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The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association will hold its Aberdeen Launch Party on Thursday at The Albyn. The event will kick off at 6:00pm. Drinks tokens will be provided to attendees. This is a great opportunity to meet, network and socialise with other SYLA members.

The Scottish government has lodged a legislative consent memorandum recommending that the Scottish Parliament withholds its consent for the UK government’s Retained EU Law (Reform and Revocation) Bill. The bill seeks to revoke over 2,400 pieces of EU legislation that were included in the UK st

The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) has referred the cases of former subpostmasters (SPMs) to the High Court of Justiciary. The convictions of Aleid Kloosterhuis, Anne Quarm on behalf of William Quarm (deceased), Susan Sinclair, Colin Smith, Judith Smith and Robert Thomson have bee

The Scottish housing market continues to weaken, with last month bringing another decrease in buyer demand and agreed sales, according to the October 2022 RICS Residential Market Survey. Prices though were still increasing according to respondents.

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has successfully defended five recent applications for leave to appeal against decisions to reject complaints as ineligible. In all five cases, complainers applied to the Inner House of the Court of Session for leave to appeal against SLCC decisions th

The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association will host a session this week on the PEAT-2 Quarterly Performance Review. When starting a traineeship, the PQPR is an unknown concept. If you're wondering how best to prepare for your PQPR, where to find your trainee objectives, and the sort of information to

The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association (SYLA) is hosting an event tonight in Aberdeen entitled 'Spotlight on ... your wellbeing'. The event will be a hybrid one, hosted in person in association with Balfour and Manson LLP in its Aberdeen office and online via Zoom.SYLA will be joined by Gillian Fow

The Scottish Parliament should introduce proxy voting for MSPs unable to vote due to illness, bereavement or parental leave. That is the view of the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee which has published a report calling for the introduction of a proxy voting pilot scheme with a

The Scottish Law Commission’s proposals to reform the law on moveable and intellectual property have been backed by the Scottish Parliament’s Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee. The Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Bill aims to reform the law to make it easier for businesses and i

The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association will host its final event focusing on Kept Animals in Scotland tomorrow.Attendees will hear from: Sign up - Kept Animals in Scotland in association with UK Centre for Animal Law, Tue 6 Dec 2022 at 18:00

The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association's Spring Ball is returning next year for the first time since 2020. Taking place on Saturday 25 March 2023 at The Caves in Edinburgh, the night will commence with a drinks reception, followed by a three-course meal with complimentary wine (non-alcoholic altern

The Scottish government must ensure more funding is provided for the justice sector in this year’s budget otherwise the sector could face severe cuts to services and staff numbers, say the Scottish Parliament’s Criminal Justice committee. The committee’s pre-budget scrutiny was pri

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has announced that Anne Gibson will join board on 1 January 2023. The appointment is for five years. Ms Gibson has a professional background in education and community learning and development and has worked in leadership roles across the public, priva

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have revealed that dozens of drivers with 12 points or more on their record are still behind the wheel on Scotland’s roads as they called for an examination of whether persistent offenders are being properly dealt with. A freedom of information request submitted

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have challenged Police Scotland to boost efforts to support BME staff after a freedom of information request revealed that a larger proportion of BME officers and staff left compared to those who identified as White Scottish. The party submitted a freedom of informatio