JUSTICE Scotland to host judicial lecture and launch police station legal assistance report

University of Glasgow,

Thursday 7 June 2018,

5.30pm-6.30pm

Lady Scott, Senator of the College of Justice, will deliver a public lecture entitled “Reflections on judicial development of the criminal law – a history of retreat and resistance?” at the University of Glasgow on 7 June 2018.

The lecture will consider in particular the approach of the courts to police interrogation and statements made by accused persons in the police station.

The lecture will be accompanied by the launch of the first JUSTICE Scotland Working Party report, on legal assistance in the police station.

The Working Party was chaired by Lord Eassie and comprised expert practitioners from the legal profession, academia and the police, and was supported by Lloyds Banking Group and Pinsent Masons LLP.

The Working Party report makes a series of recommendations that seek to ensure that all suspects have the best opportunity to exercise their right to legal assistance and that the legal assistance which they are given is of proper quality and scope.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reflections-on-judicial-development-of-the-criminal-law-tickets-45716898474