminal cases in England and Wales, Labour has said. The call follows a joint report from the police, prosecutors, prisons and probation inspectorates, which said the "unprecedented and very serious" backlog in
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Benjamin Bestgen examines the impact of "respectability" in criminal trials. See last week's jurisprudential primer here. Tropes like the “Gentleman Thief” pick up on the allure of the white-collar criminal: a person who appears respectable, educated, even charming. A worldly, cleve
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Facial recognition technology amplifies racist policing and threatens the right to protest, campaigners have warned as they launch a global campaign against its use. The new Ban the Scan campaign, launched by Amnesty International, will begin in New York City before expanding to focus on the use of
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Rape victims from an ethnic minority background are significantly less likely to see their case lead to prosecutions or convictions, according to a new research paper. In a newly-published report, psychologists at Middlesex University call on the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to improve its guidan
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Pet owners are being asked to register their dog's unique "noseprint" with city authorities in a pilot aimed at reducing pet insurance fraud. The initiative in Hangzhou, in eastern China, requires pet owners to use an app to upload a picture of their dog's nose in exchange for a digital ID card.
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A man serving a life sentence for murder after striking a man with a machete outside a Glasgow pub has had his appeal against conviction refused. David Callaghan appealed on the ground that the trial judge did not direct the jury that the confession of his co-accused to his participation on the atta
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Edinburgh property lawyer Andrew Diamond has been appointed as the new chairman of ESPC. Mr Diamond, a partner and head of residential property at Lindsays, has worked in the residential property sector for nearly three decades and has been a non-executive director of ESPC for more than five years.
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Equality legislation and policymaking should be fully devolved to the Scottish Parliament to help create a gender-equal Scotland, Scottish government advisers have said. The third report from the First Minister's National Advisory Council on Women and Girls (NACWG) argues the need for devolution thr
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Clyde & Co hosted over 300 clients and staff at its first-ever virtual Burns Night celebrations, replacing its traditional London event. Vikki Melville, managing partner in Scotland, delivered the Address to the Haggis, while consultant Gordon Keyden delivered the Immortal Memory toast and David
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A woman has brought a landmark court case in France against 14 multinationals who manufactured and sold "Agent Orange" for use in the Vietnam War. The case is notable because it has been brought by French-Vietnamese woman Tran To Nga, a civilian who allegedly suffered injuries from the defoliant whi
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A couple who famously pretended that their six-year-old son was trapped in a runaway weather balloon have been pardoned. Richard and Mayumi Heene were convicted in 2009 for orchestrating the "Balloon Boy" hoax in Colorado, USA, which captivated TV audiences earlier in the year.
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The Outer House of the Court of Session has heard a second day of oral submissions in an action seeking declarator that the Scottish Parliament has competence to hold a referendum on Scottish independence without the consent of Westminster. Continued submissions were made on behalf of the Advocate G
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