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Govanhill Law Centre (GhLC) prevented the instant eviction of a family of European Union nationals with four young children by lodging a Sheriff Court appeal last week seeking the suspension of the eviction. Physical ejection from the property was scheduled to take place tomorrow at 10am in Govanhil

Professor James Chalmers and Professor Fiona Leverick have endorsed a rule that would see child witnesses give all their evidence in the most serious criminal cases in advance of trial and described as "unfounded" worries that video evidence may disadvantage either the accused or the complainer

The Lord President, Lord Carloway, has urged the cream of Scotland’s legal profession to consider a career on the bench. In an address at the Opening of the Legal Year 2018-19, Lord Carloway said he continued to have concerns about the reluctance of many of the best practitioners to consider a

French authorities have seized over 20 tonnes of Eiffel Tower souvenirs in a bid to crack down on the illegal souvenir trade. Nine people are now being questioned by police and face potential prosecution over their role in shifting the trinkets.

As plans for legal apprenticeships gain steam, Scottish Legal News is asking readers whether they think apprenticeships ought to be introduced in Scotland as an alternative route to qualification as a solicitor. Holyrood’s Justice Committee has called for the introduction of legal ap

Edinburgh Law School's Professor Drew Scott has been awarded the UACES Lifetime Achievement Award. The University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES) presented its 2018 Lifetime Achievement award to Professor Scott earlier this month, commending "the quality and versatility of [his

Anderson Strathern has paid tribute to Investors in People (IIP), the former government-owned body now run as a not-for-profit, as the firm marks twenty years as an Investors in People-accredited organisation. The firm was the first in the Scottish legal sector to gain Gold for both IIP (2011) and Y

A journalist who was sentenced to 5,000 years in prison for failing to pay libel damages amounting to £1.2 million has reflected on the state of the profession in Africa. Rodney D Sieh, editor of Liberia's FrontPageAfrica, had run a story that cast doubt on a government audit, finding $6m unac

Ethiopian authorities have been condemned for their arbitrary arrest of almost 3,000 young people over the weekend. Responding to a statement by Addis Ababa’s police commissioner Major General Degefe Bede that nearly 3,000 youths were arrested in the capital and that 174 would be charged

Four Scottish law schools have ranked in the top 10 in this year's Times Good University Guide. This year saw Cambridge University take pole position, followed by Oxford and London's UCL and LSE in third and fourth respectively.

A former Aberdeen lawyer has been struck off the roll of solicitors for committing numerous breaches. Ian James McDougall, who had run his own firm of McDougall & Co, was suspended in June 2015 and was sequestrated in November of that year.

Authorities have seized nearly £14 million worth of cocaine that was hidden among bananas donated to a prison. Around 540 packages of cocaine were found among the 45 boxes which were donated because they were "already ripe".

The recent English case of Williams Tarr Construction Limited v Anthony Roylance Limited and Anthony Roylance [2018] EWHC 23 highlights the importance of taking time at the commencement of a project to set out the basis on which parties intend to contract with each other, write David Arnott and Sara

Pinsent Masons has signed a lease for 25,000 sq ft of prime office space in Edinburgh’s Capital Square development. The project being developed by BAM Properties, in partnership with Hermes Investment Management, is under construction in the Exchange business district.