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Featured in the latest Signet magazine, celebrated South African lawyer and social justice campaigner Professor Thuli Madonsela is to be admitted as a fellow of the WS Society.

Terra Firma is pleased to announce the next in its 2020 Vision series of webinars: 2020 Vision - Bringing clarity to employment law in the time of COVID-19 will be broadcast on Zoom at 11am on Tuesday, 26 May 2020. Chaired by David Logan, this 1-hour webinar will feature talks co

Benjamin Bestgen considers judges and politics (click here to view his last jurisprudential primer). See also SLN's review of Lord Sumption's book dealing with the same theme. In April 2020, Polish Supreme Court President Malgorzata Gersdorf retired. She noted that she had been unable to stop contes

A group of young men who gave cider to cows have been fined for flouting lockdown restrictions. A video posted on social media showed a group of men feeding a can of Strongbow cider to a cow in Essex, weeks before England's lockdown measures were relaxed.

An oilfield tool manufacturing company has succeeded in its petition to restore its former licensees to the register of companies so that they could be the defendants in an action before the federal court of Texas in which they were the plaintiff. MCR Oil Tools LLC alleged that members of the&n

Fraud cases in Scotland are expected to rise this year as fraudsters are increasingly taking advantage of the coronavirus outbreak, according to a new report from accountancy and business advisory firm BDO. Fraudsters are understood to be taking advantage of the COVID-19 outbreak, with mass hom

Legislation providing for the introduction of a points-based UK immigration system after Brexit has passed second reading in the House of Commons. The Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill 2020, supported by the Democratic Unionist Party, was passed by 351-252.

Police Scotland has been reported to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) over the use of breath tests during the pandemic. The Scottish Police Federation (SPF) said in a letter to the HSE that it was concerned for officers' safety while conducting drink drive tests.

The Scottish Human Rights Commission has written to Holyrood's Justice Committee to highlight concerns about measures being taken in prisons during the pandemic. The commission expressed concern that the current conditions being experienced by some people in Scottish prisons could amount to inhuman

If anything positive can be taken from the coronavirus pandemic it is that, almost overnight, accommodation was found for large numbers of Scotland’s street-homeless population. As soon as the lockdown was announced charities and local authorities mobilised, hotel rooms were acquired and rough

The Scottish University Law Clinic Network (SULCN) is hosting a webinar led by SULCN’s founding student members Eamon Keane, Hannah Cosgrove and Ryan Whelan, reflecting upon their experience and careers to date. In this 90-minute online workshop, SULCN’s founding student members wil

Roddy Cormack explores the role of designers in the return to operations for the construction industry in the midst of the pandemic. It’s important to remember the responsibilities for ensuring a safe and healthy construction site don’t rest solely with the contractors. Under the Co

Capturing the zeitgeist, FLAGS (Family Law Arbitration Group Scotland) has arranged training by Zoom tomorrow on conducting arbitration remotely. This will coincide with the FLAGS AGM, at which five new FLAGS-trained arbitrators will be welcomed. The training will be led by three arbitrators from En

Criminals who commit "alcohol-fuelled crime" can be banned from drinking and made to wear "sobriety tags" under new legislation now in force in England and Wales. The ankle tags, which have been successfully piloted, sample the wearer's sweat every 30 minutes to determine whether alcohol has been co

The COVID-19 pandemic has temporarily brought a halt to the Edinburgh Tax Network’s regular in-person lunchtime seminars. However, with the support of Terra Firma Chambers and the Chartered Institute of Taxation, the talks will continue and be presented using a virtual format. The first webina