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Supplementary experimental prison population statistics covering the period 2009-10 to 2019-20 have been published by Scotland’s chief statistician. The data indicate that the overall average daily prison population fluctuated over the 10 years to 2019-20. Between 2009-10 and 2011-12, there wa

Dear Editor, Eilidh Smith's article on Taylor Swift's intellectual property woes misses out a key point: Taylor Swift tried to buy back the intellectual property rights and would likely have had no problem purchasing these rights, except that the owner, Scooter Braun, refused to allow her to buy the

The 'not proven' verdict is neither logical nor sensible, undermines the presumption of innocence and should be abolished, a recently retired judge has said. Writing in Scottish Legal News today, Lord Uist, who retired from the bench in February, said that the third verdict was "wholly indefensible

The Faculty of Advocates is among a number of bar organisations that have condemned sanctions announced by China against barristers who gave legal advice in connection with human rights abuses in Xinjiang. In a letter signed by the Faculty, the Bar Council of England and Wales, The Bar of

The Scottish Public Law Group is holding a live webinar on Thursday 29 April from 17.30-19.30, on Devolution After Brexit. Even now that the UK has left the European Union, the full implications of that monumental change remain to be settled - from the shape and nature of our future relationship wit

Professors James Chalmers, Fiona Leverick and Vanessa Munro take issue with recent claims about how often and in what sort of case the 'not proven' verdict is used. In a recent piece for Scottish Legal News, Alistair Bonnington criticised calls to scrap the not proven verdict, making a remarkable cl

Lawyers representing former subpostmasters who had long-standing convictions quashed at the Court of Appeal have called for the criminal focus to now "finally and fiercely" switch to investigating Post Office officials who "maliciously ruined the lives of innocent people by prosecuting them in pursu

Canada's top court has ruled that the US-based Sinixt nation's ancestral land rights survived the migration of their members south in the 19th century, the National Post reports. The court found for Rick Desautel, a descendent of the Sinixt who lives in Washington state. He was charged in 2010 with

The Courier has published an obituary of solicitor Ronnie Tough, who has passed away following a long illness.  "Ronnie Tough’s love of football was matched only by his passion for social justice.

New figures show that 468 sheriff solemn cases were concluded in March – nine per cent higher than the average pre-Covid level. The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service has published today the seventh monthly workbook to show the throughput of criminal cases in the courts.

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. China rejects accusations of abuses in Xinjiang | The Independent

One of the most respected legal minds in Scotland, Heriot Currie QC, has passed away. “This week, we bade farewell to one of the titans of the Scottish Bar in recent times. Heriot Currie QC, who called in 1979 and took silk in 1992, suffered a massive stroke from which he did not recover, pass

Yet some believe it’s pure gold? I suppose I’ve given my position away early with the title, but let me explain why I consider there to be something quite sinister about Bitcoin. It is an ‘investment’ (Bitcoin simply does not meet the criteria to be considered an asset) I wou

Nominations are invited for the 2021 Law Society of Scotland In-house Rising Star award. The award, now in its ninth year, recognises the outstanding achievement of a newly qualified Scottish solicitor or trainee working in-house.

Lawyers have expressed concern over a new app intended to expedite criminal cases, The Herald reports. An app to schedule meetings between the defence and prosecutors so that cases can either be resolved quickly or proceed to trial has been described as “entirely unreliable”.