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Solicitor Eamon Keane, early career fellow in criminal law and evidence at the University of Edinburgh, expresses 'considerable concern' over the Scottish government's hearsay reforms, which have passed stage one. The proposals in the Coronavirus Bill (at Schedule 4 Part 6) cause me considerable con

The Scottish government is delaying controversial plans to abolish juries in solemn trials for the duration of the coronavirus emergency after a furious backlash from the legal profession and outraged politicians. The bill, which was introduced only yesterday by Constitution Secretary

David Bartos and Dr Gillian Black have been appointed commissioners of the Scottish Law Commission. Mr Bartos brings a wealth of practical experience in commercial property litigation covering a wide breadth of landlord and tenant disputes together with a deep knowledge of property and contract law.

Raeburn Christie Clark & Wallace (RCC&W) has promoted Allan Mackenzie to associate solicitor. After graduating from Aberdeen University in 2006, Mr Mackenzie completed his traineeship with a local firm and in 2012 joined a local residential and commercial property developer. He joined RCC&am

The Lord Advocate has said that domestic abuse cases will continue to be prosecuted vigorously and fairly during the coronavirus pandemic. This comes one year after the introduction of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018, which criminalised coercive and controlling behaviour towards a partner or

Edinburgh Law School's Dr Guido Rossi has been awarded the Robert Feenstra Prize for the best article published in the Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis / Revue d'Histoire du Droit / The Legal History Review during the years 2017-2019. His article, entitled The barratry of the shipmaster in early

In the first in a series of jurisprudential primers for Scottish Legal News, Benjamin Bestgen reflects on philosophical thinking. When I studied philosophy, one of the typical remarks from well-meaning people with little knowledge of the subject were pointers to Rodin’s sculpture The Thinker a

The Scottish government is attempting to give ministers the power to allow solemn trials to be conducted without juries and to "dismantle in one fell swoop more than 600 years of legal principle" in a move described as a "knee-jerk reaction" at best and something "far more sinister" at worst. The Sc

The Lord President has appointed Robin Macpherson as temporary auditor of the Court of Session for 12 months from 1 April 2020. Mr Macpherson, an experienced litigator and solicitor advocate, will also become auditor of the All Scotland Personal Injury Court and the Sheriff Appeal Court, effective f

Gilson Gray has merged with Dundee property firm, Wallace and Co Property Management. The addition of Wallace and Co Property Management will see the transfer of local property experts Elaine Wallace, Pauline Traill and Derek Tyson to the Gilson Gray property services team.

Govan Law Centre is now running a free and confidential online advice service. In his Glasgow Evening Times column, GLC principal Mike Dailly said: "From today we will now provide free and confidential advice through WhatsApp, Facebook messenger and e-mail. We are also launching a free call-back tel

A new energy law firm has been established in Aberdeen. Lex Energy has been co-founded by lawyers Philip Argo, Elaine Benton and Calum Crighton.

The Scottish Human Rights Commission has briefed Scotland’s MSPs on the human rights implications of the Coronavirus Bill, which will be considered by the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday 1 April. The commission said that while it recognises the positive obligations on government to take reaso

A new website has been launched to track the use of alternatives to traditional court hearings during the coronavirus pandemic. Legal technologist Professor Richard Susskind, who is president of the Society for Computers and Law, said remotecourts.org is "designed to help the global community of jus

Watermans Legal has announced it will be offering a discount to health workers throughout 2020. The demand for wills has soared in the past month after the global health crisis sparked a surge of people enquiring about getting their affairs in order.