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David Lorimer applies a quantitatively analytical approach to criminal law. He has written previously for SLN on jury analysis and the admissibility of prejudicial evidence (with a journal paper currently under peer review). In this article he indicates how his work led to similar con

CMS Scotland is launching an initiative aimed at helping Scottish-based intellectual property start-ups scale up. Founded over three years ago in London and with programmes across the UK, Singapore and Dubai, CMS equIP operates like an incubator, investing in start-ups through industry int

UK government plans to reform the courts service fail to address any of the “serious problems” facing the justice system, according to one QC. The Times reports that Lord Pannick criticised the Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff) Bill at its committee stage this

SFA compliance officer Tony McGlennan will join Addleshaw Goddard in Edinburgh as a legal director later this year. A compliance officer at the SFA since 2014, his experience includes reviewing actions and bringing charges against players, coaches and other officials on reported disciplinary in

The UK government is planning to strengthen its position on Brexit through a series of appointments to the House of Lords, The Guardian reports. Around 10UK government to strengthen Brexit position through Lords appointments peers will join the chamber, as well as three 

The House of Lords last night voted by a majority of 71 to keep the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights after the UK leaves the European Union. Peers voted by 316 to 245 in favour of retaining the Charter after Brexit.

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Anuja Dhir QC An Old Bailey judge and graduate of Dundee University is to deliver a guest lecture as part of the university's Saturday Series.

Lord Steyn Tributes have been paid to retired law lord, Lord Steyn of Swafield, who has passed away at 85.

Lord Hughes Primers on scientific evidence are being introduced in UK courts as a working tool for judges.

International lawyers and experts have suggested Brexit is to blame for the failure of a British judge to be elected to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for the first time. Leading legal figures told The Brief that politics had at least partly contributed to Sir Christopher Greenwood's failu

Lord Wallace of Tankerness A former Advocate General and justice minister has praised the increase in presumption against short sentences.

Tributes have been paid to the late Scots lawyer and former top judge, Lord McCluskey. The widely-known legal figure was born in 1929, the son of solicitor Francis McCluskey, and admitted to the Faculty of Advocates three years after his graduation from the University of Edinburgh in 1952.

Calum MacNeill Westwater Advocates’ Calum MacNeill QC has qualified as a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), the leading professional membership organisation representing the interests of private dispute-resolution practitioners worldwide.