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The Scottish government is seeking views on how best to incorporate the UN’s ‘gold standard’ for children’s rights into Scots law and improve the lives of children and young people. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is the most complete statemen

Being traumatised, being young, being held on remand and being in the first three months of custody increases the risk of suicide, a report on mental health services for young people entering custody at HMP YOI Polmont has found. The report follows an expert review instigated last November in the wa

TLT has grown its UK-wide corporate team with the appointment of Kirsty Smith as legal director in Glasgow, who joins from DWF. She joins Damien Bechelli, who moved to TLT as partner, also from DWF, in November 2018.

Declining access to legal aid in England and Wales has been highlighted in a United Nations report on the UK, which describes the budget as having been "decimated". Legal aid has been dramatically reduced in England and Wales since 2012. The LASPO Act (Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offende

A property lawyer has called on Scots to think twice before entering property raffles in a bid to land their dream home. Graham Adams, legal director at Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP, has issued a warning to those looking to bag a bargain by partaking in property raffles, following a rise in

MBM Commercial has advised Immense Simulations on its Series A funding, taking the lead role in drawing up the key agreements and helping project manage the deal. Partner Kenny Mumford and associate Craig Edward within the corporate group guided Immense through each stage of the round, from the due

As part of @UofGlasgow’s celebrations marking the #First100years, the university talks to those in the legal profession and law students about why they are proud to be women in law.

The High Court of England and Wales has launched a new judicial assistants (JA) scheme. The role of judicial assistant offers those in the early years of their professional practice a ringside view of the trial process and first instance decision-making from the perspective of the judge, for the mos

Three schoolchildren who sued a shop for defamation after being accused of stealing and opening a packet of biscuits have won their case. The children, cousins, claimed a member of staff had loudly accused them of stealing a multipack of Happy Hippo biscuits from an Iceland in Finglas, a suburb of D

A sheriff’s decision to grant an absolute discharge to a woman found guilty of the theft of £200 worth of fencing was “unduly lenient”, the Sheriff Appeal Court has ruled. Three appeal sheriffs quashed the sheriff’s decision and convicted the respondent of the

The application process for judicial office in Scotland has been severely criticised as too onerous, a "lottery" and an artificial paperwork exercise that may be no more effective than the 'tap on the shoulder' that allowed "useless people" to be appointed in the past. Last year the Judicial Appoint

Scotland has the highest proportion of probationers under supervision for “offences against persons” in all of Europe, according to figures published today. The number of people in Europe subject to community sanctions and measures (CSM) – usually known as alternatives to imprisonm

TLT’s head of licensing (Scotland), Stephen McGowan, has secured a new licence for the San Vincenzo Italian restaurant and delicatessen in Bothwell – overcoming a previous refusal, trade opposition and the licensing board policy on overprovision which had declared the Bothwell locality a

Steve Dougherty challenges the shortcomings of the current planning and regulatory system and asks if a quasi-free market approach would appeal to some prospective home-owners in Scotland. For over 30 years I’ve advised clients on all matters pertaining to commercial real estate and obser

A proliferation of new laws and judicial power has diminished people's ability to make their own decisions, according to a former Supreme Court justice, The Times reports. Jonathan Sumption QC, Lord Sumption, 70, retired from the bench in December last year. He said that the case of Charlie Gard ind