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The UK government has been criticised for launching another appeal in the Article 50 legal case. The Court of Session has made a referral to the Court of Justice of the European Union on the question whether the UK Parliament can revoke Article 50 TEU with the permission of the EU's other member sta

A schoolboy who was sentenced to 12 months’ detention for slashing a fellow pupil with a knife during a fight in the school canteen has successfully appealed against a sheriff’s decision to impose a custodial sentence. The Criminal Appeal Court ruled that while the circumstances of the c

SLN reflects on one of Scotland's most famous miscarriages of justice as a new play – Oscar Slater - The Trial That Shamed A City – opens at the Òran Mór in Glasgow this week, running until Saturday. Book your tickets here. On 6 May, 1908, Jewish immigrant Oscar Slater

A convicted fraudster escaped jail – for a while – by booking a flying lesson and asking the instructor to let him off in France. Jamie Colwell, 51, hatched the scheme to flee the UK after he and his father, Brian, were convicted of a £1 million VAT scam.

Slater and Gordon has appointed Hayley Johnson as a senior associate to its Edinburgh employment team. Ms Johnson has over a decade of employment and public policy experience garnered throughout her time with Eversheds, Brodies, the Scottish Parliament and, most recently, Th

Aberdeen University PhD candidate David Lorimer has written an article analysing the probabilities of success for criminal cases brought to civil court. It briefly examines potentially influential factors such as corroboration and criminal intent, and the implications of cases like Coxen and Goodwil

A policy allowing the Home Office to request patient data from the NHS to target people for deportation has been abolished following a legal challenge. The agreement gave the Home Office access to confidential patient information to aid immigration enforcement.

Human rights commissions on both sides of the Irish border have called for a new UK-Ireland treaty to protect the smooth operation of the Common Travel Area (CTA) after Brexit. The joint committee of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission has

Via WS Society: Fabulous WS Annual Dinner on Friday. Very many thanks to Lady Hale for her wonderful speech. Standing ovation for Caroline Docherty to close ten magnificent years as Deputy Keeper.

A group of ten police officers against whom misconduct proceedings were raised after a detective investigating allegations of sexual offences against another constable came across a series of “WhatsApp” messages are suing the Chief Constable of Police Scotland. The petitioners are seekin

MacRoberts LLP announced today that Euan Duncan is the firm’s new chair. The new role will involve the strategic development of the business, maintaining and acquiring new clients and contacts and internally encouraging and supporting all members of staff and partners.

Allan Rooney, founding partner of Rooney Nimmo and president of the Scottish Bar Association of New York (ScotBarNY), reflects on the qualities needed to succeed in business. Be entrepreneurially minded – if you’re wired that way

The Faculty of Advocates has become an unlikely common denominator for a transatlantic fellowship and an ecumenical chapel in Edinburgh. Two senior members of Faculty, Lisa Henderson QC, and Herbert Kerrigan QC, have taken up appointments with the British-American Project (BAP) and the Thistle Trust

The Scottish government is calling on the public to help shape consolidated and modernised hate crime legislation as a new consultation opens today. ‘One Scotland: Hate Has No Home Here’ follows on from Lord Bracadale’s review of existing hate crime legislation in Scotland which in