Esin Örücü, professor emerita of comparative law and honorary senior research fellow, University of Glasgow, has passed away at the age of 83. Born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1940, Esin attended the English High School for Girls and the American College for Girls, before going on to study
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For the first time, Parole Board rules will specify the failure to disclose the location of a victim’s body as a matter which can be taken into account when deciding a person’s release from prison. The move is one of a number of planned rule changes laid before Parliament yesterday, whic
NHS in-house solicitor Susan Murray has been named as the Law Society of Scotland’s president-elect for 2024/25. Ms Murray will assume the role of vice president in May 2023, when Sheila Webster succeeds Murray Etherington as president, before taking on the presidency herself in May 2024.
Views on juryless trials made in response to a consultation were mixed, according to a new report. An analysis of the three-month consultation on improving peoples’ experience of the justice system found “support across the board” for giving complainers in sexual offence cases an a
People in South Korea are set to become a year younger under new legislation scrapping the century-old "Korean age" counting system. Under the Korean age system, a person turns one on the day they are born and grows a year older on the first day of the new year.
Pinsent Masons has announced that Scottish litigator Laura Cameron will succeed John Cleland as the firm’s managing partner with effect from 1 May 2023. During her 28 years at the firm, Ms Cameron, who is based in Glasgow, has had significant influence in shaping the business through leadershi
The Lord Chief Justice of England & Wales, Lord Burnett of Maldon, has announced his forthcoming retirement in a statement reproduced below. Earlier this month I informed His Majesty The King of my intention to retire from the office of Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales and head of the jud
Squaring Circles founder and mediator, Rachael Bicknell, has been appointed to the President’s Panel of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors’ (RICS) for mediation and as a certified mediator with the Singapore International Mediation Institute (SIMI). Ms Bicknell, who was recently
Alcohol companies could face tighter restrictions on advertising in order to protect vulnerable people under new Scottish government proposals set out today. The public’s views are being sought on plans to restrict adverts for alcohol at sporting events, on buses, and online and elsewhere to r
Lynne Gray and Lynne Moss consider the new rules that have been created by the Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Act 2022 (FPA(S)A 2022) and the offences and penalties for breach of these new rules. Bonfire Night is fast approaching: that time of year where the loud bangs of fireworks ca
Dear Editor, It was alarming to read the report of the submission by Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service to the Criminal Justice Committee to the effect that some courts may have to be closed, 25 per cent of civil court days may be lost and staff numbers reduced in order to deal with, inter alia,
The Supreme Court will sit in Manchester next March, Lord Reed has announced. The sitting in Manchester will be the first time the court has ever sat outside one of the four UK capital cities. Three cases will be heard when the court, whose permanent home is in central London, sits at the Manchester
The latest edition of Chambers and Partners has awarded top rankings to Compass Chambers' regulatory team and all its members. Murdo Macleod KC and Peter Gray KC are identified as Star Individuals, while Barry Smith KC, Mark Stewart KC and juniors Emma Toner and Gavin Anderson are ranked Band 1.
A coalition of landlord and lettings bodies is seeking legal advice on the Scottish government’s rent freeze and eviction ban legislation. The coalition is formed between the Scottish Association of Landlords (SAL), Propertymark, the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) and Scotti
A new series of public hearings have been scheduled for next year as part of the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry. Starting in April, evidence will be taken relating to the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People and Department for Clinical Neurosciences (RHCYP/DCN), Edinburgh.
