Jury trials have returned to Aberdeen after almost an entire year, with the opening of a remote jury centre. The Vue cinema on Shiprow now accommodates jurors.
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Petitions are at their lowest level in nine months and are five per cent lower than the average monthly pre-Covid level, according to new figures from the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS). This shows the volumes of cases being progressed each month in the High Court, Sheriff Court and Ju
Tayside and Fife is enjoying a mini property boom as supply exceeds demand throughout the region. The high demand has led to a surge in prices for all residential properties, with price increases reported locally of seven per cent.
The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) has denied claims it gave false assurances that a sheriff court was safe to attend last December following a Covid-19 outbreak. Seven members of staff at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court self-isolated before Christmas after testing positive for
A major court defeat for oil and gas giant Shell could herald the end of "a long chapter of impunity" for multinationals implicated in human rights abuses overseas, lawyers and campaigners have said. The UK Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the Ogale and Bille communities in the Niger Delta can bri
BPP University Law School is to offer students what is believed to be the first class in making small talk, The Times reports. Georgie Nightingall, who is running the course in chitchat and networking, said that while small talk is often maligned, it is important for social advancement.
The recent Inner House opinion in Ogilvie Homes Limited v Scottish Ministers [2021] CSIH 8 highlights the role of the court in the interpretation of development plan policies. In accepting the arguments presented by Terra Firma's Douglas Armstrong QC, the court concluded that the Scottish minis
The appointment of three senators on the same day next week will be a judicial first. Craig Sandison QC, Shona Haldane QC and Martin Richardson QC will take their oaths of office in the First Division Courtroom, Court 1, next Monday.
Bereaved families dealing with banks to settle the finances of loved ones have suffered "unacceptable mistakes" during probate, according to research carried out in England and Wales by consumer body Which?. Customers have reported banks losing death certificates or failing to close the account of s
Douglas J. Cusine asks, among other things, why Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf has said nothing about the malicious prosecution scandal? In his statement to Parliament about the prosecution of Whitehouse and Clark, the Lord Advocate made three observations. One was that there should be a judicial in
Sir William Macpherson of Cluny and Blairgowrie, judge and author of a damning report into the Metropolitan Police published in the wake of the Stephen Lawrence murder, has passed away at the age of 94. Chief of clan Macpherson for more than half a century, Sir William was a judge at the E
More than 500 court staff in England and Wales are to be balloted for industrial action from today over safety concerns arising from Covid. The Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) is balloting members in HM Courts and Tribunals Service over management’s failure to act to address serious
Law Society calls for Scotland-wide high-rise cladding assessment following new funding announcement
The Law Society of Scotland has welcomed the UK government’s announcement that it will make further funding available for removing dangerous cladding on high-rise buildings and called for a Scotland-wide assessment of high-rise buildings. The Society has said that new funding presents the S
Retail trade union Usdaw has won an interdict in the Court of Session preventing Tesco from forcing some of the staff at the Livingston distribution centre onto a new contract, which would result in the affected staff losing between £4,000 and £19,000 per year. The judgment, which a
The two victims of the Crown Office's malicious prosecution received up to £150,000 in compensation from Police Scotland, it has emerged. Iain Livingstone, chief constable of Police Scotland, told MSPs Holyrood that Rangers administrators Paul Clark and David Whitehouse had been awarded up to
