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The Times has published an obituary of Sheriff Principal Brian Lockhart, who passed away last month at the age of 79. "In a distinguished legal career spanning more than 50 years, Lockhart was the first solicitor to sit in the High Court as a temporary High Court judge. He was also involved in the f

Human rights campaigners have called for the release of lawyer Mohammad Najafi, who has been imprisoned in Iran since 2018 on multiple convictions for his defence of basic civil and political liberties. Lawyers for Lawyers, an independent and non-political Netherlands-based foundation and the Center

A faulty computer system has potentially let hundreds of criminals out of prison erroneously. Justice Secretary Keith Brown revealed at Holyrood yesterday that an IT blunder in a vital risk assessment system has meant that the records of hundreds of prisoners were wrongly marked with the wrong risk.

France’s Court of Cassation has upheld a ban on advocates wearing religious symbols with their robes in courtrooms. In June 2019, the Lille Bar Council told its members they would not be permitted to wear “decorations or signs” displaying “religious, philosophical, community

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Bachelet leads calls for ceasefire in Ukraine during urgent debate at UN rights council

Evidence led trials in Scotland decreased by 15 per cent to 1,716 in Q3 2021/22 compared to Q2, new figures show. The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) quarterly statistical bulletin contains figures on activity in all High, Sheriff, Justice of the Peace and criminal appeal courts with na

A free service to connect Ukrainians in need of UK immigration advice with a network of volunteer lawyers – the Ukraine Advice Project UK – has been established. John Vassiliou, a senior associate at Shepherd and Wedderburn, is one of the immigration lawyers involved.

A driver who hit and killed a pedestrian while fleeing police has been jailed for eight years. Shaun Rimmer was speeding along Great Northern Road in Aberdeen on 16 August 2021 when he hit Simon Musabayana before driving off.

The Scottish legal sector must be alert to the implications of the current crisis and has a shared responsibility to comply with UK government sanctions and present a united front against Russia’s violations of international law. Diane McGiffen, chief executive of the Law Society of Scotland,

UNESCO's director-general has called for Ukraine's cultural heritage to be protected in the wake of Russia's invasion of the country. Audrey Azoulay said the cultural heritage of Ukraine "includes its seven world heritage sites – notably located in Lviv and Kyiv; the cities of Odessa and Khark

Under-18s should not be sent to jail, Scotland's chief inspector of prisons has said. Wendy Sinclair Gieben has written to ministers calling for new laws to end imprisonment of 16 and 17-year-olds by the end of March.

Human rights groups have expressed concern over the consultation process for the draft revised Code of Practice to be issued pursuant to the Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Act 2021 – also known as the Spy Cops Bill. JUSTICE’s chief executive, Fiona Rutherford and Ha

The Welsh and Scottish governments have described the UK government’s plans to replace the Human Rights Act with a Bill of Rights as an “ideologically motivated attack on freedoms and liberties”. Ministers have called on the UK government to listen to evidence from civil society an

A person injury sheriff has made a payment order totalling nearly £1.4 million after finding that a 54-year-old man was abused as a child at a boarding school operated by the Congregation of Christian Brothers. Senior counsel for the pursuer, AB, had sought a combined award of £1,741,107

A former Free Church of Scotland minister who created a fake social media profile in an attempt to extort intimate images from a young woman has been sentenced to 180 hours' unpaid work and ordered to pay £750 compensation. David Finlay Macdonald, from Stornoway, pretended to be a female named