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The first edition of a new student legal journal has been published. The University of St Andrews Law Journal features articles ranging from the impeachment of Warren Hastings, who laid the foundations of British rule in India, to the legalities surrounding the KGB’s pursuit of defectors and a

The son of Christine Keeler, the woman at the heart of the Profumo affair, is seeking a posthumous pardon for her, The Times reports. Ms Keeler, a model, had an affair with government minister John Profumo in 1961 when she was 19. The affair nearly brought down the government of Harold Macmillan in

Benjamin Bestgen asks us this week to consider just prices. See last week's jurisprudential primer here. Caricatures of fatcat lawyers and greedy shysters lining their pockets through frivolous claims and overcharging clients have linked the legal profession unflatteringly with money for centur

A High Court judge whose father was a law lord has been used as an example of diversity on the bench by the Judicial Office of England and Wales. Mrs Justice Steyn appears in a video answering questions on how she got into law and the obstacles she faced in her career, Legal Cheek reports.

A former tenant of an office complex in Glasgow that had to vacate the premises for necessary repairs has successfully established its entitlement to abate the rent as a result of the works.  Fern Trustee 1 Ltd and Fern Trustee 2 Ltd, trustees of the Buchanan House Unit Trust, origina

The Crown Office has apologised for taking a decade to complete an inquiry into the death of a seaman. Stanislaw Bania, 58, an able seaman, died from “cold water immersion” after he fell into the Clyde from a ship that was unloading at King George V Docks in 2010.

A new bill to allow arrangements to be put in place for the Scottish general election in response to Covid-19 has been introduced at Holyrood. The election is currently planned for 6 May 2021.

The only qualified family law arbitrator in Dundee has set up her own legal practice following 15 years with one of Scotland’s largest law firms. Amanda Wilson, formerly a partner with Thorntons, has launched Amanda Wilson Family Law, providing specialist support for families on everything fro

Further to our piece of 11 November, Lord Stewart, a former Senator of the College of Justice, writes with more detail about the fascinating life of his grandfather Archibald Stewart, who died in the bombing of Campbeltown in 1941. Gillian Mawdsley’s Armistice Day article about the death of my

The Judicial Institute for Scotland has published a new resource to support judges conducting jury trials using remote centres. Restarting Solemn Trials, which may also be useful for practitioners, aims to support judges, including sheriffs, in conducting jury trials using: 

Apple is in breach of European privacy law by tracking iPhone users without their consent, privacy activist Max Schrems has said. The campaigner, who previously waged a legal war against Facebook, forcing it to change the way it transfers data, has now filed complaints to Spanish and German authorit

Wednesday 25 November 2020, 5:30pm - 8:00pm Professor Richard Susskind will deliver this year's Sir Henry Brooke Annual Lecture on what lies ahead for the court system.

On Monday 30 November, the Equality and Human Rights Commission Scotland will host a webinar exploring the topic of retained EU law with regard to the general principles and implications for equality and workers’ rights post-Brexit. Retained EU law is an entirely new concept raising many quest

BBM Solicitors is celebrating its 10th birthday this month. The firm was founded by brothers Eric Baijal and Alasdair Baijal with the support of their friend and colleague Jennifer Mairi Simpson.

The highest court in Austria has ruled that Facebook must remove all defamatory comments made about a politician who beat the social media giant in court. Eva Glawischnig, 51, sued Facebook after it refused to remove abusive posts by a user who wrongly referred to her as a “lousy traitor&rdquo