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The Supreme Court has has signed up to the Black Talent Charter. The court joins over 20 signatories who have already signed up to the charter.

A fuel company that settled a personal injury action by one of its lorry drivers has lost a claim against the company that serviced the tanker lorry he had been driving for a contribution to the settlement after failing to establish negligence. Andrew Gray & Co (Fuels) Ltd settled a claim by pur

Amendments to legislation incorporating the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child will deliver a "clear, coherent and workable bill that provides some valuable protections for the rights of children in Scotland", according to the Scottish government. The UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill was

Exorbitant costs are preventing individuals and community groups from bringing legal challenges to safeguard the environment in England and Wales, according to NGOs. A shared report by the RSPB, the Environmental Law Foundation (ELF), and Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland sugg

A private landlord who was removed from the landlord register because her local authority did not consider her a fit and proper person has successfully petitioned for judicial review of an Upper Tribunal decision upholding that decision. Petitioner Anu Sharma argued that the “fit and proper pe

Reconviction rates have decreased from 2018-19 across almost all groups, new statistics from Scotland’s chief statistician show. This is the first year that reconviction data affected by the pandemic has been published and is therefore not considered to be indicative of longer-term trends

More than 160 high school pupils have attended a virtual event designed to inform and inspire the next generation of Scottish solicitors and advocates, including young people from less-advantaged backgrounds. The Law Society of Scotland’s Virtual Summer School took place over four days last we

A research project suggests that socio-cognitive biases might be a factor in the disproportionate number of misconduct complaints brought against solicitors from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). The first report of the study, which ai

Lord Armstrong and Lord Beckett have been appointed to the Second Division of the Court of Session effective from 23 June 2023 and 1 July 2023 respectively. Lord Armstrong was appointed a judge of the Supreme Courts in February 2013.

The Court of Session is to become the first court in Scotland with a regular live streaming service, allowing cases to be viewed remotely by the public. Inner House cases held publicly will be live streamed from today.

Scotland has a "very high" incarceration rate, new figures from the Council of Europe show. The end of lockdown measures to tackle the pandemic produced a rebound effect in the incarceration rates in many European countries between January 2021 and January 2022: the median incarceration rate rose by

Seven in 10 people across Great Britain oppose a key plank of the UK government's controversial Troubles legacy bill, according to a new opinion poll commissioned by Amnesty International. The human rights group has published the findings of the survey as the House of Lords continues to debate the N

A Lord Ordinary has declared that a notice of variation of sea fishing licences issued by Marine Scotland is not compatible with the National Marine Plan adopted pursuant to the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 following a petition for judicial review. The Open Seas Trust, a charity whose purposes include

Pride month is about acceptance, equality and celebrating the work of LGBTQ+ people. Employers should take steps to implement LGBTQ+ initiatives all year round and not just one month of the year. However, Pride month is a good time for employers to consider the employment law issues affecting LGBTQ+

The Law Society of England and Wales has been granted permission by the High Court to bring a judicial review challenge against the UK government over legal aid. The application for permission was made after the government failed to increase criminal defence solicitors’ legal aid rates by the