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Dozens of solicitors gathered outside Holyrood yesterday to demonstrate their deep dissatisfaction with the Scottish government’s inaction to reform legal aid.Ken Dalling, president of the Law Society of Scotland, said: “This crisis has been a generation in the making and the system is

The Faculty’s very own fictional advocate makes his return this Christmas in The Scotsman in Edward Kane and the Innocent Railway.

Nominations are now open for solicitors hoping to join the Law Society of Scotland’s decision-making body, representing the Greenock, Kilmarnock and Paisley constituency. The previous Council member, Waqqas Ashraf, resigned his seat after setting up his own practice in the Glasgow constituency

Raeburn Christie Clark & Wallace private client partner, Amy Watson, has joined the management committee of the Society of Advocates, Aberdeen. Ms Watson joins an established management committee, including her RCCW colleague, consultant Anne Boyd.

Harper Macleod has expanded its business development team with the addition of experienced solicitor Laura Meldrum. Ms Meldrum, who until recently was a senior solicitor in the employment law team at Anderson Strathern, joins the firm as a business development associate.

The Joint Committee on Human Rights has called on the government to amend proposals in the Judicial Review and Courts Bill which could deny judicial remedies and remove a safeguard against flawed asylum decisions. The bill proposes changes to the courts’ power to make ‘quashing orders&rs

Model al­lows ten­ants to pay a monthly fee to a third party which gives land­lord writ­ten guar­an­tee in­stead of the cash de­posit, says Fin­lay Camp­bell. For years it’s been the case that where a tenant of commercial premises, especially if they are

I don't think any day is worth living without thinking about what you're going to eat next at all times.

The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the sentence in a drink driving case to the High Court of Justiciary. On 25 October 2020, Anita Frame pled guilty to a contravention of section 5(1)(a) of the Road Traffic Act 1988.

A man who allegedly presented a fake arm for a Covid-19 vaccination in a bid to get a vaccine passport is facing possible criminal charges. Anti-vaxxer Guido Russo, a 57-year-old dentist in the northern Italian city of Biella, had previously been suspended from work for failing to get vaccinated.

The Law Commission of England and Wales has announced recommendations to reform hate crime legislation to ensure that disabled and LGBT+ victims receive the same protections as victims with other protected characteristics. The commission is also making a number of recommendations to protect women an

A sheriff in Hamilton Sheriff Court has convicted the driver of a car transporter of an offence of dangerous driving under section 1A of the Road Traffic Act 1988 after a car slid off the back of the transporter and injured a pedestrian. It was argued by the procurator fiscal that Gordon M

The Lawscot Foundation has partnered with Hey Legal and Buddies Gin to give last minute shoppers the opportunity to buy unique gifts for the animal lovers, gin sippers and legal buffs in their lives. Paisley company Buddies Gin has produced an exclusive run of 100 limited-edition bottles of gin to c

Professor Konstantinos Sergakis has been appointed as a member of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESMA, EIOPA, EBA) Board of Appeal. The board is responsible for deciding on appeals against certain decisions of the authorities and its decisions can themselves be appealed to the Court of Justic

Themis Advocates' Steven Walker QC has been appointed arbitrator member of the Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration. He is an international commercial lawyer with a specialisation in international arbitration, energy, oil & gas, mining, commercial/corporate/financial disputes, construction an