News
6 May, 2020
New reporters for Session Cases
Four new reporters have been appointed by the Scottish Council of Law Reporting to its Session Cases team, including Ampersand’s Alex Sutherland. Session Cases are recognised as the most authoritative Scottish law reports. Emma Toner, Advocate, editor of Session Cases and Ampersand’s Timothy Young, deputy editor, will be training the new recruits towards their first reports […]
5 May, 2020
Lauren Sutherland QC launches Clinical Negligence Law & Ethics blog
Ampersand’s Lauren Sutherland QC has launched a blog providing comment on legal cases in the area of clinical negligence and patient consent. Lauren’s blog has been created in a way that is accessible to lawyers, and medical professionals but also patients and members of the public interested in this area of the law. For over 30 […]
27 April, 2020
Justice risks being a ‘mirage’
Ampersand’s Eoghainn Maclean appears first in the Scottish Daily Mail and has warned the civil courts must resume soon or else ‘access to justice will become a mirage’. View the article here.
21 April, 2020
First virtual court hearing in Scotland
The first virtual court hearing in Scotland in response to the coronavirus situation was successfully held today. The Court of Session Inner House appeal, Stuart Campbell v Kezia Dugdale, was heard before the Lord President, Lord Carloway, sitting with Lord Menzies and Lord Brodie. The other participants were the clerk of court and the counsel […]
21 April, 2020
Judicial review: the rule of law at heart?
Article by Geoffrey D Mitchell QC The Wightman article 50 case highlighted preserving the rule of law as a particular focus for judicial review, but how far can that be taken? This article considers two recent cases of interest. Is it possible to identify “trends” in litigation? That there are increases in certain types of […]
16 April, 2020
Court system in Scotland must ‘catch up’ with England
The court service in Scotland must “catch up” with the system in England to ensure civil justice can still function during lockdown, leading legal figures have said. View the whole article here.