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A non-binary barrister is thought to be the first whose name appears on a chambers' board with the title 'Mx', The Times reports. Oscar Davies, 26, who is biologically male, identifies as non-binary and prefers to be referred to with pronouns whose lexeme is 'they', but is also content with 'he'.

A virtual conference is to provide a forum for discussion amongst interested parties about how civil business might be conducted once the pandemic is over. The Lord President has asked the Judicial Institute to organise a conference, to be held virtually, to provide a forum for a discussion amongst

Simon Allison discusses employment law issues – but through the medium of Line of Duty. So, at the end of season five of the BBC’s Line of Duty, what have we learned?

Wealthflow's Dr George Callaghan explains why you should add the special sauce of compounding to your financial diet. Imagine the scene: it’s January the second and you have made a resolution to make healthier meals for yourself and the family. After a bit of internet searching, you find spina

Gillespie Macandrew has begun a three-year charity partnership with Alzheimer Scotland and Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity (ECHC). Alzheimer Scotland provides support for those living with dementia and the ECHC supports children and their families in a variety of healthcare settings. The

A renewed attack on trial by jury in Scotland has been met with scorn from lawyers. A "cross-justice" group led by the Lord Justice Clerk, Lady Dorrian, has proposed a pilot of juryless rape trials in what represents the latest attempt to remove juries from sexual offences cases.

The president of the Law Society of Scotland has written to the Lord President to raise concerns over the introduction of weekend courts to resolve the criminal case backlog. In a letter to Lord Carloway, Amanda Millar questioned why weekend and holiday courts were being considered without consultat

The President of the Supreme Court, Lord Reed, has described as "idiotic" suggestions that the court should be stripped of its title and said that downgrading the institution would be an “act of national self-harm”. The UK government has been considering changing the court's name and cut

Levy & McRae has announced a number of promotions. The firm has promoted to legal director: Sandra Biggart (private client/matrimonial), who trained with the firm in the mid-1990s and has spent most of her career there and Carol Boyd, (commercial litigation) who joined the firm in 2016 and

The Law Society of Scotland and Scottish Legal Complaints Commission have clashed over the latter body's proposed budget. The society said that the SLCC is costing more for doing less and must address its rising inefficiency with urgency. Responding to the consultation on the SLC

Govan Law Centre (GLC) has been awarded Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) funding to improve free debt and money advice. GLC’s debt navigator project will develop online debt tools, guidance and advice in a range of formats.

Since the government’s national lockdown restrictions were implemented in January, criminal courts have focused on the most serious trials, with the majority of summary trials in the Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court adjourned. Having reviewed the Covid-19 transmission levels and th

Anderson Strathern has appointed Alison Pryde as a tax director. Ms Pryde brings nearly 30 years’ experience providing tax advisory services, with a particular focus on rural landowners, family businesses, professional partnerships, landlords and high net worth individuals. A law graduate from

Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf has welcomed official figures showing the volume of crime covered by the survey in Scotland is down 46 per cent since 2008-09, with violent crime having fallen by nearly two-fifths (39 per cent) over the same period. The Scottish Crime and Justice Survey (SCJS) 2019-20

This month marks a year since the UK went into its first national lockdown in response to Covid-19. The legal sector adapted quickly and embraced technology to continue to deliver legal services.  This adaptability has been particularly evident in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) – sp