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Lord Hodge, Deputy President of the Supreme Court, will be the WS Society’s guest speaker at its annual dinner when he will be admitted as a fellow of the society, marking the occasion of his retirement from the Supreme Court at the end of this year. After a distinguished career at the bar, Lo

Usman Tariq KC has been named as the new chair of JUSTICE Scotland, succeeding Almira Delibegović-Broome KC. JUSTICE has been at the forefront of law reform in the UK since 1957, aiming to build a fairer justice system within everyone’s reach, carrying out research and generating practical, w

New specialised evidence rooms have opened for use at Victim Support Scotland’s offices in Edinburgh. The rooms will allow witnesses and victims of crime to provide evidence remotely via a secure online link.

A lord ordinary has ruled that a claim by an Indian national seeking asylum in the UK on the basis of his homosexuality could not be regarded as clearly unfounded for the purposes of section 94 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 after finding that it was not impossible that a tribun

Holyrood has passed the Housing (Scotland) Bill in a landmark vote. Passed by 89 votes to 28 after MSPs debated around 400 amendments at the bill’s final stage, the wide-ranging legislation introduces a framework for long-term rent controls, alongside provisions on tenant protections, homeless

A sheriff has awarded £3,216 in damages to a lorry driver who was injured when a learner motorcyclist collided with the back of his lorry and he fell from the steps outside the cab after he rejected an argument that the force involved in the crash was too small to cause any injury. Pursuer Joh

An act that aims to promote the use of British Sign Language (BSL) in Scotland has significantly improved the daily lives of BSL users, according to a report by MSPs on Holyrood’s Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee. Stakeholders told the committee that the British Sign Langua

NHS Fife’s legal team acted negligently in handling a legal argument in the board’s tribunal battle with nurse Sandie Peggie, a panel has ruled. The case, already running for two months at a cost of at least £220,500, was thrown into further wrangling earlier this month when the bo

Holmes Mackillop Solicitors director Robert Stewart, head of its busy Giffnock office, is set to retire at the end of this month. A familiar face to generations of home buyers and sellers within Giffnock and beyond, Mr Stewart’s retirement marks the end of an era – as well as the culmina

James Chalmers and Fiona Leverick reflect on the life of the late Sir Gerald Gordon. Sir Gerald Gordon, who died recently at the age of 96, made an extraordinary contribution to the criminal law of Scotland during his lifetime. Born and educated in Glasgow, where he graduated in philosophy and Engli

Former Liberal Democrat leader Lord Menzies Campbell has died at the age of 84. Known widely as Ming, he represented his constituency at Westminster for 28 years and led his party from 2006 to 2007.

A lord ordinary has granted a petition for adoption raised by a separated couple that no longer resided in the same household after finding that it was not necessary for a couple to reside together in order to create an enduring family relationship. Petitioners AB and CD separated in July 2023, two