The lawyer who said he would "take a bullet" for Donald Trump has been jailed for three years after being found guilty of lying to Congress and enabling illegal payments to women who had allegedly had affairs with the US president. Michael Cohen, 52, told the court he undertook the crimes becau
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Following the decision of the Sheriff Appeal Court in NRAM plc v Cordiner last year, it is generally thought that a homeowner cannot recall a decree by a “Minute for Recall of Decree’ where he or she had appeared in court, or been represented. This week, Govan Law Centre (GLC
Tommy Sheridan is entitled to interest on the £200,000 damages he was awarded following his successful defamation action against the publishers of the News of the World, at the judicial rate of eight per cent per year from the date of the jury’s verdict in 2006 until the principal sum wa
The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has launched a new guide to help solicitors avoid the most common complaints in relation to family law. The guide – based on the SLCC’s experience of real cases – includes anonymised case examples and best practice advice.
Ministers have pledged a comprehensive review of criminal legal aid rates as the UK government laid regulations to spend an additional £23 million on fees for defence advocates, The Times reports. Lucy Frazer QC, a justice minister, said the government intended to carry out a "fundamental revi
The United Kingdom is free to revoke unilaterally the notification of its intention to withdraw from the EU and such a revocation, decided in accordance with its own national constitutional requirements, would have the effect that the United Kingdom remains in the EU under terms that are unchanged
Tens of thousands of fraud victims have been denied justice after a computer algorithm dismissed four-fifths of reported cases. The Sunday Telegraph reports that 80 per cent of fraud incidents reported to the police in 2017-18 were rejected.
Evidence led trials in the High Court rose by 10 per cent between the first and second quarters of this year due to increased reporting of sexual offending – a trend that is expected to continue.
The latest meeting of the referral bars of Scotland, England & Wales, Ireland and Northern Ireland takes place at the Advocates Library in Edinburgh today. Meetings of the four bars – the Faculty of Advocates in Scotland, the Bar Council in England and Wales, The Bar of Ireland in the Iris
At least 40 motorists have had their drug-driving convictions quashed after evidence emerged of manipulation in the forensic testing process. The motorists had been banned from driving and in some cases fined but their convictions have now been overturned.
Judgment in the Scottish Brexit bill case will be handed down by the Supreme Court on Thursday 13 December 2018. On 17 April 2018, the UK government's law officers, the Attorney General and the Advocate General for Scotland, referred EU exit legislation passed in the Scottish Parliament (the UK
Deliveroo riders have lost a legal battle to gain union recognition after the High Court ruled in favour of the delivery company. The ruling confirms the Central Arbitration Committee's (CAC) judgment from November last year, which the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain was seeking to o
Jennifer Henderson, the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland, will deliver the keynote address at Central Law Training’s Conveyancing Conference. Forming part of the Scots Law 2019 Conventions Series, the Conference will take place at the Glasgow Hilton on 11 March.
The Faculty of Advocates is following its Christmas tradition this year of making a difference for vulnerable families in Fife, with donations of presents and cash to bring festive cheer. This is the fourth time that Maria Maguire QC has organised a collection in aid of the family support charity, H
Almost 80 per cent of Scottish solicitors and accredited paralegals feel that gender equality has improved in the legal profession over the past five years. The Profile of the Profession survey published today by the Law Society of Scotland, questioned over 2,700 solicitors, trainee solicitors and a
