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  Lord Carloway, the Lord Justice-Clerk (far left) and Lord Keen of Elie QC (far right)

Professor Alan Miller The Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has achieved the top grade of accreditation, for the second time, from the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions.

A Council of Europe body has said mass surveillance fundamentally threatens human rights and violates privacy rights enshrined in European law. The parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe stated in a report it is “deeply concerned” about the advanced technology the US and UK have used to

An Edinburgh sheriff conducting a fatal accident inquiry into the death of a lorry driver has concluded that his death was a result of inadequate risk assessment and training by his employer in relation to load stability and recommended that more be done to improve compliance with safety requirement

The die was cast for Mary Queen of Scots on May 16th 1568 when she crossed the Solway into England a few days after the Battle of Langside. Some sought to dissuade her. Archbishop Hamilton even seized the reins of her horse and begged her not to trust herself to England. Mary would have none of it,

Original painting by George Willison (1741-1797), engraved by Valentine Green (1739-1813). Original mezzotint print, published 1770. Print commemorating the victory of Archibald Douglas in the House of Lords. A portrait of Douglas appears in the medallion, supported on a plinth by a figure of J

It is World Mental Health Day on 10 October: an opportunity to raise awareness and campaign for change. This year we want to highlight the responsibilities of employers to create mentally healthy workplaces., writes LawCare's Elizabeth Rimmer. The traditional view of health and safety in the wo

Fransiska Ari Indrawati, PhD candidate at Edinburgh Law School, writes on the prospective emergence of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). Throughout most of history, money as a tool of payment has taken the form of tangible objects such as coins and banknotes. However, the rapid development of

Stuart Gillies highlights how the decline of cash during pandemic has resulted in an increase in confidence in financial technology. It’s been over a year now since we first locked down, when shaking hands and meeting a colleague for a coffee was normal – and when wearing slippers t

The Outer House of the Court of Session has heard a second day of oral submissions in an action seeking declarator that the Scottish Parliament has competence to hold a referendum on Scottish independence without the consent of Westminster. Continued submissions were made on behalf of the Advocate G

A mother who applied for an order under the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 on the basis that her child had been wrongfully retained in Scotland has had her petition refused on the ground that the child was not habitually resident in Italy. The petitioner, JP, shared parental res

A Scottish baron has lost an appeal challenging the refusal of his petition to the Queen to grant him a peerage and entitlement to sit in the House of Lords. Graham Nassau Gordon Senior-Milne, the Baron of Mordington was recognised as a baron in 2004 following his purchase of the land to which