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HMRC will be made a preferred creditor in insolvencies, chancellor Philip Hammond announced in his budget yesterday, but the decision could lead to an increase in corporate failure numbers, according to a Scottish insolvency practitioner. The move was revealed among a range of measures designed to c

Grampian Woman’s Aid (GWA), the charity which offers support to women, children and young people experiencing domestic abuse across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, has bolstered its board by appointing a family solicitor from one of Scotland’s oldest law firms. The work of GWA across the cit

The new Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) centre for child and vulnerable witnesses, due to open next year, will benefit from £950,000 in funding from the Scottish government. The facilities will include flexible hearing suites and vulnerable witness suites with a direct video link

Tracy Kirk has joined Glasgow Caledonian University as a lecturer in law. Ms Kirk obtained a first class LLB (Hons) from the University of Stirling in 2011. After many years of working with children and young people in education and healthcare, she commenced a PhD at Northumbria University in 2015.

The laws of access and rights and responsibilities are the subject of a new book by law lecturer Malcolm Combe. Scotland has unique and progressive rights of access to land for the public. With a landscape internationally renowned for its beauty and diversity and attracting increasing visitor number

The Scottish Debt Arrangement Scheme has jokingly had its acronym, DAS, compared with a famous washing powder (Daz), the idea being it washes away debts, which is appropriate. Like many a washing powder, it has been through numerous re-launches, with each promising to be better than the last, writes

The 83rd annual general meeting of the Stair Society will be held in the Mackenzie Building, Old Assembly Close, Edinburgh on Saturday 17 November 2018, courtesy of the Faculty of Advocates. The business part of the meeting will take place from 10.30 to 11.00 am, after which tea and coffee will

Alison Saunders, the outgoing Director of Public Prosecutions, has warned that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not have the resources to cope with the demands of modern trials. On the eve of her exit from the CPS, whose budget was slashed by a quarter during her leadership, Ms Saunders reve

A prize for excellence in advocacy in the name of the late Lord “Mike” Jones is to be awarded for the first time next month. An event at Parliament House, Edinburgh, will feature a moot involving teams of two from junior members of the Faculty of Advocates and devils, as well as a lectur

Appeals to the UK Supreme Court should not require certification by the High Court of Justiciary that the issue raises a point of law of general public importance, a review chaired by the Lord Justice General has concluded. The review group has published its report following a consultation

Lord Hodge has expressed his doubt that complex financial crimes are best tried before a jury instead of a tribunal or court of specialists. The UK Supreme Court justice made the remarks in a speech in Shanghai on "The involvement of the public in the criminal process in the United Ki

Andrew Lyon has been announced as the new head of financial services at TLT. Mr Lyon has been at the firm for 11 years and leads the financial services disputes and investigations team in London.

Rodney Whyte looks at the gains made by LBTT and what needs to be done to maintain them. As a specialist in land acquisition and housebuilding, it was encouraging to note that revenue from the Land and Building Transaction Tax (LBTT) in the last full financial year rose by 12.8 per cent to £54