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A Scottish government bill has come under fire for failing to define simple legal concepts. The Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill seeks to reduce the number of prisoners on remand but risks creating bad law, Scottish Labour has warned.

All we have heard from the Scottish government is "froth and rage" over the UK government's veto of the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill, a former Supreme Court justice has said. Writing in The Sunday Times, Lord Sumption says that "the suggestion that the UK government’s veto is an a

The Scottish Parliament will consider stage three of the Hunting with Dogs Bill tomorrow. The bill was introduced last year, two decades after a failed attempt by the Scottish Parliament to ban hunting with the Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act, back in 2002.

Two new non-executive directors (NEDs) have been appointed to the Supreme Court. Scottish accountant Iain Lanaghan has been appointed as the lead NED. His appointment comes as Kathryn Cearns stands down after five years as a NED and chair of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee.

Almost £3.4 billion will be invested across the justice system in 2023-24 to fund front-line services, provide continued support for victims and witnesses, and to tackle the causes of offending, the Scottish government has announced. The funding represents an increase of £165 million or

Views on juryless trials made in response to a consultation were mixed, according to a new report. An analysis of the three-month consultation on improving peoples’ experience of the justice system found “support across the board” for giving complainers in sexual offence cases an a

Families of loved ones killed abroad are to receive additional support at a time “when people need help the most”. The Scottish government is providing grant funding to Victim Support Scotland which provides a specialist service offering financial and emotional support to families reside

The Scottish government has said the procedure for handling formal complaints by civil servants about a current or former minister’s behaviour will be updated again to improve transparency. The current procedure was introduced in February 2022 in response to a review arising from the scandal o

Subscribers to the free daily newsletter from our sister publication Scottish Housing News, the news service for Scotland's social housing sector, have exceeded 9,000 for the first time with 113 new readers last month taking the figure to 9,087. Unique visitors to the SHN website over the last three

Tackling climate change should be a top priority for the UK government after addressing the cost-of-living crisis and NHS waiting lists, according to a new survey of nearly 6,000 adults in the UK.

Business sentiment in Scotland has entered negative territory for the first time since the end of 2020 according to the latest Addleshaw Goddard Scottish Business Monitor report, with 70 per cent of businesses expecting growth in the Scottish economy to be weak or very weak over the coming year. The

Scottish Legal News last month reached a new milestone with 220 new subscribers to the free daily newsletter taking its circulation to 15,023. LinkedIn numbers also increased with 205 new followers taking the total to 9,636. Unique visitors to the www.scottishlegal.com website now overage 80,240 per

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has appointed two new board members. Lynne Collingham and Dale Hughes joined the SLCC board on 15 June and 12 August 2022 respectively. The appointments are for five years.

The Scottish Child Law Centre (SCLC) has launched a Glasgow-based clinic providing free legal advice on all aspects of child and family law. The clinic, initially running for six weeks, will see a team of solicitors from the centre based at Samaritan House in Govanhill. They will provide in person l

The number of Scottish companies entering insolvency increased during the third quarter of 2022 new analysis from the Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB) shows, amid fears that more will soon follow. Steven Jansch, head of business restructuring and support at Gilson Gray, commented: "These numbers are u