The family of Emma Caldwell has renewed their call for a judge from outside Scotland to chair the public inquiry into her murder, following a meeting with First Minister John Swinney and Justice Secretary Angela Constance at Bute House. Emma's mother, Margaret Caldwell, said: "I’ll go on as lo
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Solicitor General for Scotland, Ruth Charteris KC, has acknowledged the conclusion of a fatal accident inquiry into the deaths in custody of Katie Allan and William Lindsay following the publication of Sheriff Simon Collins KC's determination and detailed reforms to the FAI regime. Ms Charteris said
Mackinnons Solicitors LLP has announced recent promotions across the firm. Gillian Smith becomes a senior associate within the private client department while Cameron Milne is elevated to the role of senior solicitor within the commercial department.
The WS Society is hosting two free talks later this month. Professor Chloe Kennedy's Inducing Intimacy: Deception, Consent and the Law is based in part on research conducted at the Signet Library and considers the law's response to deceptively induced intimacy across both civil and criminal law over
Government proposals for extensive new levels of direct government control and involvement in how Scottish solicitors work are to be removed from the Legal Services Regulation Bill, preserving supremacy of the rule of law, the Law Society of Scotland has said. The Regulation of Legal Services (Scotl
The Law Society of Scotland has offered congratulations to Lord Pentland who will succeed Lord Carloway as lord president next month. Law Society of Scotland president Susan Murray said: “On behalf of the Law Society of Scotland and the solicitor profession which it represents, I offer my sinc
Weightmans has made a raft of hires following a period of record growth, including one in Scotland. Mark Hastings joins the firm from BTO Solicitors LLP. He is a tutor at University of Glasgow and also acts for the UK government as a standing junior counsel to the Office of the Advocate General in S
Canada's outgoing prime minister Justin Trudeau is facing a legal challenge over his decision to prorogue the country's parliament for three months while his party picks a new leader. Two Canadian men, David MacKinnon and Aris Lavranos, yesterday launched legal proceedings in the Federal Court with
Westwater Advocates has welcomed Isabella Ennis KC back to civil practice from the Crown Office. Ms Ennis, whose main areas of practice are family law and personal injury, said that she was excited to return to Westwater Advocates.
An elderly barrister has said he has no intention of downing his wig and gown any time soon. Noel Philo, so named as he was born on Christmas, turned 90 last month.
Word reaches your scrivener that a well regarded seasoned journalist by the name of Claire Atkinson is engaged in writing an unauthorised biography of the old boss we both used to share, namely one Rupert Murdoch. But will she cover everything? Fans of the brilliant, yet chilling, HBO series Success
A court official tragically passed away in Edinburgh after celebrating 30 years of service. Frank Crawford, 68, fell down a staircase in a pub and suffered catastrophic injuries. The court superintendent had only hours earlier been celebrating his retirement at a party in Parliament Hall.
A US politician has been roundly mocked after sharing an image of a downed "drone" which was actually a Star Wars prop. Doug Mastriano, a US army veteran and Republican member of the Pennsylvania Senate, later claimed he was joking after he posted the image of the TIE fighter to X, formerly Twitter.
Hundreds of offences committed by Star Trek fans have been erroneously blamed on one woman for years, her lawyer has said. New York woman Beda Koorey has experienced legal trouble for more than four years because of a state-issued license plate which reads NCC 1701.
