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A sheriff in Dunfermline has determined that the death of a man who was electrocuted while operating a hedge trimmer could have been avoided if a risk assessment had been carried out on the area he was working in. The deceased, David Anderson, was a self-employed landscape gardener. He was declared

An Edinburgh sheriff has refused to order the extradition of a Polish man who was wanted in Poland to serve a six-month custodial sentence for mercantile fraud on the ground that there would be a disproportionate effect on his family if he did so. Extradition proceedings were raised against RM by th

An Edinburgh sheriff has ruled that a £35 charge for the storage of secure data and call recordings could not be recovered from the estate of a debtor for the purposes of insolvency legislation after an appeal under section 188 of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 was made against a

A Lord Ordinary has ruled that an insurer that had a claim brought against it following a bus accident in Malta could not claim relief or apportionment against the local transport authority after it was convened as a third party to the case. Simon Morrison, the pursuer, sought reparation from Middle

A judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session has dismissed an action by the defender in a settled action seeking right of relief from a third party to the case following the grant of absolvitor in their favour. Cruden Buildings and Renewals Ltd had been the first defender in an action original

Today we include comments from Stephen's fellow members of Faculty and the wider profession. They attest to his kindness, intelligence and humility as well as the grief and deep well of feeling his death has brought to all who knew him. Advocate Calum Wilson, who devilled with Stephen, said: "I

This obituary is reproduced by kind permission of The Times.

A 72-year-old man accused of committing sexual offences against five complainers in the 1980s and 1990s has lost an appeal against the refusal of an application under section 275 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 seeking to lead evidence that one of the complainers was 17 years

A Lord Ordinary has granted authority to the Royal Bank of Scotland to resign as the trustee on a series of trusts it administered following a decision by the bank to discontinue its trusts and administration business and sell it to another company. RBS had sold its trust business to Ludlow Trust Co

To those of us who dealt daily with the law of prejudice to criminal court proceedings, the claim by the Metropolitan Police force that the publication of the Sue Gray Report might prejudice their criminal inquiry into alleged breaches of the Covid Regulations is surprising, to say the least. The pr

As the Scottish Law Commission nears the end of its 10th programme of law reform, its chair, Lady Paton, discusses some of its ongoing projects and work to improve the implementation rate of its reports. The appeal court judge, who was appointed chair of the commission on 1 January 2019 following th

Rosemary Gallagher spoke to 'Colston Four' barrister Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh, who has been named lawyer of the month in our sister publication Irish Legal News. She discusses the chance events and encounters that led her to a life in human rights law. Barrister Blinne Ní Ghrá

Editor's note: All animals are cancellable, but some are more cancellable than others. That is the inference to be drawn from the manner in which we pick and choose history's villains. David Hume is out but Marie Stopes, eugenicist and admirer of Adolf Hitler, is apparently in. Edinburgh Council has

A Lord Ordinary has quashed a decision of a tribunal that a sheriff should not be removed from judicial office after he was found to have acted inappropriately towards a female lawyer. A petition challenging the decision that Sheriff John Brown was fit for office was made by the lawyer, X, who argue

LGBT+ History Month gives us time to reflect on the experiences of LGBT+ people and key moments that have affected and united the LGBT+ community. This year’s theme is Politics in Art and, each week, members of the Shepherd and Wedderburn LGBTA+ Focus Group are showcasing influential pieces of