Media mogul Jimmy Lai's conviction for sedition and conspiracy is "a stain on a once enviable Hong Kong legal system", his lawyers have said. Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC leads the international legal team presenting Mr Lai, convicted under the controversial National Security Law (NSL) imposed on Hong K
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Applications for permission to appeal (PTA) to the Upper Tribunal for Scotland (UTS) frequently raise questions about the boundary between fact and law and the scope of the arguability test. These issues appear across Scotland’s tribunal system where appeals proceed only on points of law. Ahsa
The establishment of a 'lived experience board' is among the proposals made by Susanne Tanner KC in a new report on the way in which the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) deals with sexual offences. The review of the approach of the Crown Office to these cases was commissioned by Lo
The FCA has fined Nationwide Building Society £44 million for inadequate anti-financial crime systems and controls between October 2016 to July 2021. During this period, Nationwide had ineffective systems for keeping up-to-date due diligence and risk assessments for all its personal current ac
Falkirk-based criminal lawyer John Mulholland has been named as the Law Society of Scotland’s president-elect 2027/28. Mr Mulholland will become the first person in the Law Society’s history to hold the role twice, having served a previous term as president in 2019/20.
The Supreme Court has dismissed a final appeal by Scottish Power against a decision that it was liable to pay damages to the family of an employee who died of mesothelioma following the settlement of his own claim against the company in 2014, after ruling that the deceased did not need to be sufferi
A new report has called on Police Scotland to make clear its policy on drug harm reduction. His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland carried out a review to assess how effectively Police Scotland helps minimise drug-related harm.
Following the closure of law firm Brunton Miller on 31 October, the judicial factor has appointed TLT to assume the licensing files of the former practice with immediate effect. Stephen McGowan, partner and head of licensing (Scotland) at TLT LLP, said: “The sudden closure of Brunton Miller wi
The Law Society of Scotland continues to hold significant concerns about the impact of removing the 'not proven' verdict from Scottish criminal trials, just days before the abolition comes into effect. The Scottish government has finalised regulations to enact the abolition and related changes to ju
The Scottish Law Commission has published a report that examines a proposal to introduce compulsory owners’ associations for tenements. A tenement is any building made up of flats or otherwise divided horizontally into sections. This definition includes traditional Victorian tenements, modern
A sheriff conducting a fatal accident inquiry into the death of a care home resident with dementia who choked on her food after being left alone in her room with her breakfast has concluded that her death could have been avoided if she had been supervised while she was eating and more information ab
The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the case of EF to the High Court of Justiciary, following an application on his behalf by his welfare guardian. In 2010, EF was convicted after trial of two charges of breach of the peace. The sheriff remitted his case to the High Court, whi
