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Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie has today marked half a decade since the tragic M9 crash in which John Yuill and Lamara Bell died, and criticised “glacial and agonising” delays which mean that a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) has still not taken place into the crash and the

With less than six months remaining in the EU Exit Transition period, EU Citizens in Scotland are to get increased support from the Scottish government-funded Citizens Rights Project.  Part of the government’s Stay in Scotland package, this funding will support the project’s continu

The Serious Organised Crime Taskforce has welcomed a successful cross border operation where Police Scotland arrested 59 people and seized more than £25 million pounds worth of controlled drugs. More than £7 million in cash and firearms, ammunition, explosives and industrial pill presses

CMS Scotland has launched its annual competition to find its next CMS Law Scholarships students in Scotland. The CMS Law Scholarships Scheme awards £2,500 each year to high-performing S5/S6 state school pupils from economically disadvantaged backgrounds while they are completing their law degr

The Political Settlements Research Programme (PSRP) has launched a new mobile app to help embed women’s rights in peace negotiations in the Arab world and beyond. PSRP researchers joined with those from the Monash University in Australia and InclusivePeace in Geneva to develop the data an

Terra Firma's Jon Kiddie has considered the essentials of remote hearings in a new article, particularly in relation to civil proceedings, from where we were pre-pandemic to the current situation where remote hearings have become the new norm. "This article represents its author’s attempt to m

Following on from our book recommendations last week, we have asked some of our readers to recommend their favourite law-related films.Sheekha Saha, a solicitor with Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, picked Les Misérables – "but the 1998 version, starring Liam Neeson and Geoffrey Rush".

A police force has reminded officers not to leave their keys in unoccupied police cars after one was stolen during a chase. Officers in southern New Zealand were chasing down a suspect on foot last August when he circled back and drove off with the police car.

Graham Ogilvy reports on new research by US historian Kenyon Zimmer identifying for the first time some of the Scottish trade unionists caught up in America’s first Red Scare. They were the targets of America’s first Red Scare when, following a campaign against immigrants that would make

The Inner House of the Court of Session has ruled that a Lord Ordinary is not required to appoint an oral hearing when considering a request for judicial review of a decision by another Lord Ordinary to refuse a petition for judicial review. Reclaiming motions by April Prior, Gor

Burness Paull has completed a multimillion-pound fundraising round which saw the firm's top equity partners double their capital stakes to £300,000, The Lawyer reports. Partners chose to inject the cash into the business instead of raise bank borrowings. The firm has also reduced its monthly d

A new Holyrood bill which aims to make it easier to hold large companies and their senior managers liable for workplace fatalities represents a ‘substantial broadening’ of culpability, a Scots lawyer has said. Legal director at Addleshaw Goddard, Tony McGlennan, believes that the term &l

Jones Whyte has announced the promotion of three key staff members. Amerdeep Dhami has been promoted to the position of associate, Matthew McCabe to senior solicitor and Nicola Waters to associate.

A recent decision from the Court of Justice of the European Union may impact on the Supreme Court when they consider the (in)famous Uber employment status case in July 2020, writes David Walker. After being probably the highest profile aspect of employment law in 2017/18, the profile of cases relati

British judges could be asked to rule on cases brought under controversial new national security legislation imposed on Hong Kong this week, a senior Hong Kong judge has said. There are 14 non-permanent foreign judges on the bench in Hong Kong, 10 of whom are from the UK – including Lord Reed,