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A legal bid to remove the so-called “Independence Camp” from the grounds of the Scottish Parliament has been granted after a judge in the Court of Session ruled that such a move would not breach the protestors’ human rights. Lord Turnbull held that the order sought by the petitioners was “pr

A legal bid to remove the so-called “Independence Camp” from the grounds of the Scottish Parliament will require a further hearing to determine whether such a move will breach the protestors’ human rights. A judge in the Court of Session refused to grant an order for removal until hearing evid

A gambler who lost more than £90,000 after placing an online bet on a Scottish football match has failed in a legal challenge over the bookmaker’s decision to refuse to pay out. A judge in the Court of Session refused permission for the application for judicial review to proceed after ruling that

A wave of claims from motorists fined for driving in bus lanes could soon flood Scottish courts according to one expert, The Herald reports. Paul Mackie, a consultant on CCTV, said a challenge by a Livingston couple to their £274 fine, on the basis it falls foul of data protection legislation, coul

A Scottish lawyer who was ordered to pay compensation to clients after he was found to have provided an “inadequate professional service” in relation to the advice he gave following their purchase of a house has had an appeal against the complaints body’s finding refused. Judges in the Inner H

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has published draft technical guidance on how Scottish taxpayer status should be decided. The move comes as the Scottish Parliament prepares to set its own Scottish rate of income tax (SRIT) from April 2016, as enabled by the provisions of the Scotland Act 2012.

Fife Council is set to make a formal approach to the Scottish Parliament and ask for a review of the High Hedges (Scotland) Act 2013, which sets out a process for resolving disputes over high hedges. Councillors are concerned that the £385 cost of making a complaint is a barrier to householders who

A report by the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) on the Law Society of Scotland’s conduct investigations welcomes progress made on timescales and notes challenges and opportunities ahead. In its final report on the Law Society's conduct complaint investigation timescales, the SLCC c

In part two of the Scottish Law Agents Society's (SLAS) response to the the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission's (SLCC) budget consultation, Darren Murdoch, SLAS president, raises concerns with the structure of the review committee system. See part one here. The review committee (RC) system in the

President of the Scottish Law Agents Society (SLAS), Darren Murdoch, details issues the organisation has with the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission's (SLCC) proposed budget and operating plan – and its fear that the SLCC is losing focus of its core mission. The crucial role of the SLCC is i

Members of three Scottish Parliament committees have urged that a joint approach to the scrutiny of the Scottish government’s work to reduce drug deaths and tackle drug harm must continue following May’s election. A legacy report from MSPs on the Criminal Justice, Health, Social Care and

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) welcomed the minister for victims and community safety, Siobhian Brown MSP, to its offices yesterday to hear about work underway to improve Scotland’s legal services regulation and complaints system. This comes as the first provisions of the Regu

The Scottish Sentencing Council’s new sentencing guidelines on rape offences come into effect today. The two new guidelines, which cover offences of rape and rape of a young child under the age of 13, were developed following "extensive stakeholder engagement and research", culminating in a fu

The Scottish Land Commission has today published a policy roadmap as the culmination of its ScotLand Futures initiative, setting out how Scotland can "go further" in reforming the ownership and use of land. The roadmap draws on engagement through the ScotLand Futures initiative, with more than 1,200