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Family members involved in deaths in custody fatal accident inquiries (FAI) are to have immediate, free access to legal aid support and advice. Justice Secretary Angela Constance confirmed that she is using existing ministerial powers to remove means-testing for legal aid in such cases, so that from

Mitchells Roberton has elected Ronald Inglis, 52 to be its new chairman. He replaces his sister, Morag Inglis, who has been chairman since 2021 and was managing partner for 24 years before that. Mr Inglis, a property law specialist who has been with Mitchells Roberton for 30 years and was made a par

A personal injury sheriff has awarded just over £6,000 to a groundworker who was injured in a collision between a car and a van in which he was a passenger after finding that the driver acted negligently in his response to an ambulance attempting to join the dual carriageway. Pursuer Stephen L

Aberdein Considine has announced the appointment of Graham Crocket as national estate agency director. Mr Crocket has over 20 years’ experience in the industry and a distinguished track record in leadership.

I wrote in February on The Burden of Compliance, having read the articles about the Scottish Law Agents Society and their survey of the profession. Happily, I was wrong and they did get a good response. Certainly more than enough for statistical significance. And it was at least a neutral exercise u

For many lawyers, alighting on a specialist area of the profession means assessing one’s personal interests and career opportunities. When Usman Aslam immersed himself in immigration and asylum law, however, it stemmed from deeply personal reasons. Born in Pakistan, Mr Aslam had come to Scotla

A private prison and health board are to be prosecuted over alleged failures that resulted in the death of a prisoner. Calum Inglis, 34, died in his prison cell at HMP Addiewell in West Lothain after he tested positive for Covid-19 in October 2021.

Shops across France have begun posting CCTV footage of alleged shoplifters on social media, telling those depicted that the images will be taken down if they reimburse the cost of the stolen items. Retailers say they have turned to the tactic "as a deterrent" amid a growing sense of frustration over

AI-powered "nudification" apps should be banned because of their impact on children's safety, wellbeing and participation online, the children's rights watchdog in England has said. A new report from the English children's commissioner, Dame Rachel de Souza, warns that while creating or sharing a se

A Holyrood committee has rejected a motion recommending the removal of Maggie Chapman MSP after she criticised the UK Supreme Court in the wake of its ruling on the definition of "woman" in equality law. The Scottish Parliament's equalities, human rights and civil justice committee, of which the Gre

A transgender former judge has said she will take the UK to the European Court of Human Rights following the Supreme Court's ruling that "sex" in the Equality Act 2010 refers solely to biological sex. Victoria McCloud resigned as Master of the High Court in England and Wales in 2024 after saying pol

The family of a railway worker who died after contracting an asbestos-related illness will have their action for damages heard by a jury after a judge in the Court of Session ruled that their claim was not excluded from jury trial. The pursuers Andrew Mitchell and others, relatives of the late Walte

The regulatory body for social workers in Scotland has successfully challenged a sheriff’s ruling that proceedings before its conduct sub-committee “engaged” article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Sheriff Principal Alastair Dunlop QC (pictured) allowed the Scottish Social Servic

John Forsyth John Forsyth discusses the issues surrounding the remit of the Scottish Sentencing Council, which is to be constituted later this year.

A patient at a psychiatric treatment facility who sought judicial review over the failure by the Scottish Government to draft and lay regulations to allow him to challenge the level of security of his detention has had his petition dismissed. The UK Supreme Court ruled in 2012 that the failure by th