Property factors across Scotland are facing mounting accusations of overcharging, mismanagement and opacity, which suggests the possibility of systemic abuse of homeowners’ trust and money. Advice Direct Scotland said it has seen a steady rise in complaints, describing the trend as “a gr
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Professor Julian Goodare, emeritus professor of history at the University of Edinburgh, will be giving the Stair Society's annual lecture on 15 November. The title of his talk is 'Witchcraft and Scots Law'. The lecture will take place at 11:30 in the Mackenzie Building, Old Assembly Close, Edinburgh
‘Fundamental issues’ must be addressed in a bill which seeks to introduce a recall process to the Scottish Parliament. This is the outcome of a report issued by Holyrood’s Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee. The report follows the committee’s consid
CMS will stage events across their Scottish offices throughout November designed to support in-house legal teams enhance their role as strategic business partners. The ‘Legal as a Business Partner’ seminars, being held in Glasgow (12 Nov), Aberdeen (18 Nov) and Edinburgh (27 Nov),
Children were involved in nearly a quarter of all attempted murders in Scotland between April and June this year, prompting calls for increased police resources to address what has been described as a “concerning increase”. A report by the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) revealed that 17
A solicitor who alleged that another solicitor had falsified documents in misconduct proceedings against her following her removal as her father’s attorney has lost a challenge against the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission’s decision not to investigate the matter. Margaret Horsley, wh
Scotland’s Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill takes centre stage at Holyrood again today as MSPs begin three weeks scrutinising almost 300 amendments to the proposed legislation. The private member's bill sponsored by Lib Dem Liam McArthur narrowly passed stage one earlie
5 has acquired all 27 series of one of the world’s longest-running crime dramas – Taggart – in a deal with the show’s creators, STV Studios. All 110 episodes of the hit Scottish drama, which originally ran from 1983 to 2010, will be made available on 5’s streaming servi
The Scottish government’s plans to expand the prison estate will still leave the country short of space for its current inmate population, new analysis has found. The existing design capacity of Scotland’s prisons is 7,805, yet the total population stands at 8,391 – almost 600 more
An appeal by a doctor seeking reduction of a sheriff’s finding in a fatal accident inquiry into the death of a young child from a rare cancer that the death could have been avoided had she referred the matter to the paediatric unit in Inverness has been refused by the Inner House of the Court
Ahead of the 75th anniversary of the signing of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) tomorrow, First Minister John Swinney has reiterated Scotland’s "commitment to human rights, equality and dignity for all". Mr Swinney said: “Signed in the aftermath of World War II, with the a
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is to move away from Microsoft software in favour of an open-source alternative in response to sanctions imposed by the US government, according to reports. In May this year, it was reported that Microsoft disconnected the email account of the ICC's chief prose
The trial of three alleged fake lawyers was abruptly halted after it emerged their lawyer was himself not qualified to practise. Peter Ngeri Ouma admitted not holding a valid practising certificate while appearing in a Kenyan court representing three men accused of fraudulently masquerading as lawye
