The SSC Society in association with the Scottish Young Lawyers’ Association is hosting “Spotlight on ……Bitcoin and Digital Assets” with our speaker Professor David Fox, chair of common law at the University of Edinburgh @ SSC Society lounge, Parliament House, Edinburg
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Peter Kinghorn discusses how the late Professor Ian Willock's hard work and vision helped thousands of people in Dundee. We read with interest the article in Scottish Legal News about the Ian Willock Collection rightly dedicated to the sterling work done by Professor Willock, particularly in th
France is to enshrine the right to abortion in its constitution at a joint session of its parliament next week. The move, approved by the senate last night, would create a “guaranteed freedom” of women to choose an abortion.
Newly-opened MI5 files and research in Moscow archives has allowed SLN managing editor Graham Ogilvy to piece together the story of Bob Stewart, who worked with the Cambridge Five spy ring and acted as a Moscow agent for 30 years – even after his own son-in-law and many of his friends wer
As part of Victims’ Awareness Week, minister for victims Siobhian Brown attended Edinburgh Sheriff Court for a familiarisation visit. She was accompanied by representatives from Victim Support Scotland (VSS) and a victim who has received support through the charity. The court familiarisation v
Helen Mountfield KC, a founder member of Matrix Chambers and the principal of Mansfield College, University of Oxford, will deliver JUSTICE Scotland's annual human rights lecture next week. Titled "Whatever happened to the Human Rights Act?", Ms Mountfield's lecture will review political attacks on
The number of victims and witnesses being referred by Police Scotland to Victim Support Scotland (VSS) has fallen by around 90 per cent since the GDPR came into force nearly six years ago, it has emerged. The unintended consequence of the changes to data protection law were highlighted by VSS as it
The Edinburgh Law School's Centre for Legal History will host a talk with Xavier Prévost, Professor of Legal History at the University of Bordeaux, on 10 May. Professor Prévost is an associate of the faculties of law, associate of economics and management, paleographic archivist (gradu
A village in France has voted to ban people from using their smartphones in public. Seine-Port, a village of fewer than 2,000 people around an hour's drive from Paris, backed the measure in a local referendum earlier this month, The Guardian reports.
The SSC Society and the Scottish Young Lawyers’ Association will be hosting an event on a recent major criminal judgment. A Spotlight on the Lord Advocate’s Reference No 1 of 2023 will feature Professor James Chalmers at the SSC Society, Parliament House, Edinburgh on 8 February 2024 at
The dying ex-mobster who stole Judy Garland's ruby-red slippers from The Wizard of Oz will not go to prison, a court has ruled. Lawyers for Terry Jon Martin, 76, told a court in Minneapolis that their client had been tempted to make "one last score" before retirement, 6abc reports.
Five political prisoners will have their ‘godparenthood’ taken over by Scottish government ministers as part of an initiative to "amplify the voices" of those suffering human rights abuses in Belarus. The #WeStandBYyou campaign, organised by the human rights group Libereco, advocates for
Cultural institutions are censoring research, learning and creativity because of the way they police the reuse of digital copies of out-of-copyright artworks and artefacts, a new study has warned. Cultural institutions have created a “mess” by claiming and enforcing new rights over the r
A new article reflects on the work of the Strathclyde Law Clinic, which recently passed the milestone of £2 million won or saved for its clients over the 20 years since it was established by Professor Donald Nicolson OBE in 2003. "The Clinic has continually evolved and expanded throughout its
Govan Law Centre (GLC) has accepted instructions from a client aggrieved by the closure of a local library in Balloch. Proceedings for judicial review have been raised in the Court of Session against West Dunbartonshire Council (WDC).
