Lawyers in Aberdeen have called for temporary courtrooms to be established to help tackle the increasing backlog of cases caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, as sheriff and jury trials have still not resumed. The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) recently announced plans to restart High
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A pensioner is to appear in court next month accused of murdering a woman and her son more than 40 years ago. William Macdowell, 77, is accused of killing Renee Macrae, 36, and her three-year-old toddler Andrew in 1976.
Compass Chambers is delighted to announce the appointment of new silks, Amber Galbraith QC and Barry Smith QC. They have been appointed by Her Majesty The Queen on the recommendation of First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, having been nominated by the Lord President.
The quantification of damages in the wrongful prosecution of Rangers administrators will not be affected by causation, counsel for the Lord Advocate has said. Gerry Moynihan QC told Lord Tyre in the Outer House on Friday that causation would not affect how much David Whitehouse and Paul Clark would
Former Attorney General Geoffrey Cox QC has threatened to rebel in a crucial government vote after calling it "unconscionable" for the UK to break its treaty commitment to the EU. Last week, Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis told MPs that provisions in the Internal Market Bill would "break in
The Campaign for Freedom of Information in Scotland is hosting a virtual meeting of the Scottish Public Information Forum (SPIF), focusing on access to information during the COVID-19 crisis. The event will take place virtually on Thursday 24 September 2020 between 14:00 and 15:30.
A court has ruled that a woman who lived and travelled alone without her father's permission had “the right to choose where to live”. A three-year legal battle came to an end after a judge ruled that Mariam al-Otaibi, 32, had committed no crime by moving to Riyadh, against her family's w
Prisoners have been given permission to open Scotland's first fine-dining vegan restaurant for the public on the grounds of a maximum-security prison. A vacant social club at HMP Perth will be turned into a new café and bistro, staffed by prisoners and former prisoners.
The University of Cambridge has emerged victorious in a new intervarsity Roman law moot.
The winners of the first Scottish Universities Law Institute (SULI) scholarships have been announced. Edinburgh Law School's Shona Warwick and Aberdeen University's Chike Emedosi are the inaugural recipients of the scholarships.
A law student is looking for solicitors to be part of an editorial board for an upcoming diversity and inclusion project. Declan Dundas, a fourth year Scots law student at the University of Dundee, is looking for around five solicitors to volunteer for the project.
A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 should not be held in China, human rights groups say in letter to IOC - CNN
The Law Society of Scotland has recommended changes to the Scottish government's planning policy to improve efficiency and transparency of the planning process. Its Planning Law Committee ran a consultation last year which sought views and feedback on the policy.
Senators of the College of Justice have warned of inconsistency and ambiguity in proposed hate crime legislation. In a response to Holyrood's Justice Committee, judges noted that free speech provisions in clauses 11 and 12 of the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill only apply
New legislation which would incorporate the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into Scots law and allow children to take public authorities to court for breaches of their rights is to be considered by a Holyrood Committee. The Scottish Parliament’s Equalities and Huma
