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Sheriff Principal Derek Pyle Thursday 21 January at 5 pm in the Martin Hall, New College, Mound Place Edinburgh

A prisoner serving a determinate sentence who claims that the Scottish Prison Service have failed to provide him with the opportunity to show that he no longer poses a risk to the public has had an application for permission to seek judicial review dismissed. A judge in the Court of Session refused

A key power in the Terrorism Act 2000 is incompatible with article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights if used "in respect of journalistic information or material", judges in the Court of Appeal have ruled. The court was considering whether the detention of David Miranda, partner of former

Solicitors regulated by the Law Society of Scotland will not have to duplicate work to meet requirements set by a new code of conduct for letting agents. The new code of practice, to be introduced in accordance with the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014, will see Scottish ministers establish and maintain

The Scottish government should be required to publish a post-legislative report on each act of Parliament three to five years after implementation, a parliamentary committee has said. And Holyrood committees should normally have a maximum of seven members to ensure focused and effective scrutiny of

The House of Lords will resume its scrutiny of the Scotland Bill on powers to be devolved to Holyrood. Currently at the committee stage, peers are due to make a closer examination of the bill.

Tom Mullen A conference to mark 30 years of the specialised judicial review procedure held jointly by Strathclyde and Glasgow University law schools took place on 26th January 2015.

Stephen Gibb Shepherd and Wedderburn has been announced as the latest occupier to take space in 1 West Regent Street, a grade A building located in Glasgow city centre which was developed by M&G Real Estate and a fund managed by Clearbell.

Judy Krieg Shepherd and Wedderburn has announced the hire of compliance, governance and financial regulation lawyer, Judy Krieg. She joins Shepherd and Wedderburn’s commercial disputes and regulation group as a partner, working out of the firm’s London office.

Richard Foley Pinsent Masons has been recognised as the only law firm in Scotland to be ranked in Stonewall’s top 50 employers for commitment to workplace diversity.

Hon. Lowell Goddard The Scottish Council of Law Reporting (SCLR) sponsors a series of lectures by senior judges and lawyers on topics relating to the broad themes of advocacy, the role of the judiciary, and the development of law and legal techniques.

Compass Chambers is delighted to support the Child Brain Injury Trust as its charity for 2016. It is supporting “The Big Sunday Lunch” to help raise funds for the charity and following on from this has very kindly had 3 fantastic prizes donated which will be lots in its Silent Auction. Details o

Jim Gamble A leading child protection expert in Northern Ireland has proposed revising indecent image laws to prevent children who take and distribute sexual photographs of themselves from being prosecuted.

A Scots lawyer who was awarded £150,000 after suing a former client, but later saw the decision overturned after a judge ruled that the initial writ was not validly served because the solicitor had been suspended from practising, has failed in an appeal. Judges in the Inner House of the Court of Se

A crime and justice think tank has called for greater use of electronic tagging to ease the strain on remand wings in Scottish prisons. Over half of all new arrivals to the nation's jails are people placed on remand by the courts.