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Liz MacKay Despite the use of English court terminology, Morton Fraser's Liz MacKay and Audrey Watson were impressed by a 'trial' that included an audience-picked jury.

A former client of a Scottish legal firm who challenged a sheriff’s decision to grant decree in favour of the solicitors over his failure to pay their fees for work they did on his behalf has had his appeal dismissed. The Sheriff Appeal Court upheld the sheriff’s conclusion that the firm was ent

Planned legislation aimed at improving access to justice could, ironically, hamper some litigants in family cases, the Faculty of Advocates has warned. In written evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee, which is examining the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scot

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has applied to the Supreme Court for permission to appeal against the development of a wind farm which it argues would impact seabird colonies. The charity mounted a legal challenge after the Scottish government consented to four developments in t

Aretha Franklin I was 18 when I went to Auschwitz. My school chum Eamonn Kelly and I got a train to Warsaw and then down to Krakow. 1975 – height of the Cold War. Mad, I know. How we were allowed to go remains a mystery to me.

Philip Rodney Burness Paull has affirmed its focus on building relationships with foreign jurisdictions.

Hersch Lauterpacht Today marks the 120th anniversary of the birth of Hersch Lauterpacht, who defined ‘crimes against humanity’ one of the crimes under which the surviving Nazis were charged at the Nuremberg Trials.

Photo Credit: Google Street View Adult filmmakers who faced backlash after filming two actors having sex in a church will not be prosecuted, the Public Prosecution Service (OM) in the Netherlands has said.

Following last month’s Supreme Court judgment on employment tribunal fees (R (on the application of Unison) v Lord Chancellor) an order has been issued in Scotland staying cases originally rejected by tribunals. The President of the Employment Tribunals in Scotland, Judge Shona Simon issued a case

The WS Society has welcomed its final interns for 2017 (L-R): Sonia Sandhu @UofGLaw, Ione Edmundson @UoELawSchool, Katie Higgins @GCULaw.

Two Pakistani brothers who married two sisters with British citizenship but were refused settlement in the UK have been granted leave to appeal to the Court of Session. A judge ruled that the case raised “an important point of principle or practice” which had not been conclusively resolved in re

Aileen Campbell New statistics released today show that Scotland’s drug-related deaths continue to particularly affect an ageing group of drug users.

Liam McArthur The Scottish Liberal Democrats have called for a review of the Judicial Complaints Reviewer post following an admission from the previous incumbent that only a "poor" service could be offered.

Jodi Gordon A Scots lawyer acting for motorcyclists who have lost limbs in road traffic accidents is calling on the courts to standardise their approach to compensation claims for prosthetics.