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Judges will be kept out of politics under plans to reform judicial review, the Lord Chancellor has said. Robert Buckland QC MP said the judiciary needed protection after a series of cases saw political decision-making “contracted out” to judges whose independence ought to be preserved.

Millicent Grant has become the first chartered legal executive to be appointed an Honorary Queen’s Counsel. A Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx) board member and a former CILEx president had her appointment approved by Her Majesty The Queen yesterday, along with nine other Honorar

Non-healthcare professionals will require a licence to undertake cosmetic procedures under proposals from the Scottish government. Currently, treatments such as lip enhancements are available at premises including hairdressers and pharmacies.

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Israel: Lawyer denied position due to her defence of Palestinian activists in court | Palestine Chronicle

Japan is planning new legislation to protect its prized wagyu beef from being reared in neighbouring China. Farmers are worried that smugglers are ramping up efforts to bring wagyu cattle to China in defiance of a two-decade export ban.

iBIC's Masterclass on joint investigative interviews (JIIs) will take place on 24 January 2020. Places are limited. Book your place by 17 January 2020. Getting It Right For Every Child Witness is necessary and achievable. Children can be good witnesses when adults are good questioners, as this short

A plumber who injured his arm while playing football over 16 years ago has been awarded more than £540,000 in damages after a Scottish health board admitted liability over its “negligent diagnosis and treatment” of the injury. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that, h

It might be stretching things a bit to describe this football match in 1980 as part of our legal heritage but it does reflect the days when local faculties ran their own football teams – a practice now in decline – although we were pleased yesterday to report that the Glasgow Bar is mak

The UK's refusal to allow the inhabitants of the Chagos Islands to return to their homeland is a crime against humanity, an eminent international lawyer speaking in Edinburgh has said. Philippe Sands QC criticised Britain's failure to abide by a judgment of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) w

A foreign student who pled guilty to fraud after falsely claiming she had indefinite leave to remain in order to obtain £23,000 in student funding to pay for a nursing course has successfully appealed against her 14-month prison sentence. The Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary ruled

New legislation ensuring that any child witness in the most serious criminal cases will have their evidence pre-recorded comes into force today. The change, which will apply to certain cases in the High Court, will spare under 18s from having to give evidence during a trial.

Members of the Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee are set to visit new evidence-taking facilities as the Vulnerable Witnesses Act comes into force today. The new suite, which opened towards the end of last year, aims to provide a less daunting setting than a court for vulnerable witnesses

A career at the bar is becoming "less appealing, or even viable" for new entrants, according to a report by LexisNexis. The company's survey found that despite the fact that nearly three quarters of respondents said their practices had either remained stable or grown, compared to three years ag

Gillespie Macandrew completed new build plot sales worth £285 million in 2019, representing an increase of 60 per cent on previous annual sale value and representing over 10 per cent of all private new build house sales in Scotland. Scotland is undergoing a programme of new housebuilding with

A bank robber who hid his face with a pillowcase had to remove it mid-robbery when he realised he couldn't see through it. Matthew Davies, 47, forgot to make eye holes in the pillowcase he put over his head while robbing a bank in Dunfermline last year.