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The Conservatives have accused dozens of immigration judges of political bias. Robert Jenrick, the shadow justice secretary, yesterday questioned whether judges who had previously supported or volunteered for charities providing free legal advice to migrants could be considered "neutral and unbiased
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Burness Paull has appointed Tom Usher as a senior advisor. Mr Usher was most recently a partner with Macfarlanes in London.
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Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) has bolstered its team with 12 new hires. Four senior associates and a further eight new faces have joined the firm, which recently combined with Davidson Chalmers Stewart.
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Law firm Kaur Sutherland has opened a new branch on Queen Margaret Drive in Glasgow’s west end. Jus Chall, director of operations at Kaur Sutherland, said: "For too long, clients in the west end have had to look beyond their own neighbourhoods to access reliable, efficient conveyancing and pro
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RTA Law LLP has announced the promotion of Zara Jones to partner. Ms Jones started her legal career with RTA Law initially as a summer student before commencing her traineeship in 2017. She is a passionate believer in the firm’s mission to protect and represent vulnerable road users, including
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DWF has expanded its teams in Edinburgh and Glasgow with a wave of new appointments which includes a director, two senior associates, 10 solicitors and eight new trainees. Casey MacDonald has joined the global legal business as a director, bringing significant expertise in supporting leading insurer
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Andrew Diamond has become managing partner at Lindsays, having been a partner and its head of residential property since 2012. He succeeds Alasdair Cummings, who has stepped aside after 14 years in the role, during which time Lindsays has completed six mergers and seen annual turnover more than trip
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Glasgow Caledonian University has introduced The Sir Geoff Palmer Memorial Prize, honouring the life and legacy of the tireless anti-racism campaigner, advocate and educator. Awarded annually, the prize recognises the best socio-legal essay by a final-year student in the Social Justice, Equality, Di
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Legal academics from University of Aberdeen have published a briefing exploring the challenges and opportunities presented by digital assets within Scots law. In recent decades, digital assets, including cryptocurrencies and other blockchain-based assets, have become increasingly prevalent and compl
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The post-Brexit Conservative government rolled back the frontiers of liberal democracy, research led by the University of Stirling has argued. The research paper, Democratic backsliding and public administration: the experience of the UK, was published in the journal Policy Studies.
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Volume XI of the Dundee Student Law Review is now available. The volume comprises four full-length research articles each addressing distinct international research areas.
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Tasglann nan Eilean, the archive service of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, has embarked on a collaborative project with the University of Glasgow which will result in an important local archive collection being catalogued, preserved and made publicly accessible. The project, on the history of disarmamen
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MSPs on Holyrood’s Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee have voiced their alarm at the extent of “legal aid deserts” in Scotland. The committee has been exploring civil legal assistance, commonly known as legal aid, in response to concerns raised about access to jus
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Defence solicitors in Dundee are stepping up industrial action after what they described as “fruitless” talks with the Scottish government over criminal legal aid funding. Members of the Dundee Bar Association (DBA) have voted to withdraw from a scheme operating at Dundee Sheriff Court t
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The number of solicitors registered to provide legal aid in Scotland has fallen by more than 12 per cent in just three years, according to new figures. As of 26 May, there were 1,122 solicitors registered to provide criminal and children’s legal aid, while 450 firms were registered for civil l
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A survey of Scottish legal aid solicitors has revealed further evidence of a deepening crisis in access to justice, with 41 per cent of respondents either planning to stop legal aid work within two years or unsure whether they will continue. The findings come from a Law Society of Scotland survey of
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Scotland’s criminal defence solicitors are to withdraw from a new flagship summary justice scheme in protest at the Scottish government’s failure to increase legal aid rates. The Scottish Solicitors Bar Association (SSBA) has confirmed that its members will no longer participate in imple
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A motorist who swore he was holding a chocolate bar and not a mobile phone when he was pulled over has been given the benefit of the doubt by a judge. Daniel Fahy, 30, told Gort District Court in Co Galway, Ireland, that he was eating a Mars bar while making a handsfree phone call during the dispute
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A conference on censorship was cancelled after participants objected to diktats on what they could and could not say in their presentations. The conference, titled "Redacted: Navigating the Complexities of Censorship", was set to take place at Weber Sate University in the US state of Utah on 2 and 3
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The Turkish government has been defeated in its bid to impose strict rules on doner kebabs across the EU. Germany had been the most vocal opponent of the Turkish application submitted under the EU's 'traditional speciality guaranteed' (TSG) scheme in 2022.
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A judge has taken the medical profession to task over sloppy handwriting resulting in illegible prescriptions and notes. The stereotype of doctors having poor handwriting is common around the world – including in India, where it recently became a significant issue in a serious case involv
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A local authority in Poland has been rebuked for exceeding its legal authority by declaring Jesus Christ as its king.
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