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Declining access to legal aid in England and Wales has been highlighted in a United Nations report on the UK, which describes the budget as having been "decimated". Legal aid has been dramatically reduced in England and Wales since 2012. The LASPO Act (Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offende

The High Court of England and Wales has launched a new judicial assistants (JA) scheme. The role of judicial assistant offers those in the early years of their professional practice a ringside view of the trial process and first instance decision-making from the perspective of the judge, for the mos

The application process for judicial office in Scotland has been severely criticised as too onerous, a "lottery" and an artificial paperwork exercise that may be no more effective than the 'tap on the shoulder' that allowed "useless people" to be appointed in the past. Last year the Judicial Appoint

Scotland has the highest proportion of probationers under supervision for “offences against persons” in all of Europe, according to figures published today. The number of people in Europe subject to community sanctions and measures (CSM) – usually known as alternatives to imprisonm

A student anti-abortion group that launched legal action after being denied the right to affiliate now has a presence on campus. Aberdeen Life Ethics Society (ALES) claimed that an Aberdeen University Students' Association (AUSA) policy of "deplatforming pro-life student societies" ran contrary

Members of the Faculty of Advocates Choir will share the stage with some inspirational singers at a fundraising concert in Dublin. The event, The Sounds of Music, is a collaboration between the choir, and the choirs of the Bar of Ireland and A&L Goodbody, a leading Irish law firm.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been maintaining a secret policy allowing ministers to approve actions which could lead to torture, The Times reports. This policy, which was revealed through freedom of information requests by The Rendition Project, suggests ministers can approve action c

There has been a 125 per cent increase in the use of post-nuptial agreements in the past year at one law firm. Alison McKee, partner and head of family law at Lindsays, told The Scotsman that the firm has seen a large increse in requests for post-nuptial agreements in the past year.

A total of 31 members of the Faculty of Advocates have been named on a new panel of counsel in Scotland for the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). The appointments are for four years, and the commission has also drawn up a list of preferred providers of external legal services in England a

The Edinburgh Tax Network, in conjunction with Terra Firma Chambers, will present a seminar entitled “Practical aspects of Employee Share Incentives for Private Companies?” on Thursday 27th June 2019 at the Mackenzie Building, Old Assembly Close, Edinburgh. The speaker will be Karen Davi

People who help ill relatives die are being spared jail sentences and shown leniency, it has been claimed. Campaigners have identified a number of cases where people who have helped others to end their lives have not been jailed and, in some cases, have not even been prosecuted.

Artisan cheesemakers have dropped legal action against a food watchdog over safety guidelines. Producers, among them Errington Cheese, which defeated South Lanarkshire Council over safety rules and an order preventing the sale of its cheeses, sought judicial review of guidance standards produced by

More than a third of priests in the Anglican church in Scotland have been bullied, a report has found. A survey of Scottish Episcopal Church (SEC) clergy found a “negative atmosphere which can foster bullying and harassment” in the church, The Times reports.

Edinburgh Napier Law Clinic will host the eighth annual Scottish University Law Clinic Network Conference next month. The day will open with some words from the incoming president of the Law Society, John Mulholland, and close with a keynote from John Sturrock QC, founder and senior mediator at Core

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