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Scotland's earnest desire to be noticed by the world has been fulfilled. But, as the adage goes, 'be careful what you wish for'. David J Black reflects on the chaos of the past few weeks, as we put into practice the 'progressive' ideas that others have merely preached. Says Police Scotland: "The Hat

Clear guidelines should be established for the generation and processing of synthetic data to ensure transparency, accountability and fairness, a new study says. Synthetic data – generated through machine learning algorithms from original real-world data – is gaining prominence because i

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The Inner House of the Court of Session has ruled that a female lawyer who sought to sue a sheriff for sexual harassment could not also sue the lord advocate on the basis of vicarious liability on the part of the Crown. It was alleged by the anonymous pursuer, X, that Sheriff John Brown had touched

Stirling University law lecturer Domenico Carolei has presented research on NGO regulation and accountability at the European Parliament. Dr Carolei, a lecturer in public international law and public law, spoke last week at the event, entitled NGO Regulation and Accountability: normative p

An initiative to digitally transform how victims and witnesses in criminal cases can access information and guidance relevant to them online has been launched by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS). COPFS has recently began piloting a Witness Gateway, an online secure solution. Th

An American politician has been gently admonished for accidentally leaving a loaded firearm in a state legislature bathroom. Don Wilson, a Republican member of the Colorado House of Representatives, apparently placed the 9mm Glock handgun on a shelf and forgot about it, NBC News reports.

The Scottish government is not doing enough to engage the public on climate change and Scotland’s climate change targets. This is the collective view expressed in a report published by 23 members of the public, selected at random from across Scotland, who recently came together at Holyrood to

The total debt of the top 50 law firms in the UK has reached £5.4 billion as they struggle to get clients to pay up. Data from accountancy firm Lubbock Fine found that the debt has rise by £177 million in the past year, City A.M. reports.

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Chinese authorities still persecute dissidents’ families years after their release | Voice of America

Better-looking lawyers are more likely to win their cases, according to a new study. Research undertaken at the University of Illinois gathered data on more than 1,000 US court cases and obtained photos and courtroom videos of the attorney involved.

Robert Shiels commends an important new book on the Dreyfus case which exposed the anti-semitism in French society that would eventually find expression in the Vichy regime and the obscenity of French police rounding up Jews to be sent to their deaths in Nazi concentration camps. Maurice Samuels, a

Bookings are now being taken for the Faculty of Advocates’ 16th annual World Intellectual Property Day Conference. The popular lunchtime hybrid event will take place in the Mackenzie Building in Edinburgh and online later this month. The theme for this year is ‘Intellectual Property and

An A&E doctor based in Larbert who was dismissed for inappropriate communication with a patient has won a claim of unfair dismissal before the Employment Tribunal but had the amount of the award reduced by 15 per cent for contributory conduct. Dr Richard MacCallum was suspended on full pay by Fo