News
15 September, 2019
Ampersand junior appointed Contributing Editor of Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia
Ampersand is delighted announce that Usman Tariq has been appointed Contributing Editor of the “Banking, Money and Commercial Paper” title of The Laws of Scotland: Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia, due to be published by LexisNexis in 2020. Usman is a graduate of the Universities of Glasgow and Cambridge. Since calling to the Bar, he has been […]
11 September, 2019
Inner House Rules Prime Minister’s advice to HM the Queen and the prorogation which followed was unlawful
Joanna Cherry QC MP and others v The Advocate General for Scotland [2019] CSIH 49 The Inner House of the Court of Session has ruled that the Prime Minister’s advice to HM the Queen that the United Kingdom Parliament should be prorogued from a day between 9 and 12 September until 14 October was unlawful […]
10 September, 2019
Lord Bannatyne refuses judicial review challenge to homosexuality risk in Zimbabwe
Case comment by Michael Way, advocate GC (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] CSOH 67 Facts The petitioner was a national of the Zimbabwe. He sought judicial review of the Home Office’s decision to refuse to accept his further submissions as a fresh claim for asylum, under Immigration Rule 353. The petitioner […]
4 September, 2019
New OAG Standing Junior Junior Appointments
Ampersand Advocates is proud to hear of the appointments of Giles Reid, Michael Way and Shane Dundas to the panel of Standing Junior Juniors to the Office of the Advocate General for Scotland. They join fellow stable members Ross Anderson, Graham Maciver, Usman Tariq, and Jamie Gardiner who are Standing Junior Counsel to OAG.
30 August, 2019
Lord Doherty rejects Interim Interdict regarding prorogation of Parliament
Following an urgent hearing on Thursday 29 August 2019, Lord Doherty has rejected Interim Orders sought by 75 Petitioners on the illegality of proroguing Parliament and interim interdict against UK ministers to prorogue and made no comment on whether the Petitioners have a prima facie case, preferring to wait until the Substantive hearing. The case […]
20 August, 2019
Faculty of Advocates issue new Scheme for Accounting for and Recovery of Counsel’s fees
The Faculty of Advocates has issued a new Scheme for the Accounting for and Recovery of Counsel’s fees. The Scheme is effectively an Advocate’s standard terms and conditions of instruction and applies to all instructions received unless superseded by written agreement of the Advocate concerned. Ahead of a new case management system being launched shortly, […]