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A collection of essays entitled The Ian Willock Collection on Law and Justice in the Twenty First Century has been published in memory of Professor Ian Willock. The collection is edited by Eamon Keane of the University of Glasgow and Peter Robson and features an array of contributions on themes as v

The Outer House of the Court of Session has refused a motion for leave to appeal against a lord ordinary’s decision to authorise a representative party in group proceedings against various companies in relation to nitrogen oxide emissions from BMW vehicles. A group of several thousand persons

Olympic medallists Steve Cram and Eilidh Doyle highlighted the importance of grassroots athletics in Scotland as they took part in a special sports forum organised by Lindsays. The event in Glasgow was held ahead of the World Indoor Athletics Championships being staged in the city this weekend. The

Govan Law Centre (GLC) has accepted instructions from a service user of Milldale Day Opportunities – a day care centre for adults with learning disabilities and/or autism in Linwood, Renfrewshire – to challenge the proposed closure of the service. A petition for judicial review was lodge

Dear Editor, We are, sadly, all too familiar with hearing or reading about the “Post Office Horizon Scandal”. The position in Scotland is even worse than in England.

Even within the legal profession, to be elected to sit as judge at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) is "beyond a dream", says Tim Eicke. Having taken up the post in 2016, he is currently the UK judge at the court.

Rachael Kelsey has become an associate tenant of 4PB. Many of her cases have international or intra-UK jurisdictional issues, an area of specialism for which she is well known and in respect of which she has built up a UK-wide practice. She has a particular interest in the issues that arise when act

Independence would allow Scotland to "further" improve its education system, including a proposal to enshrine the government’s policy on free tuition in Scotland’s "permanent" constitution, according to a new paper published by Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth. Education and Lifelong Le

A Holyrood committee is divided in its support for a pilot of juryless trials in rape cases. The pilot, which cannot take place without the participation of solicitors, would remove juries from rape cases due to a perception that conviction rates in such cases are artificially low compared to other

The issue of compulsory mediation is exercising legal minds on both sides of the border and, as the appetite for change in Scotland increases, the matter of its feasibility or desirability becomes ever more relevant, writes Molly Somerville. Mediation is an assisted negotiation, where parties v

The impact of minimum unit pricing to be discussed at next month’s Licensing Conference. The rationale and retaliation to the policy of minimum unit pricing will be considered at CLT Scotland’s Licensing Conference which will take place online on 6 June.

Govan Law Centre (GLC) has accepted instructions and raised proceedings for judicial review in the Court of Session on behalf of a client of the Renfrewshire Head Injury Service (RHIS). In February 2024, Renfrewshire Council (RC) and the Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership (Renfrewshire

A firm of solicitors ordered to pay a client almost £10 million after it was found to have negligently failed to advise them of requirements for lodging caution in an unsuccessful case worth £22.325 million has lost an appeal against the decision. TLT LLP admitted negligence but denied t

Formal building contracts are a fundamental part of any construction project, specifying the contractual obligations on all parties, avoiding any ambiguities and the need for third-party interventions that can add to project costs and timescales, writes Ian McCann. The Joint Contracts Tribunal

When Gilson Gray LLP appointed David Winnie to lead its sports offering in May this year, he arrived with a distinct advantage. Heading up the firm’s new sports and immigration specialism and working alongside its corporate team, Mr Winnie is not only a solicitor with 15 years’ experienc