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A violent serial offender has been jailed for 15 years for a catalogue of historical offences against nine women and girls. Following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow last month, George West was convicted of sixteen charges including rape and indecent assault.

A judge in British Columbia has refused to ask members of a jury about their vaccination status. “I do not think the participation of unvaccinated jurors risks public confidence in the administration of justice,” Justice Geoffrey Gomery said in a ruling.

Aamer Anwar is to appear at the Scottish Solicitors’ Discipline Tribunal next month. He said in a statement: “It would obviously be inappropriate for me to comment in any detail on pending matters before the tribunal involving confidential client business, but I can say this is a histori

The Scotsman has published an obituary of Brian Manus McGuire, campaigning lawyer and founding partner of Thompsons Solicitors Scotland, who passed away on 23 July at the age of 81. "He defined what it is to be a Labour lawyer. He was the archetype and the inspiration for many of the campaignin

Should climate change be a mandatory part of legal education to prepare Scotland's lawyers of the future? Or, would having a universal definition of 'ecocide' help to tackle climate change globally? Scots Law students have been challenged to write or record their views on climate change and the law

Macdonald Henderson has advised the Turnkey Group on the disposal of Turnkey Business Software (TBS) and Turnkey Infrastructure Solutions (TIS) to Kick ICT Group, led by technology entrepreneur Tom O’Hara. Founded in 2015, the deal is Kick’s sixth and seventh in six years as the bus

Caritas Legal has been recognised for its commitment to the armed forces community by becoming the smallest business in the legal sector to receive the silver award under the Ministry of Defence’s employer recognition scheme. The scheme recognises employers who employ and support veterans, res

Scots lawyers would like the 'not proven' verdict preserved whether Scotland adopts a two or three verdict system, a survey by the Law Society of Scotland has found. The survey – the majority of whose respondents were civil practitioners – asked about the need for change in the context o

The spectre of weekend courts has appeared yet again, despite total opposition from the legal profession. The pleas of lawyers have been ignored by the authorities, with courts due to sit during the COP26 summit to absorb the “anticipated surge” in cases.

An increasing number of women are bringing cases to the Employment Tribunal which cite menopause as the reason for unfair dismissal and direct sex discrimination, The Guardian reports. New data show that there were five tribunals that detailed the claimant's menopause in 2018, six in 2019 and 16 in

A new offence of "pet abduction" is to be created to address the escalating problem of dognapping. Justice Secretary Robert Buckland QC MP's legislation will reflect the fact that stealing a pet can be cruel to the animal and traumatic to its owner.

The Scottish property market continued its upward trend during May, June, and July 2021, as buyers flocked to secure homes across Edinburgh, Lothians, Fife, and the Borders, ESPC reports. The average selling price rose to £275,623 – up 7.6 per cent on the same period in 2020.

A man who was convicted of attacking his non-binary partner cannot enrol in a domestic abuse rehabilitation scheme because it is for heterosexual couples only. The Caledonian system was established in 2009 as part of an approach to dealing with domestic abuse and is operated by Sacro.

A solicitor who refused the Covid vaccine has died after becoming infected with the virus. Leslie Lawrenson, 58, said on Facebook people ought to “trust your immune system” and that he would rather develop “antibodies in my blood” than have the vaccine.

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