Orkney solicitor Serena Sutherland has earned the votes of her Highlands and Islands colleagues to become the newest member of the Law Society of Scotland Council. She won the seat over three of her solicitor colleagues and will represent the views and interests of legal professionals in the Dingwal
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New counter-terrorism powers proposed by the UK government have been criticised by a Westminster committee as being too vaguely defined and lacking safeguards to protect human rights.In its report, the Joint Select Committee on Human Rights said that it doubts whether the&nb
President Donald Trump has nominated Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court, describing him as a "brilliant jurist". Mr Kavanaugh, a District of Columbia appeals court judge, formerly advised ex-President, George W Bush.
A “significant number” of additional institutions are to come under scrutiny as part of Scotland's investigation into child abuse, inquiry lead Lady Smith has said. Currently the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry is looking at 70 institutions, among them boarding schools and children's h
Govan Law Centre has lodged an appeal at the Sheriff Appeal Court in a rent arrears case challenging the "regressive practice" by social landlords in Glasgow of preventing tenants from recalling eviction decrees. Rachel Moon, senior solicitor at Govanhill Law Centre who represented the defendant in&
A multi-track qualification scheme could be introduced at the English bar as early as next September, The Brief reports.The scheme is reportedly being considered as a key measure in widening social access and reducing the cost of becoming a barrister.Proposals under consideration by the&nb
A French court has decreed that its famous national motto, “Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité”, can be used as a defence in court. The Constitutional Council said on Friday that a farmer who smuggled migrants into the country was not guilty of a crime as he acted o
The latest edition of the Scottish Civil Justice Council's newsletter has been published, detailing changes in committees' membership as well as ongoing work. Yvonne MacDermid has been appointed to the Costs and Funding Committee for a further period of three years from 06 July 2018.
A diabetic student has been awarded £2,000 in compensation after winning a discrimination case against a company that provided security staff at the music festival Tennent’s Vital in 2016. Kayla Hanna from south Belfast had her bottle of Lucozade confiscated by b
After calling for reforms to put consumer protection at the centre of its regulatory framework, the Law Society of Scotland has expressed its support for Scottish government’s plans to establish a single consumer body for Scotland. Business minister Jamie Hepburn MSP announced plans to set up
The University of Aberdeen School of Law will once again open its doors to students from the USA as part of its Baltimore/Maryland Summer School this year. The summer school is a long-standing tradition between the institutions – the programme was initiated in 1987 by Baltimore and Aberde
The Supreme Court's judgment in Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Appellant) v Taylor Clark Leisure Plc (Respondent) (Scotland) will be handed down next Wednesday. The respondent, Taylor Clark Leisure Plc, was the representative member of the Taylor Clark VAT Group
The sister of a man who was killed in the UK has had her application to the European Court of Human Rights alleging failings in the criminal justice system unanimously declared inadmissible. The case of Makarová v the United Kingdom concerned a complaint by the sister of a Czech man
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The judiciary is facing an "unsustainable" recruitment crisis, England and Wales' most senior judge has said. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Burnett of Maldon, said that for the fourth year in a row, a number of judicial posts would go unfilled and that there was a real prospect of the High Court oper
