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The Scottish Civil Justice Council has published its fifth annual report, which outlines its achievements, accounts and a summary of the rules prepared during the last year. Writing his foreword as council chair, the Lord President, Lord Carloway, charted the council’s continued work on civil

The number of criminals breaching home detention curfews rose last year, with more than one in five offenders now being recalled to jail, figures obtained by the Scottish Conservatives have revealed. Of the 1,434 individuals granted early releases from prison, 300 breached the order. That compa

The text of Lady Hale's speech delivered in Edinburgh in June has been published. The speech, Devolution and the Supreme Court – 20 years On, was delivered at the Scottish Public Law Group 2018 in the Signet Library last month.

Five women who are the daughters of hereditary peers are taking the UK to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) over their ineligibility to stand for election to the House of Lords.The women, part of the Daughters' Rights campaign and represented by DLA Piper, argu

Katherine Gibson, who recently spoke at a GDPR Summit in London, explains what lessons data controllers can learn from high-profile data breaches in the post-GDPR world. Firstly, data breach prevention and data security are critical.

Gilson Gray has appointed Jennifer Macrae as its new business development director. Ms Macrae brings with her over 20 years’ experience within business development, having worked for TMP Worldwide, Saatchi & Saatchi and Semple Fraser LLP.

A number of families have been forced to endure waits of up to 1,586 days, more than four years, for fatal accident inquiries (FAI) to be undertaken, according to new figures. Questions lodged by the Scottish Liberal Democrats revealed that the longest wait between a date of death and the concl

Jenny Dickson discusses the details of a bill that would give ministers the power to recover certain costs for NHS Scotland that are associated with the treatment of industrial disease-related illnesses. It's an advert we see regularly on daytime TV: “Have you been in an accident or do you hav

A trans woman has launched the first-ever transgender discrimination claim against a company in the "gig economy".Hayley Stanley, backed by the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB), has filed a complaint with the Employment Tribunal against courier company Gnewt

Gillespie Macandrew has reported a sixth year of growth with an almost six per cent rise in turnover for the financial year 2017-2018. Turnover for the year to 28 February 2018 was £12.01 million compared to £11.36m for the previous year. The firm reported an eight per cent growth in pro

The Scottish Sentencing Council has published a report following a public consultation on the Principles and Purposes of Sentencing guideline, ahead of submitting it to the High Court of Justiciary for approval. The council held a three-month consultation last year seeking views on this first senten

Company voluntary arrangements (CVAS) are very much in vogue. Why? Growth of online shopping, Brexit uncertainty, increased export costs, drop in consumer confidence and spend, increases in business rates, rising labour costs and long-term inflexible lease costs. All of these been cited as factors c

Kate Dowdalls QC has been appointed as a commissioner of the Scottish Law Commission. In the post, which is for five years, Ms Dowdalls will work on projects in the area of family law, an area in which she has specialised throughout her career.

John McArthur calls for an overhaul of Britain's creaking inheritance tax regime. The problem with our existing tax system is that it’s now overly complicated and when even HMRC’s own system can’t work out the correct income tax liability that a taxpayer has to pay, that must raise

Lewis Richardson discusses a recent decision from the Sheriff Appeal Court in the case of Cabot Financial UK Ltd v Gardner and Ors, [2018] SAC (Civ) 12. The appeal related to debt recovery cases for assigned credit card debts. The three cases which formed the judgment in Cabot were raised under the