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Independent legal advice provides valuable benefits for complainers - Tony Lenehan KC
ON THE afternoon of 23 April, just as the Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill met with a markedly poorer reception in Holyrood than the government hoped, I was at the University of Glasgow, participating in an international workshop on independent legal representation (ILR) and advice for complainers in serious sexual offence trials. In the Emma Ritch Law Clinic at the University, there exists a ground-breaking resource already providing complainers with advice on legal matters thrust upon them by the justice system, albeit not yet in relation to the trials themselves. Eamon Keane, principal solicitor at the clinic, and Jacqui Kingham, professor of Law and Social Change at the University, brought together at the workshop academics from around the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere to explain and explore the existing schemes in different jurisdictions around the globe.
Report calls for legal professional privilege protection in Investigatory Powers Bill
A joint House of Lords/House of Commons committee has recommended that legal professional privilege (LPP) should be protected in the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill and not merely in a code of practice.
Better if UK keeps in step over legal gender recognition, says Faculty
Difficulties could be created if Scotland alone in the UK forges ahead with a new system for legal recognition of acquired gender, the Faculty has suggested.
Young legal talent heading to Edinburgh for UK mock trial final
Hundreds of senior school students from throughout the UK will descend on Edinburgh this weekend, seeking to be crowned Bar Mock Trial Competition national champions.
Why ‘virtual’ justice should not be the way forward for Scottish legal system
THE Scottish Civil Justice Council has launched a consultation, with the period for responses around just half that usually given, into how civil justice should be administered in Scotland in the future.
Judges from Brazil learn about Scots legal system
Around 180 judges from Brazil are finding out about the Scottish legal system during a four-day visit.
Greater protection for legal professional privilege needed in codes, says Faculty
Planned new guidelines on the use of covert surveillance in Scotland fail to give sufficient protection to communications between lawyers and clients, the Faculty believes.
Gender diversity in the legal profession: Has the glass ceiling been smashed?
“I speak from the viewpoint of the Faculty of Advocates, the Scottish Bar.