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As arguments go, complaining that the assisted dying Bill "focuses unduly on those who want assisted dying" seems like an idiosyncratic and artificial one to me. Laws establishing new frameworks for lawful decision-making need to focus on this detail. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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New Scottish crowdfunded judicial review, this time on education policy in Argyll and Bute. www.crowdjustice.com/case/mullcam...

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Significant sentences for four men convicted of defrauding NHS Scotland out of £6 million, with their evidence being described by Lord Arthurson as "self-serving, arrogant and mendacious." judiciary.scot/home/sentenc...

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The first Court of Session defamation case we've seen reported for a while - more football-flavoured litigation, this time involving St Mirren FC. www.scotcourts.gov.uk/media/51opwd...

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Today's column: Sir Keir Starmer is arguably the most mendacious politician at work in the UK today. www.thenational.scot/politics/251...

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The Scottish court service have cautioned folk who follow their judgments feed using RSS to turn this off next week - as they've about to migrate over around 9,000 historic judgments(!) to their new site. www.scotcourts.gov.uk/media/kixbx5...

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Now, with a majority of MSPs prepared to support the Bill's general principles, potentially the most delicate phase for legislating for assisted dying begins. This weekend's column. www.thenational.scot/politics/251...

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38 years www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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📻 I was on BBC Radio 4's Today programme on legal aspects of the Scottish Parliament's debate and vote this afternoon on the Assisted Dying Bill. Available from 1:14:27 minutes in: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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On behalf of all academics with oodles of online marking to do over the next week, I think I speak for all of us when I say: this speight of fine weather is a personal attack.

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Understanding the Impacts of the Post Office Scandal postofficeproject.net/wp-content/u...

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MSPs will vote on the Assisted Dying Bill at stage 1 this week. If it doesn't pass - it falls. Today's column, aiming to explain key features of the law as it now stands, what the new Bill proposes, and why voting against the Bill isn't a neutral choice. www.thenational.scot/politics/251...

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In one of the less surprising verdicts in British legal history. news.stv.tv/world/two-fo...

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Programme for Government 2025-26 www.gov.scot/publications...

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An illustration of how FPP goes from sandbag to springboard - Reform votes and seats in different councils: Oxfordshire: 18% vote, 2% seats Cambridgeshire: 23% vote, 16% seats Devon: 27% vote, 30% seats Leicestershire: 33% vote, 46% seats Derbyshire: 37% vote, 66% seats

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Quite a few boundary changes incoming for Holyrood's regions and constituencies at the next Holyrood election. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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The Scottish Parliament's Health, Social Care and Sport Committee publishes its Stage 1 report on the general principles of the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill digitalpublications.parliament.scot/Committees/R...

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We've launched a new GCU Law Linkedin page to capture what the department is up to in terms of events, research, policy work and public engagement. If you're a current student, an alumni, or just interested in our life and times - please give us a follow. www.linkedin.com/company/gcu-...

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Scottish Police Federation question Lord Bracadale's impartiality and threaten judicial review proceedings in move which may have significant consequences for the public inquiry. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Culture has a material basis. You may not watch River City. You might think its dramatic choices are too often hackneyed & stereotypical, but if we want to grow Scottish media - actors, directors & script writers - we need to recognise everyone starts somewhere. www.thenational.scot/culture/2511...

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Lord Scott to head inquiry into murder of Emma Caldwell www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Had a grand mini Easter jaunt over to the east neuk of Fife with the family last weekend. Blustery weather, a bit of sunshine, and some excellent seafood - from oysters and lobster to mussels and clams.

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Engaging few days with a batch of GCU Law colleagues down at the Socio-Legal Studies Association Conference in Liverpool this week, hearing what empirical legal researchers across the UK & beyond are up to. Never visited the city before, so always nice to have a pretext to take in somewhere new.

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This is quite the contempt of court judgment from Hamilton Sheriff Court, involving taking photographs of other witnesses waiting to enter court to give their evidence, and posting liberally on this site about their personal appearances www.scotcourts.gov.uk/media/nexjjo...

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In advance of the UK Supreme Court's decision in the For Women Scotland judicial review on Wednesday, it is worth reading the judgments of the Outer (www.bailii.org/scot/cases/S...) and Inner House of the Court of Session (www.bailii.org/scot/cases/S...) this appeal springs from.

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Jeezo. "Aberdeen criminal lawyer Amanda Lothian revealed to be ketamine dealer ..." www.scottishlegal.com/articles/abe...

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Apparently heretical perspective: hot cross buns involving chocolate in any form are an abomination in the eyes of Jehovah.

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What the new Justice Bill really means for Scotland www.thenational.scot/comment/2508...

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UK Supreme Court dismisses housing law appeal against Glasgow City Council, turning on the issue of whether interim accommodation must meet the housing needs of a homeless person. www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2...

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The European Court of Human Rights holds that there was no violation of Article 8 in case brought by Philip Green after he was identified under parliamentary privilege as the anonymous businessman at the centre of bulling & sexual harassment allegations. hudoc.echr.coe.int/fre?i=001-24...

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A somewhat uncommon thing: a Court of Session judgment on the circumstances in which a "gratuitous unilateral obligation" - aka a promise - can be legally enforceable in Scotland. t.co/Cqc82uqbpU

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What a singularly bizarre story. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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After hour meetings and many hours of discussion of amendments, the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill is now (more or less) in its final shape with a last opportunity for amendments and final vote on the proposals coming up at Stage 3. www.parliament.scot/-/media/file...

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In the bear market created by the Terracotta Weeble, we're all going to have to acquire a new level of tariff-literacy. www.thenational.scot/politics/250...

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"Defectors to the right of them, defectors to the left of them..." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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In the Criminal Justice Committee today, MSPs decided (by narrow majority) not to extend anonymity for complainers in sexual cases beyond natural life. This is a challenging issue but given international experience this is the correct balance to strike. scottishparliament.tv/meeting/crim...

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"The postmarks on this letter, from 1813, are thought to have made it attractive to Professor Macmillan..." www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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