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Harvard Law School could be sued by Antigua and Barbuda unless it provides compensation for its founding benefactor's participation in the slave trade in the same way as Glasgow University. Gaston Browne, the country’s prime minister, said his government considered “Harvard’s failu

It’s becoming part of the Festive tradition, and this year every effort is again being made by the Faculty of Advocates to “bring Christmas to life” for families in need. The family support charity, Home-Start Glenrothes, will receive all donations to the appeal, and they know the

In 1937 a story emerged in the Irish press about a girl from Glasgow called Julia Clarke who had been sentenced, in absentia, to one month's imprisonment for “kissing a boyfriend in public”. Ms Clarke and the (notably unnamed) local boy had been seen kissing on church property in Blackro

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. UK policies embolden human rights violations in Bahrain amid abuse of female activists, MPs warn | The Independent

A building in Moscow where 50,000 people were sentenced to death under Stalin is at the centre of a dispute over plans to turn it into a perfume shop and restaurant. Victims of Stalin’s Great Terror were taken to the three-storey court building on Nikolskaya Street, near the Kremlin to be told

A Vietnamese asylum-seeker who claimed he was the victim of human trafficking and was a practising Catholic has successfully challenged a decision to refuse permission to appeal against a decision to reject his application. A judge in the Court of Session reduced the decision of the Upper

A new initiative will see three sheriff courts, Dundee, Hamilton and Paisley, piloting a new approach to test the benefits of stronger judicial case management and earlier engagement with the Crown and defence agents in summary cases. These pilots follow on from other Scottish Courts and Tribunals S

Protecting women from exploitation must be a key objective of plans to reform the law on surrogacy, the Faculty of Advocates has said. Proposals for a new pathway to legal parenthood have been included in a joint consultation paper by the Scottish Law Commission and the Law Commission of Englan

Gilson Gray has acquired Glasgow-based specialist licensing firm Millar Campbell Solicitors. The acquisition includes the transfer of Joanna Millar as legal director and Laura Campbell as solicitor.

This week Eoghainn MacLean returns to the commercial bar after a year as a full-time advocate depute leading High Court prosecutions at jury trials, debates, sentencing, and preliminary, hearings. Mr MacLean also retained his ranking for commercial litigation in the Legal 500 for 2020. He is a leadi

Patience & Buchan associate Gillian Smith has recently been awarded accreditation as a family law specialist by the Law Society of Scotland, having also been recognised independently by Chambers & Partners as an “associate to watch”. The team has also been joined this week by Rho

The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association has launched a survey on young lawyers' views of the recent practice note affecting court dress in the Outer House. All junior lawyers and advocates are encouraged to participate in this anonymous survey, the results of which will be published in the coming mo

Scotland has been revealed as one of the most dangerous places to work in the UK with an average of one death every two weeks, according to new figures. Statistics from the Health and Safety Executive have shown that Scotland is one of the deadliest parts of Britain with 231 workplace fatalities sin

The Metropolitan Police unlawfully banned London protests by environmental movement Extinction Rebellion last month, the High Court in London has ruled. Judges said the "Extinction Rebellion Autumn Uprising" did not qualify as a "public assembly" within the meaning of the Public Order Act 1986 becau

The Edinburgh Tax Network, in conjunction with Terra Firma Chambers, will present a two-part series of seminars on IR35. The first, on Thursday 21st November 2019, will be presented by Derek Francis and is entitled “IR35 and interposing Personal Service Companies: Where can you do it? Where wi