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A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Alarm as 2 billion people have parliaments shut or limited by COVID-19 | openDemocracy

Robert Weir QC was today installed as a Senator of the College of Justice at a ceremony held in Parliament House. Social distancing was observed at the installation, held before a bench of two judges, the Lord President and the Lord Justice Clerk.

Civil cases brought in Scotland's courts have declined by 11 per cent in the past year, according to new figures. Scottish government data show that in 2018-19, 72,100 civil cases were brought before the Court of Session or sheriff courts.

The winning team in last week's landmark Morrisons case is delivering a webinar on what it means for business. DWF's employment, data protection and commercial litigation specialists will be answering questions live at the event, which streams on April 21 from 1100 to 1200.

Scotland should look to international examples of land ownership, use, and management to inform its land reform programme, the Scottish Land Commission has said. Its report entitled Review of International Experience of Community, Communal and Municipal Ownership of Land identifies three themes

In the first quarter of 2020, the volume of residential property sales in Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders fell by 9.2 per cent. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak and resultant social distancing measures, the decline in sales volume was concentrated in the last two weeks of March. The number

The independent regulator of social housing in Scotland has been taken to task by a Holyrood committee following allegations of bullying and improper governance reported by our sister publication, Scottish Housing News. MSPs have given the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) one month to respond t

Applications are being taken for Faculty of Advocates’ scholarships which can help ease financial tensions during the training period for the bar. Those hoping to begin devilling in 2021 are asked to submit applications by the end of this month – Thursday, 30 April.

A new process to report COVID-19 deaths is now in place. Health Protection Scotland (HPS) has worked with National Records of Scotland (NRS) to put the new procedure in place, which involves cross-checking records between HPS and NRS to identify individuals who have died and have a laboratory-confir

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. In a new age of emergency laws, human rights are more important than ever | New Statesman

The criminal bar has welcomed a decision by ministers to withdraw their plan for trial without jury, and vowed to help “find a temporary solution to this temporary problem”. The Scottish Criminal Bar Association (SCBA) had strongly condemned a provision in the Coronavirus (Scotland) Bill

Scottish conveyancers have greeted huge increases in loan-to-value deposits required by mortgage lenders with dismay. Britain's mortgage lenders have dramatically increased their loan-to-value deposits for house purchases with Halifax and Barclays among those seeking 40 per cent down-payme

Convictions for rape and attempted rape increased by 43 per cent in Scotland in they ear 2018-19, new figures reveal. The number of proceedings for these crimes increased by 32 per cent to 324 proceedings in 2018-19, and the conviction rate was 47 per cent.

A proposal to make civil partnerships available to different sex couples will strengthen equality and advance human rights in Scotland, according to a Holyrood committee. The Scottish Parliament’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee has published its stage 1 report on the Civil Partnership (

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) is liaising with the relevant organisations to determine whether the levy it imposes on lawyers can be reduced in light of the coronavirus pandemic. The SLCC published responses to its recent consultation on strategy, budget and operating plan, some of