Professor Peter Watson, legal representative for one of the pilots who died in the 1994 Mull of Kintyre Chinook crash, has endorsed calls for the release of documents and a public inquiry. The crash on 2 June 1994 claimed the lives of 29 individuals, including 25 senior intelligence and security per
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A former criminal lawyer who specialised in serious organised crime has been jailed for 18 months after being caught dealing nearly £87,000 worth of ketamine from her £600,000 country home. Aberdeen lawyer Amanda Lothian, 65, was convicted in April of being concerned in the supply of the
Laura Sefton highlights the challenges facing the housing sector over the decarbonisation of heat from buildings, explains why we’re seeing an evolving regulatory environment and examines the legal and regulatory implications of these changes. Scotland’s policy and legislative landscape
The Criminal Cases Review Commission’s (CCRC) leadership “has shown a remarkable inability to learn from its own mistakes” despite being an organisation designed to identify failures within the criminal justice system, a report by Westminster's Justice Committee has warned. MPs on
The repeal of the majority ownership provisions were perhaps the most significant aspect of the new regulation bill, writes Brian Inkster. On 20 May, the Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill was passed by the Scottish Parliament. That day, the Law Society of Scotland issued a press release h
A decade of campaigning by the Law Society of Scotland has resulted in new legislation that aims to better protect legal services consumers and benefit Scotland’s legal sector. Following its final approval by Holyrood yesterday, the Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill will see the Law
A ‘catalogue of failures’ led to the inappropriate and unacceptable use of public money at the Water Industry Commission for Scotland (WICS), according to a new report. The report, published by the Scottish Parliament’s Public Audit Committee, follows the committee’s consider
A string of prosecutions in the UK should spur UK manufacturers to take action to meet their legal obligations to address health risks arising from dust, writes Charlotte O’Kane. In the last year, Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecutions have resulted in cases in which businesses - and,
A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Rights groups sue to free Venezuelans deported from the US and held in El Salvador | ABC News
Dr Titilayo Adebola, senior lecturer and director of Aberdeen University's Centre for Commercial Law, delivered the keynote address at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)’s Worldwide Symposium on Geographical Indications 2025. The symposium was jointly organised by WIPO a
Solicitor Ben Kemp has been appointed to become the new chief executive officer of the Law Society of Scotland. Mr Kemp will join the Law Society in August from the professional body which represents and regulates actuaries, the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA), where he has worked primaril
Last week’s Programme for Government marked one year as first minister for John Swinney and also fell exactly one year until voters go to the polls in arguably one of the most important Scottish elections since devolution, writes Scott Wright. The programme was brought forward by the first min
Katrina Ashbolt wouldn’t live or work anywhere but the Highlands. Growing up in Elgin, she always knew that she wanted to become a lawyer, having become hooked on courtroom dramas like LA Law from an early age. But, after leaving home to study in Aberdeen, she quickly realised that she wanted
The Scottish Liberal Democrats have called on the Scottish government to urgently focus on restoring community policing figures revealed that shoplifting has risen by more than a third since 2019, with particularly steep rises in Edinburgh and Glasgow. New research by the party shows that:
The Scottish government needs to be wary of workforce pressures that are hitting the police as new figures confirmed that there remain around 1,000 fewer officers today than when Police Scotland was formed, the Scottish Liberal Democrats said. New figures reveal there were 16,553 full-time equi
