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The Scottish Legal Complains Commission (SLCC) has opened the consultation on its budget and operating plan for 2022-23. The consultation proposes a five per cent reduction in the levy for solicitors, advocates and commercial attorneys. This is the second year running the SLCC has proposed a reducti

The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association has partnered with G2 Legal to deliver the 2022 NQ career talks. Each event will feature presentations from solicitors working across a range of legal sectors, an overview of the current market, and tips on application and interview preparation.

Plans announced by the Scottish government to restrict the public’s use of fireworks will be considered by the Scottish Parliament’s Criminal Justice Committee. A call for views launches today to gather views on the proposals from the public and stakeholders. The results of this work wil

The Scottish University Law Clinic Network (SULCN) is holding its annual conference online on Wednesday 23 February from 14:00 – 17:00. This year, SULCN will address the issues of social justice and how to improve law clinics’ online and in-person services. The event will be divided into

The Scottish Conservatives have called on the Lord Justice General, Lord Carloway, to investigate why a sheriff failed to recuse himself in the Rangers fraud case when he was said to be a shareholder of the club. Russell Findlay, the Scottish Conservative spokesman on community safety, rai

The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association is delighted to invite you to this year’s Women in Law seminar. Our annual event brings together a number of inspiring women from the legal community to share their personal experiences and achievements. The event is sponsored by Fraser Irvine Sheriff Of

The Welsh and Scottish governments have described the UK government’s plans to replace the Human Rights Act with a Bill of Rights as an “ideologically motivated attack on freedoms and liberties”. Ministers have called on the UK government to listen to evidence from civil society an

The Scottish legal sector must be alert to the implications of the current crisis and has a shared responsibility to comply with UK government sanctions and present a united front against Russia’s violations of international law. Diane McGiffen, chief executive of the Law Society of Scotland,

A Scottish government consultation seeking views on Scotland’s not proven verdict and related reforms closes this Friday. The consultation is gathering opinions from the public, as well as the legal sector, third sector, and those with direct experience of the justice system.

The Scottish Parliament has backed the Scottish government’s call to refuse legislative consent on the UK government’s Subsidy Control Bill. Business minister Ivan McKee said that the legislation, which replaces state aid rules lost as a result of the UK’s exit from the European Un

The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the sentence of AZ to the High Court of Justiciary. In 2011 AZ was convicted after trial of a single charge of the murder of her newborn son. The court sentenced her to life imprisonment with a punishment part of 15 years.

The Scottish Conservatives are encouraging Scots to have their say on the removal of MSPs who fail to carry out their duties, before consultation on the Removal from Office and Recall Bill closes tomorrow. The ‘Mackay’s Law’ bill is being put forward by Scottish Conservative MSP fo

New figures from the Scottish government show that there were 9,842 recorded cases of violent crime in 2021-22, the highest level in more than a decade. The number of sexual crimes recorded by police in 2021/22 stood at 14,556, a 15 per cent increase on the previous year.

Members of the Scottish Solicitors Bar Association (SSBA) will no longer accept new instructions in summary cases where a contravention of section one of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 is alleged. Section one of the Act, which introduced a new offence to tackle coercive control, covers

The Scottish government is currently working on new laws aimed at preventing homelessness. They aim to strengthen housing rights and prevent homelessness through earlier interventions. While Clan Childlaw welcomes the intention to prevent homelessness, we are concerned that the proposals – if