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3 days ago · As Pro Bono Week begins, shining the spotlight on the role of voluntary legal work is of utmost importance, writes Lauren Weetman. The pro bono effort of solicitors has a profound impact on both those seeking access to legal advice and the broader legal community alike.
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Aug 28, 2018 · The pursuer, a former senior procurator fiscal depute who worked for the COPFS for 20 years, suffered an “episode of stress at work” in 2001, following which she was transferred to the District Court, where she “enjoyed working” working for the defender, was continuously being assessed as being “effective, efficient and exceeding requirements in the roles she was given”, and found ...
The Ticking Time Bomb of Expert Certification Jon Kiddie, Advocate | March 2023 | Page 3 of 4 Certification of skilled persons 5.3.—(5) Where this paragraph applies, the court may only determine that the certification has effect for the purposes of work already done by the person where the court is satisfied that the party applying has shown cause for …
Argyll landowner who persuaded ex-partner to pay him for land …
Nov 11, 2021 · A sheriff in Oban has ruled that a man who persuaded his former romantic partner to pay him £140,000 for a plot of land she never received was liable to repay her the whole sum following his failure to convey title. Lorraine Ludman, a Scot living and working in Dubai, argued she and the defend
Less than half of violent assaults passed to procurator fiscal
Nov 6, 2023 · The Scottish Liberal Democrats have called on the Scottish government to protect the justice budget and enhance community policing after new research found that less than half of violent assaults resulted in a criminal charge being reported to the Crown Office last year. Scottish Liberal Democrat re
Justin Reid: Sheriff allows attorney to act as executor-dative in late ...
Sep 20, 2023 · Sheriff Philip Mann sitting in Aberdeen Sheriff Court has just handed down a landmark decision (Mrs Susan Gordon, Petitioner, [2023] SC ABE 26) which, if followed by other courts, will open a new door in commissary practice across Scotland, writes Justin Reid. The deceased, Mr Thomas Nicol Rae,
Change in corroboration rules opens door to more rape …
Oct 19, 2023 · In Smith v Lees 1997 JC 73 the High Court stated that, where a complainer has given evidence that she was raped or sexually assaulted, evidence from a second witness that the complainer was in a state of distress, shortly after the alleged offence, is capable of corroborating that she did not consent to what happened. However, such evidence could not corroborate what the complainer said ...
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2 days ago · A senior Caribbean judge has begun taking part in hearings before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC). Dame Janice M. Pereira, the former chief justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, was invited to sit with the JCPC by Lord Reed – which was made possible by her appoint