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The Court of Appeal has quashed another five convictions of sub-post masters and mistresses. The court ruled that their prosecutions and convictions were an abuse of the court’s process as the evidence against them arose from software, Horizon, which was replete with bugs, errors or defects, a

Yesterday, the judgment in the case of SD as legal representative of her son, LD v Grampian Health Board, known as NHS Grampian, was issued by the Court of Session. By way of background, on 24 August 2008, the pursuer, SD, gave birth to her son LD at Aberdeen Maternity Hospital. LD suffered severe a

The man who was appointed as Scotland's first period officer is to take legal action after he was removed from his post, The Courier reports. Jason Grant, who took up the role only two weeks ago, is instructing Dundee firm MML Legal.

Internationally acclaimed social justice lawyer, Professor Thuli Madonsela, will speak at the Signet Library on Tuesday 13 September. Professor Madonsela was the lead constitutional lawyer in Nelson Mandela’s government and the co-architect of the legal framework which anchored South Africa&rs

The UK government's proposed Bill of Rights has been abandoned. The bill was due to have a second reading in Parliament next week. The government is now, however, "reviewing the most effective means to deliver objectives through our legislative agenda" and the Bill of Rights is "unlikely to progress

Burgers will disappear from billboards under a Dutch city's world-first plan to ban meat advertisements from public spaces on climate grounds. Haarlem, a city of roughly 160,000 people to the west of Amsterdam, will ban the ads from buses, shelters and screens from the start of 2024.

Fraser Mitchell has re-joined Shepherd and Wedderburn as a partner in the planning team, bringing to the firm and its clients almost two decades’ planning expertise, with a particular focus on the housebuilding, commercial property and clean energy sectors. Mr Mitchell, who trained at Shepherd

A researcher is seeking the help of Scots lawyers who have dealt with Shaken Baby Syndrome.

Paul Brown, principal solicitor of Legal Services Agency, is to retire at the end of this month. Mr Brown, who has been a key figure in the law centre movement for over 40 years, will be familiar to many in the legal profession.

A woman who was diagnosed with ‘Long Covid’ after being dismissed from a senior HR role at a disability charity has lost a disability discrimination claim before the Employment Tribunal on the basis that she was not disabled at the relevant time for the purpose of the application. Gillia

Dentons has published a guide comparing the length of maternity, paternity, adoption and shared leave entitlement and the rates of pay associated with it, across 85 countries. The 'Global Family Leave and Pay Snapshot' can be accessed here. Key insights include:

A man has been jailed for more than four years for the rape of a young woman who was walking home after a night out. Twenty-one-year-old Jeffery Oviasogie, from Aberdeen, attacked his victim as she took a short cut through public gardens in the early hours of the morning.

Brandon Lewis has been appointed as the UK government's new justice secretary by Prime Minister Liz Truss. Mr Lewis, who was previously Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, was elected Conservative MP for Great Yarmouth in 2010 and replaces Dominic Raab.

The 'not proven' verdict is to be abolished, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced in her programme for government. The verdict, one of acquittal, will leave Scots law with a two-verdict system of 'guilty' and 'not guilty'. 

The Ukrainian Bar Association has invited lawyers from around the world to attend an online event exploring the history of war crimes tribunals and what lessons can be applied to the war in Ukraine. Dr Mark Ellis, executive director of the International Bar Association (IBA), will be interviewed by