Scottish businesses have delivered their top priorities for any future UK government, according to the latest Addleshaw Goddard Scottish Business Monitor (SBM) report. The survey of around 400 firms from across the economy found that “delivering long-term economic growth” was top of the
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Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC has accepted a report into how domestic abuse is prosecuted, which has emphasised that the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service must speed up the work it is doing to improve the service it gives to victims. The report assessed the work of COPFS in the management a
The Scottish government should be given responsibility for jobcentres to help tackle unemployment, a leading think tank has said. A new report from IPPR Scotland recommends the full devolution of employment support, warning that there are "vast disparities in philosophy and culture of approach" betw
Watermans is rebranding to Waterwomans today. The new name will feature for 24 hours across the company’s website, with logos, social media and radio advertising all reflecting the change on a day that marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity.
The UK government remains committed to its Northern Ireland Troubles legislation despite a ruling that it is in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights. The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 received royal assent in September last year in the face of widespread
Laura McCabe has joined DWF as a partner in its Scottish litigation team. She joins the firm after almost five years at Anderson Strathern. She brings 14 years of expertise in appearance work to her new role and has broad experience in most aspects of civil and commercial litigation. From fatal acci
John Sturrock looks at how legislative scrutiny at Holyrood might be improved. One of the difficulties which the Scottish Parliament has encountered is that legislation has on occasion been found, after passage through Parliament and in some cases implementation, to be in some way ineffective, inade
Human rights lawyer Aamer Anwar has accused Police Scotland of undermining the rights of lawyers after an inquiry heard the force gathered intelligence on him and then refused to explain why to a watchdog. Mr Anwar told the Sunday Mail that the revelations from the ongoing inquiry into the death of
Dear Editor, In the lord advocate’s statement to the Scottish Parliament on 16 January, she said that cases of those subpostmasters convicted of fraud would be referred to the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission and that all cases would be considered on their merits.
Brodies LLP in partnership with Edinburgh Law School presents Planning and the climate and nature crises: delivering National Planning Framework 4 – a talk with Fiona Simpson. This lecture will reflect on the evolution of national spatial planning in Scotland, including the significant shift i
Irish legal academic Professor Laurent Pech considers the future of the rule of law in the EU. The history of the rule of law in EU law has been one of gradual process of formal Treaty enshrinement followed by the swift development of the EU’s “rule of law toolbox” in response to u
Should we be seeking to remove a significant number of disputes from the courts altogether, asks John Sturrock. Recently in these pages, I mentioned a talk I’d given to a Worldwide Advocacy Conference in July 1998. Then, I’d identified two related developments with implications for civil
The European Union has recorded a major milestone on the road to establishing the world's first comprehensive legal framework to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) technology. Following lengthy negotiations, the European Parliament and Council on Saturday reached a political agreement on the AI A
