Nine former Chilean soldiers have been jailed for their role in the murder of folk singer Victor Jara during the 1973 coup.Eight men have been found guilty of murder, while a ninth has been found guilty of accessory to murder.Hugo Sánchez Marmonti, Raúl Jofré Gonz
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The Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee has today launched a call for evidence into the government’s new Vulnerable Witnesses Bill. The bill seeks to provide vulnerable witnesses and victims of crime with a better experience of the criminal justice system in Scotland. The main change
Poland's top judge turned up for work today in rejection of a new law forcing numerous members of the senior judiciary to retire early. Chief Justice Malgorzata Gersdorf, 65, had been told to step down from her post at midnight on Tuesday and make way for her replacement.
The lack of a coherent approach to exercising duty of care to detained persons in England and Wales is leading to at least some people being unfairly imprisoned, a new report says.The annual report of Lay Observers for England and Wales sets out failings in the care of people hel
A Holyrood committee is seeking views on issues including parking on the pavement, double parking, management of bus services and regulation of road works. The Scottish Parliament's Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee is running a survey to gather the views of individuals and organisations on t
The UK government has announced it is considering a judge-led inquiry into British involvement in torture and rendition following the publication of two reports into the subject by the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) last week. The first report found that Britain’s intelligence servi
The European Commission has launched an infringement procedure against Poland over claims the country is undermining judicial independence by lowering the age of retirement within the judiciary. Today, 27 out of 72 Supreme Court judges face the risk of being forced to retire – more than one in
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has launched new French and Irish law versions of the ISDA Master Agreement, adding to the existing English, New York and Japanese law choices ahead of Brexit. The new Master Agreements are intended to provide options for those institutions
The effectiveness of legislation that aims to ensure dogs are kept under control is to be examined by a Holyrood committee. As part of its post-legislative scrutiny of the Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010, the Public Audit and Post-Legislative Scrutiny Committee will examine the role of local aut
Civil legal aid will remain available for court-ordered family therapy. The costs of family therapy ordered by the courts have been met under grants of civil legal aid since June 2016 under Regulation 21 of the Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 2002.
Landowners whose properties have been encroached by Japanese knotweed will be able to claim damages following a Court of Appeal ruling. Three judges ruled in favour of two owners whose land had been affected by the "pernicious" plant.
A lawyer for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been given a four-year jail term for stealing the identities of immigrants who were facing deportation and using them to acquire credit cards and run up debts of more $190,300. Raphael Sanchez, 44, who was formerly the head of the ICE o
A number of human rights organisations have issued a joint statement following the publication of two reports yesterday by Westminster's Intelligence and Security Committee on the UK's complicity in torture and rendition incidents. Amnesty International UK, Freedom from Torture, Justice, Rights Watc
With Scotland’s new tribunals structure now progressively coming into operation, lawyers and other interested parties might do well to start updating their internet browser favourites so as to keep up to date with the latest news, write Mitchell Skilling and Douglas Bain. The First-tier T
The police officer in command during the Hillsborough disaster in 1989 is to face trial for manslaughter, a judge has ruled. An inquest two years ago found that 96 football fans who were crushed to death in the 1989 FA Cup semi-final at Hillsborough were unlawfully killed.
