The Judicial Institute for Scotland has published a new resource to aid practitioners appearing in solemn trials in the High Court from July 2020.Restarting Jury Trials: Information for Practitioners is based in large part on a briefing paper which was initially drawn up to support those judges
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The Constitution Secretary has outlined to MSPs how the UK government’s plans for a post-Brexit internal market would "threaten high standards and a range of devolved policies". Giving evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Finance and Constitution Committee, Michael Russell said the Scot
Alan Delaney looks at the approach taken by the ICO during the COVID-19 crisis. Last month the ICO updated its guidance on the regulatory approach it intends to take during the current COVID-19 crisis. This guidance provides employers with some degree of comfort that where they are struggling to com
Judgment in a tax case will be handed down by the Supreme Court next Wednesday via video link. Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Respondent) v Parry and others (Appellants) is principally about whether the pension scheme transfer by the late Mrs Rachel Staveley, an
Law firm DLA Piper has set up a £150 million funding pot and joined the litigation financing market. The firm has struck a deal with a currently unnamed funder to create a fund which will be aimed at clients that want to shift the costs of litigation and arbitration off their balance sheets, T
Lawyer Willie McIntyre is back with his latest novel – Bad Debt, the sixth in his Robbie Munro series. In his latest outing, the follow-up to last year's Fixed Odds, Robbie Munro defends an accused and his wife Joanna prosecutes, so they take different views of the law.
An Irish academic who evaded arrest at protests against Alexander Lukashenko a decade ago has said the COVID-19 crisis and years of economic decline have weakened the Belarusian ruler's authority. Dr Donnacha Ó Beacháin, associate professor at DCU School of Law and Government, spe
It's the subject of poems and songs and even has a statue devoted to its memory – Kate Scarborough tells the story of the famous 'Turra Coo'. At the beginning of the 20th century, the government introduced the National Insurance Act 1911, which required employers to make compulsory contributio
Trowels will be left in 90 lay-bys in parts of the Highlands for people who desperately need the toilet to dig a hole and deposit their waste. Lochbroom Community Council Chairman Topher Dawson said the trowels would be an "emergency, last resort" for people who cannot access toilets.
A civil liberties campaigner who appealed a decision of the Divisional Court that the use of automated facial recognition (AFR) technology by the South Wales Police Force was compatible with Article 8 of the ECHR has succeeded in respect of three of the five appeal grounds. The appellant, 
Social distancing guidelines were not always followed at a prison in which six inmates have tested positive for coronavirus. HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland found that staff at HMP Kilmarnock occasionally failed to wear personal protective equipment when they were unable to observe the two-m
Two new protocols published today by the Scottish Land Commission aim to help give communities a greater stake in how land is owned and used in Scotland. The protocols set out expectations of landowners to assess use and ownership of their landholdings as part of their normal business and to work to
Scottish animal welfare campaigns charity OneKind has called for an end to driven grouse shooting today, the Glorious Twelfth – the first day of the grouse shooting season. Large areas of upland Scotland are used for driven grouse shooting, with the land being managed to maximise the number of
Thorley Stephenson SSC has announced the appointment of Emma Murdoch as a trainee at the firm. Ms Murdoch will join the family team and will work alongside Nyree Conway, director, and Lesley Turner, associate.
Janis McDonald, chief officer at deafscotland, highlights the importance of inclusive communication – sharing information in a way that everybody can understand. Inclusive communication is short on money, focus and understanding with a distance to go to meet the needs of the one million p