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Holyrood’s Justice Committee has called for the swift introduction of legal apprenticeships in order to widen access to the profession. The committee said schools, universities and the Law Society of Scotland should consider what barriers exist to becoming a lawyer and to take action to r

The Lord President, Lord Carloway, has urged the cream of Scotland’s legal profession to consider a career on the bench. In an address at the Opening of the Legal Year 2018-19, Lord Carloway said he continued to have concerns about the reluctance of many of the best practitioners to consider a

Professor James Chalmers and Professor Fiona Leverick have endorsed a rule that would see child witnesses give all their evidence in the most serious criminal cases in advance of trial and described as "unfounded" worries that video evidence may disadvantage either the accused or the complainer

A memorial service will be held on Saturday 13 October 2018, at 11am, in the Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate, Edinburgh, to honour the life and work of Professor Joe Thomson, who passed away earlier this year. All are welcome to attend. Professor Thomson, formerly a Scottish law commissioner, Regius P

Govanhill Law Centre (GhLC) prevented the instant eviction of a family of European Union nationals with four young children by lodging a Sheriff Court appeal last week seeking the suspension of the eviction. Physical ejection from the property was scheduled to take place tomorrow at 10am in Govanhil

Via Jamie Kerr: Great day in Edinburgh at the annual #RedMass to mark the beginning of the new legal year with @leocushley @Lawscot @FacultyScot @thewssociety @JudgesScotland.

Law students are being invited to apply for a £1,000 cash prize and internship at Thompsons Solicitors.

A team of eight brave solicitors from BTO took part in the Spartan super race last week in and around Kinnoull Hill, Perthshire – an eight-mile race with 25 different obstacles.

French authorities have seized over 20 tonnes of Eiffel Tower souvenirs in a bid to crack down on the illegal souvenir trade. Nine people are now being questioned by police and face potential prosecution over their role in shifting the trinkets.

A question about whether the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union (EU) can be revoked should be answered by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the Inner House of the Court of Session has ruled. A judicial review raised by members of the Scot

Single Employment Tribunal claims increased by 165 per cent and overall caseload by 130 per cent between April and June this year while more than £10 million has been paid out in refunds following the abolition of tribunal fees, figures from the Ministry of Justice show. Single ET cl

Claims made by three Scottish universities about their rankings and reputation are unverifiable, according to a consumer body. Which? analysed comparative claims made by UK universities and found that at least six make unverifiable claims on their website, in likely breach of advertising standards.

Human rights lawyer Sir Louis Blom-Cooper QC, whose book on the Birmingham Six prompted one of the most significant defamation cases before the Irish courts, has passed away at the age of 92. The lawyer is widely remembered for his key role in the foundation of Amnesty International as well as his w

Advocate General Wahl proposes that the Court of Justice of the European Union find that products from animals that have been the subject of ritual slaughter without prior stunning can be issued the European ‘organic farming’ label. In 2012, the French association Œuvre d’Ass