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The Scottish government has launched a consultation on sweeping sentencing and prison reforms aimed at reducing overcrowding in the prison estate, as ministers warn that inmate numbers have reached a critical level and are projected to rise further. Justice Secretary Neil Gray told Holyrood that fur
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Ampersand has welcomed Laura-anne Langlands and Miranda Cannibal to the stable, following their call to the bar today. On the new members’ arrival, stable director Isla Davie KC, said: “We are delighted that Laura-anne and Miranda are joining Ampersand. They are already highly regarded a
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Optimum Advocates has welcomed Chris Farrell, Eve Gilchrist and Iain Cahill to the stable today. Mr Farrell calls to the bar after 12 years as a solicitor. He practised primarily in criminal litigation. He has extensive experience of trial advocacy in a wide range of matters, including serious viole
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Axiom Advocates has announced that Mitchell Abbott and Liam Smith have called to the bar, further strengthening Axiom's commercial and public law expertise. Mr Abbott joins Axiom as an experienced litigator with a broad commercial and public law practice. His experience spans a wide range of dispute
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Ryan Houghton has joined Terra Firma Chambers having called to the bar today. Prior to calling, Mr Houghton worked at Ledingham Chalmers in commercial litigation and rural property. Before turning to the law, he served for seven years in the Royal Air Force and subsequently worked at the House of Co
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Themis Advocates has welcomed Julie Fisher. Ms Fisher brings a wealth of experience to the Themis reparation team, having practised as a solicitor in private practice for 20 years prior to calling to the bar. Throughout her career, she worked with a number of firms specialising in personal injury an
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Compass Chambers has welcomed Ross Fairweather, Carolyn McPhee and Jennifer Martinez Sillars to the stable after they called to the bar today. Prio to calling to the bar, Mr Fairweather worked in Anderson Strathern’s litigation department before joining Clyde & Co, working in their catastr
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In the latest episode of the University of Aberdeen’s School of Law Podcast, Neil Weightman speaks with Dr Rossana Ducato and Professor Dinusha Mendis about deepfakes, synthetic media, and the legal challenges created by rapidly developing AI technologies. What are deepfakes, and why are they
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A crime podcast from the University of Dundee has stolen the show at a national awards ceremony. Inside Forensic Science has been named Most Outstanding Indie Podcast at the True Crime Podcast Awards.
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Yvonne Evans has been promoted to head of law at the University of Dundee. Ms Evans joined Dundee Law School in 2013 and is famed for making tax law a highly popular elective subject. She is a qualified solicitor and and specialises in trusts, succession, charity law and tax law.
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An Aberdeen University academic has won a prestigious tax law award.
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The Aberdeen Law Project (ALP) has successfully obtained a four-figure settlement for a client in connection with a consumer services dispute. Prior to ALP’s engagement in the matter, the client had contracted with a company to have some roofing and rendering services carried out to their prop
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Authorities in Mombasa, Kenya, have announced a crackdown on the spreading of false claims about disappearing male genitalia. The hoax, which reportedly originated in neighbouring Kwale County, has led to a series of attacks in recent days, with several people injured after being falsely accused of
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A senior JPMorgan Chase executive has been fired after being identified as the woman seen in a viral video emptying and apparently taking a commemorative New York Knicks-themed rubbish bin.
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Two people were arrested after police discovered suspected narcotics inside a bag labelled “definitely not a bag full of drugs”. A detective with the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office in the US state of Kentucky was investigating a suspicious vehicle parked in an employee area of a lo
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A small town in Quebec has become the first municipality in Canada to formally recognise trees as living beings with rights of their own. The council of Terrasse-Vaudreuil, west of Montreal, unanimously adopted a resolution declaring that trees are entitled to protection, including rights to life, n
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A US police department has retired a security robot less than a year after deploying it in a public parking garage after it failed to make any arrests or issue a single citation. Police in Dublin, Ohio, introduced the Knightscope K5 robot, known as “DubBot”, to patrol the Rock Cress Park
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