A pilot granting access to free transcripts for complainers in High Court sexual offence cases has been extended for 12 months. Justice Secretary Angela Constance confirmed the extension of the pilot to March 2025 in a letter to Holyrood's Criminal Justice Committee.
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TSPC is to host a free event in Dundee highlighting the benefits and process of buying a new build home. The event will be held on Thursday from 5:30-6.30pm, with local mortgage advisers, solicitors, and housebuilders sharing guidance on all aspects of buying a new property.
ESPC has announced a free Buy-To-Let webinar on Thursday 25 July, targeted at aspiring property investors and current landlords. Hosted on Zoom, the webinar will allow those thinking about beginning a property portfolio, or expanding their current portfolio, to have their most pressing questions ans
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been freed from prison under a tentative plea deal with the US Justice Department, according to reports. Assange was indicted by US prosecutors on 17 counts under the Espionage Act and one count under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act in relation to WikiLeaks publ
Edinburgh Napier Law Society and Law Clinic will present a conference next month on the use of AI technology in the Scottish legal sector.
Jones Whyte are hosting a free Debt Recovery and Enforcement Clinic on 26th of April, where they will provide guidance to you or your business regarding the recovery of outstanding debts through legal means. They have an experienced team on hand to offer insights into creating a strategic approach t
A deal has been struck to fund legal cases of people who fall foul of Scotland's new hate crime laws. The Free Speech Union (FSU), a UK-wide organisation, has signed a deal with Levy & McRae to deal with cases arising from the controversial Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021.
Independence would allow Scotland to "further" improve its education system, including a proposal to enshrine the government’s policy on free tuition in Scotland’s "permanent" constitution, according to a new paper published by Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth. Education and Lifelong Le
The University of Glasgow has been awarded funding to establish a law clinic designed to increase access to justice in Scotland for complainers in sexual offences cases, through the provision of free independent legal advice and representation by solicitors. The first of its kind in the UK, the Emma
In part one of this article yesterday, we considered the case for saying that taking timber from woodland is one of the recognised servitudes - i.e., included on the list of servitudes known to the law. On the one hand, the list of known servitudes in such standard works as the Stair Memorial Encycl
I was raised in the last house on our road to be built with a fireplace. Ever since I was a lad, seeing houses built without hearths seemed one of the various aspects of modern Scots architecture that was foolish, and sad. How shall we talk to some late hour, without the fire of turf of the ancient
A pop singer in Poland who said the authors of the Bible were “wasted from drinking wine and smoking weed” has succeeded in her appeal against conviction to the European Court of Human Rights. Dorota Rabczewska, known as 'Doda', one of the country's most successful artists, made the comm
Councils and education providers are now legally required to make period products available free of charge to anyone who needs them after the Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Act came into force today. Since 2017, the Scottish government has invested more than £27 million to fund ac
A free service to connect Ukrainians in need of UK immigration advice with a network of volunteer lawyers – the Ukraine Advice Project UK – has been established. John Vassiliou, a senior associate at Shepherd and Wedderburn, is one of the immigration lawyers involved.
The UK Supreme Court, in partnership with Royal Holloway, University of London, has launched an online course. Entitled Inside the UK Supreme Court: Its Role, Its Work and Cases that Affect Us All, the two-week course, delivered by FutureLearn, a social learning platform, is designed to increase kno
