A lawyer in India faces jail after tweeting that the country's highest court undermined democracy. Prashant Bhushan, 63, a public interest lawyer, accused judges of giving in to the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Guidance on sentencing young people, with rehabilitation at its heart, has been given strong support by the Faculty of Advocates – but with a warning that the public needs to be assured the aim is not to let offenders go scot-free. The Faculty said in response to a consultation on a draft guid
The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service is asking all users to wear a face covering in public and communal areas of its buildings from 31 August. You should bring your own face covering if you can. Suitable face coverings can be provided if required.
Scottish Legal News is now welcoming entries from law graduates for its Lawyers of Tomorrow slot. Lawyers of Tomorrow gives graduates seeking traineeships the opportunity to tell law firms about their skills and experience.
Compass Chambers has announced the launch of its new website. The site was produced by Arrival Design and it gives visitors an experience which is clean, uncluttered and easy to navigate regardless of the device it is being viewed on.
A fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into a helicopter crash in the North Sea is to begin next week, a court has been told. Four offshore workers were killed when a Super Puma helicopter crashed on its approach to Sumburgh Airport in Shetland in August 2013.
The Scottish Road Works Commissioner has issued penalties totalling £94,000 to six utility organisations for failing to comply with their statutory obligations when placing cables and pipes in roads. These failings were identified by the latest Scottish National Coring Programme in which cores
A reader writes in response to our article from the Friday 21 August edition of Scottish Legal News: Our Legal Heritage: The adulterous judge who had his troublesome wife kidnapped and exiled to St Kilda. Following the harrowing tale of Rachel Chiesley's (Lady Grange) assault, abduction and imp
Police Scotland will be given powers to break up large house parties and councils will be allowed to shut companies down that fail to follow the coronavirus rules. The Scottish government announced the measures as new cases of COVID-19 reached their highest level for almost three months.
Scotland's criminal lawyers are strongly encouraged to respond to a research project on the operation of the criminal law system, including its key features. The project needs more responses before it can progress to the analysis stage. The Open University is seeking practitioners' views on the Scot
The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association is delighted to invite readers to join its two-part webinar, designed specifically for SYLA members. Part one will be presented by Nadia Atanasov, financial planner at Tilney, who will look at how to best make your money go further during uncertain times.
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Local public health measures like minimum pricing of alcohol could be jeopardised under proposals for a UK internal market, the Faculty of Advocates has suggested. The UK government has published a white paper aimed at protecting the flow of goods and services across the UK at the end of the Brexit
The Law Society of Scotland has responded to an open letter published in yesterday's edition of Scottish Legal News that decried the paltry fees paid by the Scottish Legal Aid Board to a law firm for its work on a Supreme Court case. Patricia Thom, co-convener of the Law Society of Scotland&rsq
The Ministry of Justice is to provide £3.1 million in funding to support people representing themselves in court. In a joint initiative with the Access to Justice Foundation, funding will be provided to not for profit organisations across the country to provide free legal support.
