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Glasgow Bar Association’s “Excellence in Advocacy” Seminar: Book Now

July 21, 2011

The Glasgow Bar Association is holding its “Excellence in Advocacy” weekend seminar at Airth Castle on 30th September / 1st October. With 9 hours CPD on offer and with distinguished Scottish legal experts, including Derek Ogg QC, Andrew Smith QC, Donald Findlay QC, Sheriff Rita Rae QC and Solicitor Advocates Maurice Smyth and Bob McCormick, […]

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Oil Company Cairn Energy Secures Social Media Interdict Against Greenpeace

July 21, 2011

Cairn Energy has obtained an interdict against Greenpeace preventing them posting to Twitter or Facebook photos regarding their occupation of Cairn’s Edinburgh headquarters. In their press release, Greenpeace notes that In its latest move to cover up the truth about its Arctic drilling, Cairn Energy has obtained an extraordinary, wide-ranging legal interdict (injunction) against Greenpeace […]

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Law Society of Scotland & SHRC respond to Carloway Review

June 13, 2011

The Law Society of Scotland and the Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) have both published responses to the Carloway Review, with a large focus on the Scots law requirement of corroboration, through which at least two individual pieces of evidence are required for a criminal conviction to be secured. The corroboration requirement is one element […]

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Ayr Woman Convicted of File Sharing as ACS Law Gets Off Hook

May 10, 2011

Update [31 May 2011]: Anne Muir has been sentenced on 31 May 2011 to three years’ probation & has been ordered to attend mandatory cognitive therapy treatment sessions for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Ms Muir is to return to court on Tuesday 30th August for a probation report. The first person to be convicted of illegal […]

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Consultation on changes to Scotland’s criminal justice system

April 10, 2011

Further to the Cadder V HMA decision, a further full review and potential changes are to be considered for Scots criminal law. This may lead to the revocation of certain current rights of suspected criminals which have stood for hundreds of years. The review is being led by Lord Carloway. Hoping to trigger an “open […]

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Margaret Aitken v Scottish Ambulance Service and Greater Glasgow Health Board [2011] CSOH 49

March 14, 2011

Margaret Aitken v Scottish Ambulance Service and Greater Glasgow Health Board [2011] CSOH 49 Margaret Aitken, a mother whose teenage daughter died through an epileptic seizure, has succeeded in her first legal hurdle to suing the Scottish Ambulance Service and Greater Glasgow Health Board for damages following their alleged negligence. Facts The daughter of Ms […]

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867 criminal cases not able to proceed because of Cadder

February 9, 2011

As reported by the Journal Online on Wednesday 9 February 2011, a total of 867 prosecutions have not be able to proceed as a direct result of the Cadder v HMA ruling last year, the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service has announced.

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Cadder v HMA and Loss of Identity for Scots Law

February 9, 2011

Scotland’s top prosecutor, The Lord Advocate, The Rt Hon Elish Angiolini QC WS, has warned of a loss of identity for Scots law following on from the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Cadder case and, in particular, the power of the Supreme Court to make decisions on Scots human rights cases. The Lord Advocate suggests that the Supreme Court should only have the power to consider newer legislation or decisions with major constitutional consequences.

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Tommy Sheridan to sue News of the World

January 11, 2011

One may have mistakenly thought that we wouldn’t be hearing any more about Tommy Sheridan until his sentencing for perjury on 26 January 2010. That would be wrong, as Tommy Sheridan is now preparing to take legal action against both the News of the World and the Metropolitan Police, his lawyer, Aamer Anwar, confirmed on 7 January 2010. The case is being prepared after Sheridan’s personal details emerged following an investigation into phone-hacking.

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HMA v Tommy Sheridan | Scots Law Snhookered?

December 27, 2010

Indeed, it may be said that the case brings nothing new in the way of black-letter law; only practical implications. It will be interesting to see exactly what those practical implications are in 2011, the result of the appeal of the News of the World to reclaim its £200,000, no penny of which Tommy Sheridan has ever held, and what will happen to Tommy Sheridan on 26 January and thereafter: his fight with the News of the World, it seems, is not yet over.

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