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Legal experts are to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the Scottish Parliament at a seminar in Edinburgh next month. The creation of the Scottish Parliament radically transformed Scotland’s constitutional arrangements, bringing political deliberation, governmental accountability, and la
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The UK has been ordered to give the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius "as rapidly as possible" after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled British occupation of the archipelago was illegal, The Guardian reports. The British retained possession of the islands after Mauritius gained independen
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Boyd Legal Solicitors has opened a new office in Fife.
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Lawyers gathered last week at the Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow to hear a debate on the merits of the Roberton Review. The panel consisted of report author Esther Roberton; Scottish Legal Complaints Commission chief executive Neil Stevenson; former Law Society of Scotland president C
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The head of Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has warned bureau managers of job losses in the wake of a £600,000 legal aid board funding cut. CAS chief executive Derek Mitchell said the proposed cut would lead to the loss of at least 25 staff in 15 bureaux across the country and thought the actua
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An elderly crime wave appears to be sweeping Japan as pensioners seek jail time in a bid to save money. Over-65s now make up one in five convictions in the East Asian country, up from one in 20 just over two decades ago.
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The case against the UK government’s bulk surveillance powers will be heard by the highest chamber of Europe’s human rights court. The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) will hear a case previously decided by a lower Chamber and brought by Liberty, Privacy Intern
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The President of the Supreme Court is to deliver a lecture in Edinburgh next month on the court's role as it celebrates its tenth anniversary this year. Lady Hale will deliver the 2019 Macfadyen Lecture, answering the question 'What is the UK Supreme Cort For'?
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Some of Scotland's leading solicitors, advocates, campaigners and human rights groups will take part in a student-run law conference at Edinburgh University this month. ‘Justice for All’ will examine the relationship between law and the common good, as well as considering opportunit
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The law "still has trouble seeing children as real people", the president of the Supreme Court, Lady Hale, has said. The senior judge reflected on the human rights of children and people with mental disabilities as she delivered the Society of Legal Scholars Centenary Lecture 2018 at the University
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A not-for-profit professional and personal development organisation for women in the law will expand into Scotland with its first event in Edinburgh later this week. Women in the Law UK, which was founded in Manchester by barrister Sally Penni, expanded into London, Leeds and Liverpool last autumn.
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The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled in favour of an Azerbaijani journalist who was subject to a sex-tape smear campaign after investigating government corruption. The ECtHR ruled that the Azerbaijani authorities failed to investigate a “sex video” of Radio Free Europe re
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Dr Kim Barker of Stirling Law School and Dr Olga Jurasz of the Open University Law School are hosting an evening reception at the Royal Scots Club in Edinburgh on 5 February 2019 to mark the launch of their new book: Online Misogyny as a Hate Crime: A Challenge for Legal Regulation. The book assesse
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“No negligence where the doctors disagree” used to be the approach of the courts to expert evidence in medical cases.
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The Court of Session has granted a declarator in line with the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Article 50 case, Wightman and others. The European Court ruled this month that it was possible for the UK to unilaterally revoke the notification of its intention to leave the
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