The Russian authorities have launched a witch-hunt by using the country’s criminal justice system to prosecute anti-war protesters and influential critics of the state who oppose the invasion of Ukraine, Amnesty International said today. Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s director
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President of the Supreme Court Lord Reed has resigned as a judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal a day before he is due to deliver a lecture in Edinburgh on human rights. Lord Reed, who has submitted his resignation along with Lord Hodge, said that he has been "closely monitoring and assessin
Singapore is under pressure to stay the imminent execution of an intellectually disabled man who was found guilty of drug offences. If he is not given clemency, Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, a 34-year-old Malaysian who has an IQ of 69, will be put to death.
A guide for EU lawyers and law firms on the use of artificial intelligence in legal practice will be published at an event in Brussels tomorrow. The guide is the result of two years of work in the framework of the AI4Lawyers project co-funded by the Justice programme of the European Union.
The proliferation of artificial intelligence tools used in the justice system without proper oversight, particularly by the police, has serious implications for human rights and civil liberties, according to the House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee. In its report Technology rules? The a
A Scots litigator has co-authored a new book on electronic music giants Depeche Mode.
The Faculty of Advocates has opposed the removal of the 'not proven' verdict, warning that any attempt to do so could undermine the provision of fair and equitable justice. “It is understood that in some quarters the not proven verdict is seen as a barrier to conviction,” said the Facult
An advocate has endorsed an MSP's call for legal representation for complainers in sexual assault and rape cases. Scottish Labour's Katy Clark has lodged a motion at Holyrood that calls for complainers to be given their own lawyers.
Sir Howard Morrison QC KCMG has been appointed by the UK government to advise Ukraine's top prosecutor on the investigation and prosecution of war crimes committed by Russia during its invasion of Ukraine. Sir Howard had an extensive judicial career in the UK and internationally, including serving a
An English barrister who mocked and humiliated opposing counsel at a hearing has been fined £1,500 by the Bar Standards Board (BSB). Althea Sonia Brown was found to have "improperly undermined, insulted, humiliated and/or annoyed" the opposing barrister, named NC, and/or "was in the circumstan
Partners at global law firm Clyde & Co and UK-headquartered BLM have voted in favour of merging this July to create a combined entity with a global revenue of over £700 million per year.
A court of five judges in the High Court of Justiciary has refused an appeal by a former diplomat and self-styled journalist against a finding that he was in contempt of court for material he published relating to the case against Alex Salmond. Craig Murray, who was not an accredited journalis
A major conference hosted by the Law Society of Scotland will mark the 90th anniversary of the famous "snail in a bottle" case, Donoghue v Stevenson. The conference will welcome speakers from across the world in recognition of the global significance of the case, which laid the foundations of the mo
People aged between 20 and 39 are the most likely to have reported being scammed in the past year, Which? research reveals, with many young victims losing huge sums of money to online shopping scams, pyramid schemes and rental fraud. Which?’s analysis found that between November 2020 and Decem
An appeal tribunal has ruled that an Employment Tribunal decision not to order a Swiss bank to provide a newspaper with copies of its skeleton arguments, witness statements, and other documents following the conclusion of a case was wrong in law. Guardian News & Media Ltd had sought the document
