Scottish Legal News
6 days ago · Top legal aid earners remain same as last year. Tony Lenehan KC remains the top earner of legal aid fees, new figures from the Scottish Legal Aid Board show. In 2023-24, Mr Lenehan's fees were £450,000, an increase of £50,000 on the previous year. Read Full Article.
Lord Reed to deliver UKSC anniversary lecture at Strathclyde
May 10, 2024 · President of the Supreme Court, Lord Reed, is to deliver a public lecture on 24 June to mark the 15th anniversary of the court. The event will be hosted by the University of Strathclyde, marking too the 60th anniversary of its law school. Lord Reed’s lecture – “Why does the UK Supreme Court matter for Scotland?” – will reflect on the ...
Scottish Lesbians to intervene in For Women Scotland’s Supreme …
Oct 11, 2024 · Scottish Lesbians, joined by The Lesbian Project, LGB Alliance and members of Lesbian Labour, have been granted permission to submit a written intervention in the forthcoming Supreme Court appeal brought by For Women Scotland on the Gender Recognition Act and its interplay with the Equality Act. The appeal is due to be heard on 26 and 27 November.
Police investigate collapsed firm McClure Solicitors over …
Feb 14, 2024 · Police investigate collapsed firm McClure Solicitors over allegations of fraud. Police Scotland is investigating potential fraud at a failed law firm. McClure Solicitors, which was founded in Greenock in 1853, went into administration about three years ago. The work of the firm, which also operated in the north of England, was taken on by Jones ...
Gas network operator’s £3 million action against insurers of quarry ...
Feb 18, 2024 · The pursuer’s action against QBE UK Ltd and another four defenders was raised in terms of the Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Act 2010, after decree by default was obtained against their insured in 2017 following that company’s liquidation.It was the defenders’ position that the decree by default did not establish Skene’s liability to the pursuer.
Inner House orders damages proof in action for damages caused …
Oct 11, 2024 · The Inner House of the Court of Session has refused a reclaiming motion by a building firm against a decision that a sub-contractor’s claim for damages from a wrongful interdict granted over five years ago had not been extinguished by negative prescription, and ordered a proof limited to quantification of damages.
Personal Injury Court issues guidance on motions for sanction for ...
Jan 10, 2020 · The All-Scotland Sheriff Personal Injury Court has issued a judgment to give some guidance on motions for certification of skilled persons and sanction for the employment of counsel made under new court rules introduced in 2019.. Sheriff Kenneth McGowan said the terms of motions should reflect “as closely as possible” the wording of the rule or law under which the application is being made ...
Child rapist’s ‘unduly lenient’ sentence increased after Crown appeal
Nov 16, 2017 · The Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary quashed the sentence and imposed a sentence of six years’ imprisonment after ruling that the original disposal was “unduly lenient”.. The Lord Justice Clerk, Lady Dorrian, sitting with Lord Brodie and Lord Turnbull, heard that the respondent “CH” was indicted in the High Court on four charges, but pled guilty to two charges, (002) oral ...
Legal time-bar for latent damages claims – changes to the ...
Apr 27, 2022 · Iain Drummond and Lindsay Robinson comment on impending changes to the prescription regime. Prescription is the legal rule in Scotland that prevents a person from pursuing their legal rights to a claim after a certain time period has elapsed (the equivalent in England is limitation). A claim ‘
Former fiscal granted full hearing in £1.3m ... - Scottish Legal News
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 ...