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Sub-postmasters wrongly convicted as a result of the faulty Horizon IT system will automatically be exonerated under proposed legislation introduced at Holyrood. Those whose convictions are quashed under the Post Office (Horizon System) Offences (Scotland) Bill will then be able to access the UK gov
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Irwin Mitchell has recruited an experienced partner to spearhead its complex personal injury team in Scotland. Kim Leslie joins the firm from Digby Brown. She is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in personal injury law and is a Fellow of the Association of Personal Injury Law
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Gilson Gray Financial Management (GGFM) has promoted Emma Bradbury to chief operating officer. Ms Bradbury has been with the firm since it was first set up 10 years ago and has held several roles during that time supporting its expansion, including her most recent position as operations director. As
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The appointment of Professor Angela O’Hagan as the new chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission is to be endorsed by the Scottish Parliament on Thursday. The commission’s role is to promote widespread awareness, understanding of, and respect for human rights.
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Burness Paull has strengthened its planning and environment team with the appointment of Emma Paton. She brings considerable experience of contentious and non-contentious planning and environmental work, including consenting advisory, contract negotiation, planning aspects of due diligence, public i
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The partners of DAC Beachcroft’s Glasgow and Edinburgh offices have elected Louise Gallagher as the new location head for DAC Beachcroft in Scotland. Ms Gallagher, who joined DACB in 2019, takes over from long-standing location head John Maillie, who has been in the role since 2015. Her three-
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The Sheriff Principal of Glasgow and Strathkelvin, Aisha Anwar, has been appointed by the Scottish ministers to act as a temporary judge. Sheriff Principal Anwar was appointed sheriff principal of South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway in 2020 and transferred to Glasgow & Strathkelvin in 2023.
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The Law Society of Scotland is to withdraw from discussions on the creation of a review mechanism for legal aid fees, stating it had "lost confidence" in the Scottish government project following a lack of progress in two years. The Legal Aid Remuneration Project and Research Analysis Group were set
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The number of criminal legal aid solicitors dropped from 1,459 in 2007 to 966, the Scottish Solicitors Bar Association (SSBA) has said as it warned the system was heading for collapse. The Scottish government's public spend on legal aid has declined by 45 per cent, allowing for inflation, over the p
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The Scottish government’s 2024-25 budget continues its distorted and shortsighted approach to criminal justice, according to the Law Society of Scotland. The budget papers reveal an extra £22 million has been provided to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS), while the f
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The Scottish Legal Aid Board has confirmed that as at 1 June 2023 there were 975 lawyers on the Criminal Legal Aid Register, following a freedom of information request by the Scottish Solicitors Bar Association (SSBA). Of those 975, however, 238 received no payment for criminal legal aid in the year
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Criminal barristers in Northern Ireland are to stage a one-day strike on Friday 17 November 2023 in an escalating dispute over delays in legal aid payments. The local Criminal Bar Association (CBA) previously balloted members on a withdrawal of services in response to “unprecedented and worsen
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Pictured (L-R): Harbani Kohli, Sara Akram (of Strathclyde University), Sheriff Principal Anwar, Hannah Nibloe and Niamh Crossan (of Glasgow Caledonian University)) A team from Strathclyde University won the Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow's annual mooting competition, presided over by Sherif
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Edinburgh Law School's Professor Gillian Black is to deliver her inaugural lecture next month. Family life is generally regarded as a private matter for the family members. This gives rise to a troubling tension at the heart of family law: how should the state respect the privacy of the family while
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On 17 to 19 April, Edinburgh Law School hosted the annual conference and AGM of the European Law Faculties Association (ELFA).
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A collaboration between the University of Dundee and Thorntons has secured £1.1 million in funding for a first-of-its-kind legal technology project. The Levelling Up award was made by Jacob Young MP on a visit to the university last Thursday. It will be used to facilitate a dedicated space in
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An Aberdeen academic is part of a UK-wide research team which has received funding from Responsible AI UK (RAI UK) to investigate the future use of probabilistic AI in law enforcement. Entitled PROBabLE Futures – Probabilistic AI Systems in Law Enforcement Futures, the four year initiative is
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A police department is being sued after making jail inmates pay for ice cream, candyfloss and laser tag for staff and their families. Black Hawk County Sheriff's Department in Waterloo, Iowa is among US police departments which controversially bill arrestees for the cost of their stay in jail.
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A company which hid an offer of free wine in its online privacy policy has said it has finally been claimed three months later. Tax Policy Associates (TPA) added the following words to its privacy policy in February: "We will send a bottle of good wine to the first person to read this."
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An angry man smacked a police officer with an unexpected weapon – a block of cheese – in an incident that police say proves "we can never let our guard down". Police responding to a reported disturbance in St. John's, capital of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, found a
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A judge has told a man running a sex club that he may continue organising group sex parties but should not refer to them as club activities. Calgary man Matthew Mills was ordered in 2019 to cease hosting sex parties with $30 CAD tickets (around €20 or £17.50) at his home following complai
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Japanese police have apprehended a yakuza boss suspected of stealing Pokémon cards. Keita Saito, a 39-year-old kanbu (leader) of the Takinogawa family, part of the Sumiyoshi-kai crime syndicate — the second-largest yakuza group in Japan — was arrested in late April.
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