Letters

Dear Editor, I for one welcome the views of Alan Adam along with those of Douglas J. Cusine about issues which are undoubtedly political, but no less important or relevant to our profession and wider society.

Dear Editor, In relation to the recent spate of Douglas J. Cusine articles, I am troubled by this foray into the blatantly political for an article featured in Scottish Legal News. Quite clearly the lines can blur between political and legal, especially when it comes to our legislature. Nonetheless,

Dear Editor, Douglas Cusine is right in pointing out that there is no need to wait for the end of civil litigation in the so-called "Rangers malicious prosecution case" before setting up an inquiry into what caused the Crown in Scotland to prosecute maliciously for the first time in history. I pract

A reader writes in response to our article from the Friday 21 August edition of Scottish Legal News: Our Legal Heritage: The adulterous judge who had his troublesome wife kidnapped and exiled to St Kilda. Following the harrowing tale of Rachel Chiesley's (Lady Grange) assault, abduction and imp

Dear Editor I read your article on the sad passing away of Liz Wilson. Her name seemed familiar and, when I went to my bookshelf, there it was - her short book on Setting up a Law Practice - A Guide. My copy was covered on the front with the scribbles of my then toddlers.

Dear Editor Following on from Graham’s editorial on 25 March, I would just like to extol the virtues of home-working in the days and months ahead.

Dear Editor, As a (non-legal) retired newspaper journalist with a deep interest in the Scottish courts from my early days, I find the Scottish Legal News bulletin a superb way of keeping up to date with developments, cases, appeals and other news – much of which is, sadly, never reported today

Dear Editor, I was disappointed to read that court dress will no longer be required in some civil courts, but pleased to read in Scottish Legal News that not everything thinks this is a good idea.

As a regular reader of your newsletter I was deeply disappointed to see the feature on the proposed exhibition about Sir David Maxwell Fyfe make no mention of his record as Home Secretary. Whilst many readers will be familiar with his work as a prosecutor at Nuremberg and in drafting the European Co