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The most senior family judge in England and Wales has appealed to law firms to make donations to a legal charity to help tackle delays in the family courts. Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division, said that "modest annual contributions" to Support Through Court, a charity providing f

Via Rebecca Samaras: "Congratulations to Edinburgh Diploma students Lewis Devoy and Caitlin Wright, winners of the Scottish Client Consultation Competition 2020. Thanks to Dundee University for hosting today’s event. Next, Stetson University, College of Law, Tampa Florida for the Internationa

Police officers in New York City will swap their notebooks for an iPhone app in a move upending a century of tradition. The iconic "memo book" in which officers have taken handwritten notes since the 1800s will be scrapped next Monday, The New York Times reports.

A Scots lawyer who published a series of comments on social media referring to Orange Walks in “discriminatory, sectarian, derogatory, and offensive” terms has been fined £6,000. Solicitor advocate Simon Brown was found guilty of professional misconduct by the Scotti

A Holyrood committee has called for a “sunset clause” to be included in proposed legislation which would allow the Scottish government to amend or replace parts of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) during the post-Brexit transition period. In its stage 1 report on the Agriculture (Ret

A bill to protect private sector tenants by introducing measures to limit rent increases and to increase the availability of information about rent levels was launched by Pauline McNeill MSP this week.

Andy Lamb QC has returned to full time practice at the Scottish criminal bar, having spent the period since June 2014 at the Ministry of Justice. Mr Lamb, who has rejoined, Black Chambers, will also be a tenant at 2, King’s Bench Walk, Inner Temple, London.

Dr Kim Barker, lecturer in law at Stirling Law School, and Dr Olga Jurasz, senior lecturer in law at the Open University Law School, look at the proposed reforms to the hate crime regime. The Scottish government is currently considering reforms to the hate crime framework in Scotland. This law

DWF's highest earner took home a profit share of £1 million for the period 2018/19, The Lawyer reports. The accounts relate to the firm's UK operations, in addition to offices in Belgium, Italy, Qatar and Singapore.

An event at Strathclyde University has shed light on mediation. Scotland's 2016 simple procedure rules encourage sheriffs to refer parties to mediation; yet what takes place inside the mediation room is a mystery to most.

Fife Law Centre (FLC) has celebrated its 10th anniversary at an event in the Lochgelly Centre. The local community legal service was set up in 2009 to improve access to justice by providing free legal services to people in Fife who cannot afford to pay for legal services and who have difficulty acce

More than 100 guests representing 80 organisations attended Lindsays' annual Third Sector Drinks Reception, held at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on Wednesday, to discuss issues emerging for this year and beyond. Attendees heard from some of the most important figures in the field, wi

The Edinburgh Tax Network, in conjunction with CIOT and Terra Firma Chambers, will present a seminar on Entrepreneurs’ Relief Bear Traps on Thursday 27th February 2020 at the Mackenzie Building, Old Assembly Close, Edinburgh. The speaker will be Bob Langridge of Brodies. Registration will comm

Environmentalists at Yale Law School have joined peers at Harvard Law School in a campaign targeting recruitment events for Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP until the international law firm drops ExxonMobil as a client. The firm, which employs over 1,000 lawyers, has successfully def

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Statement by Ambassador Karen Pierce, UK Permanent Representative to the UN, at the United Nations Security Council briefing by the Chairperson from the OSCE