Italy failed to provide proper legal representation to Amanda Knox, the American woman acquitted in 2015 of killing her British housemate, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. It ordered the Italian authorities to pay €18,400 in damages and legal costs.
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The Herald has published an obituary of David Lessels, emeritus professor of law at Aberdeen University who passed away last month aged 69. "Family came first in his life and when the children were young camping holidays in France were the norm. He encouraged them in all their activities and as a mu
The Parliamentary Assembly of the 47-nation Council of Europe has expressed concern about the “judicial” activities of “Sharia councils” in the UK and has recommended that barriers to Muslim women's access to justice be removed. A resolution adopted last night by the assembly
The courts system is in chaos following a major computer outage that has lasted for days. Court WiFi has been unavailable to lawyers and cases have had to be adjourned because of a failure of the Ministry of Justice’s (MoJ) IT system, the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) said.
Cycle Law Scotland has raised £1,200 for Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA) after staff cycled a total of 1,500 miles on a tandem over the course of a year.
A former soldier who contracted Q fever in Afghanistan is suing the Ministry of Defence in what could be a landmark case, the BBC reports.
An online will writing too has raised £7.5 million in a bid to “disrupt the death industry” as it aims for a 10 per cent share of the market by the end of this year. Farewill, which currently produces one in 30 wills in the UK, plans to use funding injection to double the size of i
Austrian privacy campaigner Max Schrems has lodged complaints against eight online streaming services in relation to alleged "structural violations" of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
A report by the Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) has found that Police Scotland failed to record a report for concern for a 25-year-old vulnerable man who went missing and was later found dead. The man’s body was discovered on the beach near Musselburgh Harbour at 1750 ho
US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is to appear on film – in the new Lego movie. Justice Ginsburg, known to her fans as the "Notorious RBG", will appear as a Lego figure clothed in judicial garb.
Scotland's lawyers have voted overwhelmingly, by over 76 per cent, in favour of a "People's Vote" on the final Brexit deal. Exactly 750 respondents took part in a poll by Scottish Legal News, the daily news service for Scottish lawyers, which was held on Thursday and Friday last week.
The UK government has failed to give assurances that it will not repeal or replace the Human Rights Act – a stark contrast to its proclaimed commitment to "shared values of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms" – the House of Lords EU Justice Sub-Committee has stated. T
Thousands of women workers will be given payouts of about £35,000 by the end of 2019 after equal pay campaigners reached a settlement with Scotland's largest council. Glasgow City Council and the joint claimant organisations, GMB, Unison, Unite and Action 4 Equality, have reached an agreement
An insured man who was surveilled by his insurance company to determine whether his claim for compensation was justified has had his application declared inadmissible by the European Court of Human Rights. Mehmedovic v Switzerland concerned the surveillance of Mr Mehmedovic and, indirectly
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