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Social work students have been learning how to support crime victims and witnesses in an innovative pilot project at the heart of Scotland’s courts.

Robyn Lee, a senior solicitor at Blackadders LLP, has received a Worldwide Excellence Award from STEP. The awards recognise the top scoring students in each STEP exam worldwide, with distinctions being awarded to those with a pass rate of 70 per cent and above. Ms Lee has been recognised as the top

A sheriff has ruled following a fatal accident inquiry that the death of a self-employed Glasgow window cleaner who died after falling off a third-floor window ledge could have been avoided. Kenneth McGready, born 12 October 1950, died while working at a properly on Lansdowne Crescent on 22 Septembe

The Supreme Court has told the UK and Scottish governments that it will consider the issue of whether the latest independence case is premature at the same time it considers the substantive issue of whether it is competent. It made the comments in a reply sent to both sides after the Advocate Genera

The Access to Justice Foundation Scotland is pleased to confirm that the Scottish Legal Walks, in aid of free local legal advice charities, are back this autumn. The Glasgow Legal Walk is on Tuesday 27 September, with the closing reception at the Royal Faculty of Procurators.

A group of nuns have prevailed in a legal battle over the ownership of a 15th-century convent. A court in Palma de Mallorca found in favour of the nuns, who had been in a dispute with the Bishop of Mallorca.

Lawyers at Lindsays are helping up-and-coming computer game creators to reach the next level by backing Abertay University’s Dare Academy. The firm has announced its continued sponsorship of the acclaimed gaming competition, which it has supported with funding and mentorship since 2017.

The recent case of Free Miles v The Royal Veterinary College, featuring Dorothy the turkey, shares striking similarities to one of my early employment tribunal cases. In that memorable case, the claimant had “rescued” (we said “stolen”) a duck (unnamed) from her employer beca

Not a single company has been prosecuted by HMRC under corporate tax evasion powers introduced five years ago. An offence for companies failing to stop those associated with the business from enabling tax evasion came into force in September 2017 under the Criminal Finances Act.

Murray Beith Murray has been named in this year’s edition of Chambers High Net Worth guide. The worldwide guide identifies leading professional advisors specialising in private wealth law. The firm’s asset protection group and partners Peter Shand and Andrew Paterson have once again been

One year after the Pegasus Project revelations, the lack of a global moratorium on the sale of spyware is allowing the surveillance industry to continue unchecked, Amnesty International warned today. The Pegasus Project uncovered how governments worldwide were using NSO Group’s invasive Pegasu

New courts will direct drug and alcohol abusers to tackle their addiction head-on "or face tough consequences". England and Wales' first three Problem-Solving Courts (PSCs) are being piloted as part of the UK government’s £900 million drug strategy, based on evidence that this approach w

A Vietnamese national who was refused permission to appeal his asylum case to the Upper Tribunal had had that decision reversed after bringing a judicial review petition in the Outer House of the Court of Session.  Petitioner HHP, a victim of human trafficking, argued that the First-tier Tribun

The family of the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing have vowed to continue their struggle to clear his name after the Supreme Court refused them permission to appeal. In January last year, the High Court of Justiciary rejected an appeal against conviction brought by the family of the late Abdel

Over the last three years, 38 per cent of criminals who have committed a crime where a firearm was involved avoided jail. This includes criminals convicted of robbery with a firearm, assault and possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life.