Lord Keen of Elie QC has been praised for his honourable resignation this week by senior legal figures who have predicted that the UK government will have "difficulty" in replacing him. Lord Keen left his post after a debacle that arose over a government bill. His erstwhile colleagues now
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The Lord President, Lord Carloway, has made 13 new appointments to the panel of judges of Employment Tribunals (Scotland). The new appointees, who will take up their posts on 2 November 2020, are:
Livingstone Brown has appointed three newly-qualified solicitors to its offices in Glasgow. Allegra Evans-Jones graduated from the University of Glasgow and has experience studying in the United States. She completed her traineeship at Argyle & Bute Council and will work on employment law a
Diversity data will be collected as part of the annual practising certificate (PC) renewal process for the first time this year. In order to support and advance the Law Society of Scotland’s equality and diversity work, solicitors will now be asked for pseudonymised information on their e
The Scottish Law Agents Society (SLAS) has warned that moves to compel digitisation of small value claims, under simple procedure, in the Sheriff Court risk excluding those who lack the ability or confidence to engage with the system. Andrew Stevenson, secretary of SLAS, said it was no coincide
Two women who accused Scotland's former chief constable, Phil Gormley, of bullying have been awarded an out-of court settlement worth over £1 million, the Scottish Daily Mail reports. Mr Gormley stepped down from his senior police position in February 2018 after being placed on "spec
The insures for Glasgow School of Art have raised legal proceedings in the Court of Session against the company that installed fire and security measures at the Charles Rennie Mackintosh building that was destroyed by fire. Arrest Fire & Security Ltd, based in Glasgow, was contracted to pro
A group of 29 states has expressed "deep concern" about human rights in Saudi Arabia as it bids to rejoin the UN Human Rights Council. Human rights organisations Reprive and the European Saudi Organisation for Human Rights (ESOHR) have echoed these concerns as the Saudi Arabian government has not fo
Dentons is hosting a new series of events in Scotland entitled "The Big Blether" which will be dedicated to the issues that matter to its clients and communities. Each event in the new series will feature speakers from all walks of like who will share their stories, thoughts, and opinions on importa
A former rugby international has gone on trial accused of eating sparrows, robins and other songbirds protected under law. Dax criminal court in the southwest of France heard that Jean-Pierre Bastiat, 71, who was part of the 1977 France team that won the Five Nations tournament, was suspected of buy
The outbreak of war in 1914 prompted a business dispute that ultimately reached the House of Lords and influenced reform to English law. Kate Scarborough explains the details of the case. Cantiere San Rocco SA v Clyde Shipbuilding and Engineering Co Ltd [1923] SC (HL) 105 concerned a
An Iranian asylum seeker who claimed to be at risk because he was suspected of supporting a Kurdish political party has had his petition for judicial review of the decision to refuse his claim rejected. Mdrik Valabaigi claimed the Upper Tribunal had erred in rejecting the appeal ground th
Law firms have cast doubt on the fairness of an inquiry into reform of the judicial review system in the UK. Fundamental elements of the constitution are to be reviewed by a panel appointed by the UK government, with a view to reform.
Sheriff Graeme Napier at Aberdeen Sheriff Court has refused to deal with any more cases via video link after a particularly challenging connection to HMP Grampian this week. In response to COVID-19, a number of court cases have been conducted using video links to the accused at a police station or p
A second call has been made to implement a system for the appointment of honorary QCs in Scotland. The independent observer of the appointment of Queen’s Counsel in Scotland, Jessica M. Burns, made the comments in her report on the appointment of silks.