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Karyn McCluskey explains why the status quo on prison numbers cannot continue. The words you use matter. To give a random example, If I tell you to "stay alert" you might be a bit confused as to what you’re being asked to do. You might not necessarily assume I mean “stay at home as much

Roger Connon extols the benefits of remote working as it looks set to become the new norm. Remote working has come of age during the COVID-19 crisis and it will have a lasting impact on the way in which oil and gas lawyers conduct business. The pandemic has undoubtedly altered the mindset of corpora

Douglas Mill looks at the handling of the current crisis and its likely outcomes for the profession. I'll save you googling it. It was Daniel Defoe in 1772 writing about London in 1665. And here's another quote for you: "The people did not flee the city. Some shut themselves inside their homes, thin

A new show will afford viewers an inside look at the Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary. The court came into being after a miscarriage of justice when Oscar Slater was wrongly convicted for murder in 1909. His case became a cause célèbre which was supported by several eminent

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An investigation has been launched into the removal of pews from a former Edinburgh church owned by a prominent ballet boss amid concerns that COVID-19 is providing cover for unauthorised work. The 192-year-old St Stephen's church building in the New Town has been owned since 2017 by Peter Schaufuss

Every criminal case brought under the Coronavirus Act 2020 in England and Wales has been scrapped because they were incorrectly charged. Following a review of more than 200 cases brought under coronavirus laws, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said all 44 cases brought under the 2020 Act were inc

The COVID-19 pandemic has temporarily brought a halt to the Edinburgh Tax Network’s regular in-person lunchtime seminars. However, with the support of Terra Firma Chambers and the Chartered Institute of Taxation, the talks will continue and be presented using a virtual format. The first webina

If anything positive can be taken from the coronavirus pandemic it is that, almost overnight, accommodation was found for large numbers of Scotland’s street-homeless population. As soon as the lockdown was announced charities and local authorities mobilised, hotel rooms were acquired and rough

The Scottish University Law Clinic Network (SULCN) is hosting a webinar led by SULCN’s founding student members Eamon Keane, Hannah Cosgrove and Ryan Whelan, reflecting upon their experience and careers to date. In this 90-minute online workshop, SULCN’s founding student members wil

The Scottish Human Rights Commission has written to Holyrood's Justice Committee to highlight concerns about measures being taken in prisons during the pandemic. The commission expressed concern that the current conditions being experienced by some people in Scottish prisons could amount to inhuman

An oilfield tool manufacturing company has succeeded in its petition to restore its former licensees to the register of companies so that they could be the defendants in an action before the federal court of Texas in which they were the plaintiff. MCR Oil Tools LLC alleged that members of the&n

Capturing the zeitgeist, FLAGS (Family Law Arbitration Group Scotland) has arranged training by Zoom tomorrow on conducting arbitration remotely. This will coincide with the FLAGS AGM, at which five new FLAGS-trained arbitrators will be welcomed. The training will be led by three arbitrators from En

Fraud cases in Scotland are expected to rise this year as fraudsters are increasingly taking advantage of the coronavirus outbreak, according to a new report from accountancy and business advisory firm BDO. Fraudsters are understood to be taking advantage of the COVID-19 outbreak, with mass hom

Police Scotland has been reported to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) over the use of breath tests during the pandemic. The Scottish Police Federation (SPF) said in a letter to the HSE that it was concerned for officers' safety while conducting drink drive tests.