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The SYLA Spring Ball will return to Edinburgh on Saturday 29 February 2020. It is one of the most popular social fixtures in the Scottish legal calendar, with over 200 people attending annually.
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A prosecutor who threatened to have a beautician deported because she intended to leave his husband's business has been fined £700. At Aberdeen Sheriff Court, Sheriff Ian Duguid said it was likely David Wilkie-Thorburn, 52, would lose his job as an assistant procurator fiscal.
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Hamish Hubert Carlton, a commercial lawyer, has passed away peacefully at the age of 84, The Courier reports. He was born in Dundee in 1936, the younger son of the Honourable Sheriff Hugh Carlton and Peggy (Lawson) Carlton.
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The Scottish government is hosting a series of engagement events across the country to seek views from the legal profession, third sector, and people with experience of the justice system, on the findings and any implications its jury research may have for future criminal justice reforms. The Scotti
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The new offices of Aberdeen-based Lefevre Litigation open today following a fire that destroyed the firm's former premises before Christmas. The blaze at Carden Place destroyed the building which also houses restaurant Valentino’s.
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The Herald has published a full obituary of JAM Inglis. "James Alistair Macfarlane Inglis (known as Alistair), who has died aged 90, was professor of conveyancing at Glasgow University from 1978 until 1993.
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A former procurator fiscal has brought an unfair dismissal claim against the Crown Office. Laura Malone raised the proceedings after claiming bosses placed “excessive and continued demands” on her.
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The Scottish Liberal Democrats have called for action to tackle the lack of gender balance in Scotland’s justice system. It follows a freedom of information request by the party and comes as Lady Hale retires as President of the Supreme Court this week.
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An airline is liable for the harm caused by a spilt cup of hot coffee and it is not necessary for that accident to relate to a hazard typically associated with flight, the Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled. In its judgment, the Court of Justice clarifies that an airline’s liabil
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As part of the programme to mark 20 years since the creation of the Scottish Parliament, the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) has been publishing twenty “20 year” blog posts on SPICe Spotlight over the course of 2019. This blog, by Sarah Harvie-Clark, senior researcher (civ
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Date: 28th January 2020Time: 17:45 - 20:00
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A new legal book club is to be launched next year at Glasgow University. In 2020 RebLaw Scotland and Glasgow Open Justice will be launching a book club aimed at bringing together law students, academics, practising lawyers - and anyone with an interest in law and human rights – to discuss book
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And finally… handbags at dawn A fight between two men over who had reserved a sunbed on a cruise ship is set to be resolved in court.
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The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has received an additional £300,000 investment to help clear overdue post-mortem reports. The Crown relies upon experts employed by the University of Glasgow for a significant amount of the medical and scientific services it needs and
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The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association (SYLA) has launched a survey seeking to gauge opinion on changes to the admissions regulations for trainee solicitors. The Law Society of Scotland admissions regulations were updated in November 2019. Amongst the changes is a rule that trainees can now ap
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