The SSC Society is delighted to invite members to its next event: Artificial Intelligence in Legal Practice: What Every Solicitor Needs to Know” a talk by Nicholas Peter Oprescu-Havriliuc, associate at MBM Commercial LLP. The event will be held on Thursday 26 February at 6pm in the SSC Society
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A new report argues that an unexpected interpretation of the Scotland Act by the Supreme Court has caused confusion over how laws are made in the UK’s devolved parliaments. The report argues the court’s reading of Section 28(7) of the Act has made it harder for devolved governments to pa
Two widows who lost their husbands in the 1994 RAF Chinook disaster have spoken publicly for the first time to back a campaign for a judge-led public inquiry. A total of 29 service personnel died on 2 June 1994 when the helicopter crashed on the Mull of Kintyre en route from Northern Ireland to Scot
The Lawscot Foundation is celebrating a major milestone in its mission to support aspiring solicitors facing socioeconomic barriers, as 2026 marks the charity’s 10th anniversary. Established by the Law Society of Scotland in May 2016 as part of its work to ensure fair access to the legal profe
Restrictive rules in England and Wales surrounding review by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) are preventing the efficient identification of some miscarriages of justice, according to a new study. A review of hundreds of cases brought before the CCRC, focusing on assessments of memory and
Scotland must rethink its approach to sentencing and imprisonment, according to the independent Sentencing and Penal Policy Commission. In a new report the commission highlights that Scotland consistently has one of the highest prison population rates in Western Europe and without significant reform
Work on safety measures at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) and the Royal Hospital for Children (RHC) will be monitored by a new group made up of infection control experts, whistleblowers and patients.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has opened formal investigations into X Internet Unlimited Company (XIUC) and X.AI LLC (X.AI) covering their processing of personal data in relation to the Grok artificial intelligence system and its potential to produce harmful sexualised image and
The automatic release point for certain short-term prisoners will be changed from 40 per cent to 30 per cent of their sentence, subject to approval by Holyrood.
A consultation being undertaken by the Scottish Civil Justice Council (SCJC) to extend the rules governing mass legal claims has closed amid concerns that a new system will disadvantage Scottish consumers and the economy. The SCJC is considering extending the rules surrounding mass legal claims in S
Carole Ewart, director of the Campaign for Freedom of Information in Scotland, comments on recent developments in Scotland's FOI regime and the need for reform. It’s been 21 years since the legal right to access information became enforceable under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act and
Amnesty International has condemned the Trump administration's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, which comes into effect today. The agreement is a legally binding international treaty adopted more than a decade ago by 196 parties aimed at combating climate change by pursuing efforts to limit glob
A man who backed out of an agreement to purchase a home after its price plummeted has been ordered to pay nearly half of the expected sale price.
Dear Editor, I do not dissent from any of the substance of Prof Hartmann’s article Trump’s Greenland Demands Threaten International Legal Order; but I express my discomfort at the use of the expression “rules-based international order”. That, and similar phrases, have been pr
The judge in the Sandie Peggie Employment Tribunal case has laid blame on a “judicial colleague” for the numerous errors in his ruling. Judge Sandy Kemp insisted that he did not us AI to help him write his 312-page judgment in the case, which has now been corrected a number of times.
