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Barbados has become the world's newest republic after formally breaking ties with the British monarchy while remaining in the Commonwealth of Nations. Dame Sandra Mason, a Barbadian lawyer and former judge who served as governor-general of Barbados from 2018, has assumed the presidency of the countr

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has published its annual report, showing strong overall performance. The 2020-21 SLCC annual report covers performance in the July 2020 to June 2021 operating year, and was laid before the Scottish Parliament today, along with the 2020-21 SLCC annual a

John Laurence Dowdall passed away peacefully on 10 November. He was the son of the late Laurence Dowdall, one of Scotland's greatest criminal defence lawyers. A notice in The Herald states: "Well known as a man of integrity, generosity and compassion, he will be much missed by his friends and those

Philip Lafferty, Susan Murray and Sheila Webster have been nominated as 2023/24 president elect of the Law Society of Scotland. Council members will now vote for their preferred candidate and the result will be announced at the December 2021 meeting. The successful candidate will succeed current vic

Social media companies will have to hand over details of anonymous users who make defamatory posts under a new Australian law. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said legislation requiring Facebook and Twitter to reveal the identities of trolls would be introduced in the country's parliament this week.

A new law providing for transgender prisoners in California to be housed and searched in a manner consistent with their gender identity has been challenged as unconstitutional by an anti-trans campaign group.

Lawyers for a man who served over 42 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of a triple murder have raised more than $1.5 million for him in an online crowdfunder. African-American Kevin Strickland, 62, was freed last week from prison in Missouri, one of a number of US states which does no

Proposals of the Scottish Civil Justice Council to put online courts on a firmer footing have been met with dismay by this year's devils. The trainee advocates said in a response to a consultation on the plans that they were "particularly concerned" by a presumption that certain substantive hearings

A human rights group has failed in its legal attempt to force Holyrood to investigate how Donald Trump paid for two Scottish golf courses. New York-based Avaaz had wanted to Scottish government to undertake a 'McMafia' probe into how Mr Trump obtained funding for Menie golf course in Aberdeenshire a

Insurance law specialists BLM and Clyde & Co are reportedly discussing a possible merger which would create a combined firm with annual revenue of £735 million. The firm recently entered "early-stage talks" and the details are "being kept tight by the pair's senior leadership teams", accor

JUSTICE is hosting a virtual event on 7 December at 5pm: Barriers and Threats to Access to Justice in the Immigration and Asylum System. In 2018, JUSTICE published Immigration and Asylum Appeals – a Fresh Look. It made 49 practical recommendations aimed at reforming the difficulties faced by t

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Drowning of 27 migrants in English Channel is worst disaster on record  | UN News

The Scottish Civil Justice Committee’s (SCJC) consultation on rules covering the mode of attendance at civil court hearings is premature and without a solid evidence base to inform its proposals, according to the Law Society of Scotland. The professional body for over 12,000 Scottish solicitor

The Lord Advocate's admission that a former Rangers chief executive was the victim of a malicious prosecution should have been made earlier, a judge has said. Former Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC, apologised one year after promising to do so, The Herald reports. Charles Green's legal team said he o

Hamas should not have been removed from the European list of terrorist organisations, the Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled. It held that the General Court should not have cancelled Hamas’ listing on the ground that the European Council had failed to authenticate by means of a s