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American lawyer David Rudolf, whose client Michael Peterson was the focus of the Netflix hit The Staircase, compared notes on criminal justice with Donald Findlay QC on the Edinburgh stop of his ongoing tour. Scotland's "not proven" verdict was among the subjects they discussed in the Queen's Hall a

Lord Sumption has warned that a functioning justice system is "not discretionary" but is "fundamental to the existence of the state and to our existence as a civil society", and described the public's scepticism towards the presumption of innocence as a "travesty". The Supreme Court justice, who wil

The Inspectorate of Prosecution in Scotland has today published a thematic report on the prosecution of young people. The inspection tracked the journey of 95 young offenders reported to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) who fell into three categories – under 16 years, 16/

Scotland’s chief statistician today released domestic abuse figures recorded by the Police Scotland in 2017-18, noting a one per cent rise in incidents. Levels of domestic abuse recorded by the police in Scotland have remained relatively stable since 2011-12, with around 58.000 to 60,000

The Scottish Human Rights Commission has welcomed a report from a Holyrood committee on the steps the Scottish Parliament can take in order to become a better human rights guarantor. Commenting on the Equalities and Human Rights Committee report, Judith Robertson, chair of the commiss

A man who laughed and swore at police officers who couldn't find drugs on him was later found to be hiding a bag of cocaine – in his penis. James Mason, 21, told officers "f**k off, you're not searching me" and then, after a search, "ha ha, told you I had f**k all on us, you mugs".

New rules have been published which aim to enhance access to justice by preventing court actions relating to the environment being “prohibitively expensive” to members of the public. Following a request from the Scottish government, in September 2015 the Scottish Civil Justice Council (S

The Inner House of the Court of Session has today decided that the current way the children’s hearings system considers brothers and sisters is compatible with Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The case was appealed to the Inner House following a decision by Lady Wise in Ju

Russia violated the article 11, 13 and 14 rights of seven LGBT activists by refusing them permission to hold LGBT rallies, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found. Handing down its judgment in Alekseyev and Others v. Russia, the court said the case was no different from the case of Alek

A decision that a boy was not a “relevant person” for the purposes of attending a children’s hearing concerning his baby half-sister did not breach the older child’s human rights, appeal judges have ruled. The Inner House of the Court of Session upheld a sheriff&rsq

The judgment in yesterday's edition of SLN mistakenly included quotations from lawyers at Clan Childlaw. These were, in fact, meant in respect of another case. We apologise for this error and any inconvenience caused.

The Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC has welcomed the Inspectorate of Prosecution in Scotland report on the prosecution of young people and has instructed work in response to its recommendations. Mr Wolffe said: “Earlier this year I commissioned the Inspectorate of Prosecution to revie

DWF Scotland's head of general insurance Andrew Lothian has been appointed as the Scottish regional representative of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers (FOIL), succeeding Elena Fry, partner at Brodies LLP. FOIL provides a forum for the exchange of information between lawyers acting for insurance c

In the first of a two-part series, Glasgow law student Poppy Mulligan reflects on how studying abroad in the US inspired her and widened her horizons. Poppy studied for the LLB at Glasgow University (2013-2017) and for an LLM at Cornell University (2017-2018). In July this year, she passed the

Cloch Solicitors has partially succeeded in its application to trademark the phrase "legal engineer" at the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO), which threw out the application in five areas but allowed it to proceed in five more, The Herald reports. The firm applied to register the trade mark i