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Breach of the peace conviction for ‘smiling and winking’ at schoolboy quashed
A man found guilty of a breach of the peace after smiling and winking at a 12-year-old on a bus and ...
Published 15 August 2018
Make changes to child legislation, but with caution, Faculty urges
The Faculty of Advocates has sounded a note of caution about making changes to an important piece of ...
Published 15 August 2018
Everest in Dunoon: Law lecturer Martin Jones scales Bishop's Seat in memory of his son, Olly
Martin Jones Glasgow Caledonian University law lecturer Martin Jones is currently scaling Bisho ...
Published 15 August 2018
Survey seeks to understand violence against the legal profession
Lorna Jack Following Scottish Legal News' editorial on attacks on solicitors, members of the pr ...
Published 15 August 2018
British citizens in EU launch court challenge against Brexit
British citizens living in other EU countries have launched a court challenge against Br ...
Published 15 August 2018
Roddy Dunlop QC: The problem with internal instruction of solicitor-advocates
Roddy Dunlop QC The legal profession in Scotland is in the midst of a regulatory review, overse ...
Published 15 August 2018
Twenty-two advocates appointed standing junior counsel to Advocate General for Scotland
Andrew Webster Twenty-two members of Faculty of Advocates have been appointed standing jun ...
Published 15 August 2018
EU gives Poland one month to reverse controversial judicial reforms before facing CJEU
The European Commission has given Poland one month to take measures to undo co ...
Published 15 August 2018
Young people at risk of offending to receive better early intervention and support services
Humza Yousaf Young people at risk of being drawn into serious offending will receive more c ...
Published 15 August 2018
Macdonald Henderson advises HALO Scotland on partnership with CGI
Fraser Morrison Macdonald Henderson has advised HALO Scotland on its partnership with CGI a glo ...
Published 15 August 2018
England: Solicitor who headbutted friend at sons' rugby match struck off
A solicitor who left a man with permanent sight damage after headbutting him at a youth rugby match ...
Published 15 August 2018
And finally... bang to rites
A woman has availed herself of the ancient Norman rite of Clameur de Haro in an attempt to stop the ...
Published 15 August 2018
Final extract of a decree does not render the court ‘functus’, judge rules
The centuries-old practice in Scots law of treating extracted decrees as final and bringing the cour ...
Published 14 August 2018
A decade after the 2008 crash – Scottish law firms recover
A decade since the crash and after numerous mergers, Scotland's law firms have emerged fighting fit ...
Published 14 August 2018
Govan Law Centre adds new case to challenge against Serco
Govan Law Centre (GLC) has commenced additional legal proceedings at the Court of Session on behalf ...
Published 14 August 2018
