As a regular reader of your newsletter I was deeply disappointed to see the feature on the proposed exhibition about Sir David Maxwell Fyfe make no mention of his record as Home Secretary. Whilst many readers will be familiar with his work as a prosecutor at Nuremberg and in drafting the European Co
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Boris Johnson's attempt to give ministers control over which courts are no longer bound by European Court precedent will damage the legal system, Lord Pannick QC has warned. The crossbench peer said he would try to undo the change proposed by clause 26 of the Withdrawal Agreement Bill, which comes b
The Scotsman has published a full obituary of Douglas Story Dalgleish – solicitor, football club chairman and golf administrator – who passed away last month at the age of 91. "Douglas Story Dalgleish, who has died peacefully aged 91, was a well known Glasgow solicitor, a past president
Judges from across Europe have joined their Polish counterparts at a protest in Warsaw against the erosion of judicial independence in the country. The march started outside Poland's Supreme Court, which recently found itself at the centre of a major political conflict after the country's right-wing
A biometrics commissioner will instil confidence in the public that the use of their data is “lawful and ethical”, the Justice Secretary has said. Humza Yousaf told the Scottish Parliament that an independent commissioner would oversee the use of biometric data in the criminal justice sy
Police Scotland needs £50 million to avoid making 750 officers redundant, MSPs have been told. Audit Scotland said the cash would be required over the next two years as the force tries to balance its books.
Over the last three months, the volume of properties coming to market in Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders fell by 7.1 per cent, which coincided with a 1.4 per cent drop in sales volume compared to the previous year, according to ESPC. Within Edinburgh, there was a 14.1 per cent decline
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As a young lawyer, or ‘writer’, in the county town of Perth in the 1820s, Duncan Clark was a pillar of the community and a model of respectability.
Local authorities are to be given new powers to regulate short-term lets such as those offered on Airbnb where they decide this is in the interests of local communities. Housing minister Kevin Stewart announced measures in the Scottish Parliament to provide local authorities with the ability to impl
The use of corroboration in the English criminal justice system should be resisted, the new chairwoman of the Bar Council has said. Ministers south of the border are understood to be considering the use of the Scottish evidential requirement but Amanda Pinto QC has warned against its use in rape tri
The latest instalment in the Scottish Young Lawyers' Association "Beyond the Basics" series is a seminar dealing with all things legal aid. The SYLA partnered with the Scottish Legal Aid Board this year to put any legal aid queries to bed.
Dentons has advised Charles Ritchie's Testamentary Trust, the majority shareholder of global energy services engineering business Score Group, on its £120 million sale to private equity firm SCF Partners. Founded in 1982 by Charles Ritchie, Score is headquartered in the Aberdeenshire town of P
A survey by the Scottish Young Lawyers' Association (SYLA) on changes to the admissions regulations for solicitors has received mixed responses. In November 2019 the Law Society of Scotland's admissions regulations were updated. One of the biggest changes affecting trainees is expected to be th
Work as part of the redevelopment of Cornton Vale women's prison could begin next month. Documents in the planning process for the jail show that the Scottish Prison Service and contractor Morrison Construction aim to start in February.
