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A prisoner who is seeking to challenge a decision to the effect that he would not progress to the open estate but had yet to be granted permission to proceed has had a motion to allow a minute of amendment dismissed as “incompetent”. The petitioner was seeking to amend the petition to bring his

Brian Inkster Brian Inkster writes on a legal battle between lawyers and AI.

Pictured (L-R): Cameron Milne and Aaron Doran

A party litigant who was sued by a company over an unpaid invoice has had an appeal against a sheriff’s decision to grant decree by default dismissed after he failed to lodge defences or appear in court to defend the action. The Sheriff Appeal Court ruled that the appellant had “failed to engage

A woman who was unfairly sacked from her job has been given renewed hope of being re-employed, after “invaluable” help from the Faculty of Advocates’ Free Legal Services Unit.Ochuko Dafiaghor represented herself before an Employment Tribunal which held that her dismissal as manager of a reside

September and October are great months for getting round Faculties. CPD deadlines loom and there is usually still some decent golfing weather left (though not this year), so a few trips away are no chore at all. Banff has been a staple for, I think the last nine years now. Banff Springs Hotel is the

Charity Families Outside highlights the struggles faced by families of offenders and the services it offers them.

Marc Willers QC Schoolchildren in Portugal affected by one of the country’s worst forest fires are crowdfunding to sue 47 European countries over their failure to address climate change, which they say is threatening their right to life.

A landowner who raised a legal action against the Scottish Ministers over what he claimed was a “natural right of drainage” has been granted declaratory that the M74 motorway interferes with that right. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that the defenders were interfering with the pursuer’

The family of a man who died in a road traffic accident after a car driven by his partner crashed into another vehicle are to be awarded damages. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that the driver failed to prove that the cause of the accident was something other than her negligence.

Laura Thomson It is time for crime writers to treat the courtroom with the same attention to detail as they do police powers and forensic science says advocate Laura Thomson.