Catherine Smith KC appointed as Advocate General for Scotland
Aug 29, 2024 · Ms Smith, an advocate with Compass Chambers, was made a life peer today in order to allow her to join the government. A graduate of the University of Glasgow, she called to the Scottish bar in 2007 and took silk in 2021.
Four new sheriffs appointed | Scottish Legal News
Sep 30, 2024 · Lesley Johnston, Laura Mundell, Garry Sutherland and Paul Ralph have been appointed as sheriffs. The new sheriffs will serve the Grampian, Highland and Islands, North Strathclyde, South Strathclyde, Dumfries & Galloway and Tayside, Central & Fife sheriffdoms from 28 October 2024.
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Catherine Smith KC sworn in as advocate general for Scotland
Sep 30, 2024 · Ms Smith’s appointment means that for the first time, Scotland’s three law officers are all female, following Dorothy Bain KC and Ruth Charteris KC being appointed lord advocate and solicitor general of Scotland respectively in 2021.
Claire White: Additional charges in Scottish courts – a guide to the ...
Oct 9, 2024 · The First Division of the Inner House of the Court of Session has issued welcome guidance on the assessment of “additional charges” payable on solicitors’ fees in judicial accounts, writes Claire White. This is a percentage uplift on solicitors’ fees which is allowed where th
Scottish Lesbians to intervene in For Women Scotland’s Supreme …
Oct 11, 2024 · The appeal is due to be heard on 26 and 27 November. In For Women Scotland’s judicial review of 2023, the Inner House of the Court of Session found that a person possessing a gender recognition certificate (GRC) should be afforded the right to access services intended for those of the opposite sex.
Ahmed Khogali: Supreme Court rejects Article 6 challenge against ...
Nov 21, 2024 · Ahmed Khogali gives an overview of Daly v HM Advocate. Criminal appeals to the UK Supreme Court are rare due to the High Court of Justiciary’s status as the final court of appeal in Scots criminal law. Under the Scotland Act 1998, such appeals are only permitted to the Supreme Court where devo
Case Reports - Scottish Legal News
Dec 13, 2024 · Scotland's news service for lawyers. A 64-year-old man who was imprisoned for life after he murdered his long-term partner in front of their teenage daughter has had the punishment part of his sentence reduced after an appeal to the High Court of Justiciary.
Rise in community payback orders | Scottish Legal News
Jan 16, 2024 · There were 14,700 community payback orders (CPOs) commenced in 2022-23. This was 20 per cent higher than in 2021-22 but was the third lowest in the last decade, according to figures from Scotland's chief statistician. From 2013-14 to 2019-20, the annual number of orders commenced ranged from 16,500