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Terra Firma's new call Jon Kiddie reviews a much needed day-to-day practical book on judicial review. Published at the very end of 2019, this is an excellent book, and worthy of recommendation to a broad range of readers: law students, solicitors, solicitor advocates, and counsel — whether the

Police have investigated a child after he asked whether he could use toy banknotes in a shop The fake euro note used by the eight-year-old boy in a Swiss village shop was Chinese joss paper “spirit money”, used at funerals.

A company that was formed to complete a development of 55 residential apartments at a site near the Portobello Kilns in Edinburgh, has had its petition to amend a Deed of Conditions. PHG Developments Scot Ltd executed the deed to grant and regulate, among other things, common ownership of a bou

What would the Kindly Tenants of Lochmaben make of it all? Our survey to find Scotland’s favourite Scots law expression has turned into the biggest bourach since the violation of the sepulchres after our well-read readers engaged in spirited Twitter discussions that highlighted even more wond

Blackadders LLP has announced a number of promotions across its offices. The promotions, which take immediate effect, include John Dargie's to legal director in Aberdeen. Mr Dargie joined the firm in 2013 and was made associate solicitor last year. A member of the private client team, he has ex

Children and protected adults should be better protected under new legislation. The Disclosure (Scotland) Bill, which has passed its final stage in the Scottish Parliament, aims to transform how criminal record disclosures operate and improve the protecting vulnerable groups (PVG) Scheme.

In Liddell & Others v Argyll and Bute Council, Lord Malcolm, giving the opinion of the court, dismissed an appeal against a decision of Lord Boyd to reject a challenge to the grant of a residential planning permission based on the impact on the setting of a listed building – Ardencaple Hou

Scottish lawyers are supporting five detained Egyptian colleagues for a human rights award. The nomination of the five for the CCBE Human Rights Award 2020 has been made by the Law Society of England and Wales, and is backed by the Faculty of Advocates and the Law Society of Scotland, as well as the

Advocate Ximena Vengoechea examines the need for juries following a failed attempt to remove them from certain cases earlier this year. It is said that we need juries because accused persons have the right to be judged by their peers. It is the way we have done for centuries, after all. The sys

Brodies LLP has joined forces with the Judy Murray Foundation to help get tennis enthusiasts and aspiring players safely back on court. 

The vast majority of lawyers involved in remote court hearings during the COVID-19 pandemic in England and Wales are satisfied with their experience, a major survey has found. Having surveyed nearly 900 lawyers on the impact of COVID-19 on the civil justice system for the Civil Justice Council (CJC)

A prisoner with learning disabilities who spent 40 years on death row, including 16 in solitary confinement, has been granted parole in Texas, The Times reports. Bobby Moore, 60, was sentenced to death in 1980 for killing a supermarket worker in a robbery in Houston.

A pair of prison escapees have reportedly left behind a note promising to return after dealing with family business. The prisoners, 40-year-old Davad Zukanovic and 46-year-old Lil Ahmetovic, allegedly escaped the prison just outside Rome earlier this month.

As someone who was inspired to become a lawyer after watching Granada TV show Crown Court, Claire Mitchell QC has always loved the drama of advocacy. “Crown Court was my first experience of the legal process and of true crime – I know it wasn’t true, but I was watching it as if it

A Somalian national who sought asylum in the UK and had his petition for judicial review of the decision to reject his application refused has failed in his challenge that decision in the Inner House of the Court of Session. The petitioner, known as AA, arrived in the UK in 2017 and has his cla