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The Bar Council of England and Wales has hit out at reports suggesting the UK government will consider reintroducing Employment Tribunal fees, The Times reports. The fees introduced in 2013 were scrapped last year after they were ruled unlawful by th

A pensioner who identifies as middle-aged has launched a legal bid to have his age changed in order to improve his prospects on dating app Tinder. Emile Ratelband, who is 69 years old but feels 49, had his application for a new birth date rejected by a local authority.

A man who was given a community payback order after threatening to share intimate images of his former partner with her children in an act of so-called “revenge porn” has had an appeal against his sentence rejected. The Sheriff Appeal Court dismissed that appellant’s claim that the

Members of the Edinburgh Bar Association (EBA) have voted to stop accepting court appointments in summary cases where accused persons are not permitted to carry out their own defence, saying the money offered for such work is inadequate. EBA president Leanne McQuillan told The Herald: “If some

A Scottish Parliament committee has supported raising the age of criminal responsibility from eight to 12. Scotland has the youngest age of criminal responsibility in Europe and in the rest of the UK the age is 10. 

The recent judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the case of Sciotto v Fondazione Teatro dell’Opera di Roma serves as a great reminder to employers in the arts industry of the complexities involved in employing fixed-term employees, write John Macmillan and Cono

The Scottish Civil Justice Council (SCJC) has published a summary of the responses to its consultation on the court rules for certain civil cases with a value of £5,000 or less. There were 25 responses to the consultation on the Simple Procedure Rules, which focused on the operation of the rul

At a reception in the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday Clan Childlaw announced a new dedicated law service for care leavers. Children and young people with care experience make up around 80 per cent of the children and young people its lawyers work with.

The senior woman at the Scottish bar, Frances McMenamin QC, is to continue her long association with the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission for at least another six months. Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf has announced that Ms McMenamin’s appointment – she first became a board

Starting soon – a seminar for conveyancers and other land professionals Series begins 26 November and will take place in various locations around Scotland.

Harper Macleod is recruiting additional trainee solicitors to commence in March 2019. The firm's training contracts last two years and feature four six-month seats, often including client secondments.

Populism and human rights will be the subject of a lecture by barrister and academic Professor Connor Gearty in Edinburgh next month. JUSTICE Scotland's Annual Human Rights Day Lecture, chaired this year by Supreme Court Justice, Lord Hodge, will be delivered by Professor Gearty on Monday 10 Decembe

Dozens of criminal justice charities have been gagged by public sector contracts which prevent them from criticising the UK government, The Times reports. An investigation by the newspaper into so-called "gagging clauses" in government contracts suggests that some of Britain's biggest

An American congressman is facing an ethics investigation after his staff allegedly threatened a professor who made fun of his name. Ari Kohen, associate professor of political science at the University of Nebraska, liked a Facebook post of a Jeff Fortenberry billboard vandalised to read "Fartenberr