An Edinburgh man who was convicted of behaving in a threatening and abusive manner after he entered a flat one floor above his own one while naked has had his conviction quashed after the Sheriff Appeal Court accepted his appeal by stated case. It was argued by KWM that the sheriff had erred in conv
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I am delighted to have been asked to provide a review for David Flint’s latest book – his 23rd publication, and that includes Stair and Halsbury. Even for a full-time academic that would constitute an impressive body of work; for a busy solicitor like Mr Flint it is nothing short of incr
Julian Assange should be taken out of prison and placed under house arrest, according to a United Nations expert. Mr Assange has been held at HMP Belmarsh in south-east London since his eviction from the Ecuadorean embassy in April 2019, where he had spent seven years in order to avoid extradition.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority is investigating former Post Office lawyers over the Horizon scandal – the biggest miscarriage of justice in British history. The SRA has applied to the High Court to obtain documents relating to its investigation into potential solicitor misconduct.
The House of Lords Constitution Committee is inviting written contributions to its new inquiry into the role of the lord chancellor and law officers. The inquiry will focus on how these roles currently operate and how they have evolved since the Constitutional Reform Act 2005. In particular, it will
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The Lord President, Lord Carloway, has appointed Sheriff Pino Di Emidio as director of the Judicial Institute for Scotland. Sheriff Di Emidio will take up the post on 1 April 2022 for a period of three years.
Mrs Justice Eady has been appointed president of the Employment Appeal Tribunal. She took up the post earlier this month and succeeds Mr Justice Choudhury who stood down from the role on 31 December 2021 having served three years as president.
After the launch of our ‘Connecting Trainees’ sessions in February 2021, we are delighted to celebrate the one year anniversary of these sessions and bring them back for a fourth time due to popular demand. Starting a traineeship remotely rather than in the office can feel rather strange
The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association is delighted to invite you to this year’s Women in Law seminar. Our annual event brings together a number of inspiring women from the legal community to share their personal experiences and achievements. The event is sponsored by Fraser Irvine Sheriff Of
A judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session has held that Scottish ministers acted within their lawful powers by approving trans-inclusive guidance for the ‘sex question’ on the next Scottish Census. The guidance says that trans men and trans women can answer the sex question
A court in Hong Kong relied on a ruling by judges including Lord Reed to jail a member of the territory's parliament. Fernando Cheung, 64, a former Labour Party member of the Hong Kong legislative council (LegCo), was imprisoned for three weeks over a 45-minute anti-Beijing chant he delivered in 202
The fine collection rate is continuing to recover, the latest Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service quarterly fines report shows. The three-year collection rates for all fine/penalty types show improvement for both value and number when the figures as at 18 January 2022 are compared with 18 October
The Sheriff Appeal Court has upheld a sheriff’s decision that a servitude right of access to a single-track roadway granted to the owners of a house in Cupar did not include access to the passing places and verges along that road. The appellants, Ian and Ruth MacAllan, were granted a right of
A high school music teacher who raped and assaulted pupils in his care has been jailed for 11 years. Matthew Birch was found guilty of raping two girls, having sex with another and engaging in sexual activity with others, all while in a position of trust.
