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The Scottish government has awarded £400,000 to Citizens Advice Scotland to improve access to help for people struggling with council tax debt. Building on successful pilot schemes funded in 2023-4, the additional funding will enable targeted advice on council tax debt to be provided in six ne

The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO) has launched a consultation on an updated Statement of Complaints Handling Principles. Since the principles were approved by Scottish Parliament in 2011, the language and landscape of complaints handling has changed. There has also been the addition of t

The Scottish government should take strong and positive action to address the barriers that disabled people continue to face in realising their rights, according to a new report from the Scottish Parliament’s Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee. The committee has been consider

Growth for the Scottish legal sector has been maintained for a fourth consecutive year, with 764 new solicitor traineeships commencing in the past 12 months to the end of October 2024. The Law Society of Scotland data for the 2023-24 legal practice year is the third highest number of new trainees re

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has renewed its call for a better solution to deal with solicitors unwilling or unable to comply with their regulatory duties. It follows a court hearing in which a solicitor was questioned on why they had not provided timely access to a file needed to

The former head of the Scottish Muslim Police Association (SMPA) has been ordered to repay £8,000 in compensation to the organisation after being convicted of embezzlement. Asma Ali, 47, of Glasgow, stole that sum from the SMPA and used the money to pay for flights and rail travel to London as

The Scottish Prison Service's waiting list for sexual offending rehabilitation programmes would take 14 years to clear, according to new figures. The SPS was urged by Emma Jardine, policy and public affairs manager at Howard League Scotland, to increase the transparency over access to such schemes.

The Scottish government must listen to the needs of police officers and staff as new figures revealed that officer numbers have dropped by over 1,000 since Police Scotland was formed, the Lib Dems have said. As at the end of June this year, the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) police officers fe

Six members of the Scottish legal sector have been announced as the inaugural winners of the Law Society of Scotland’s Legal Pioneers Award.

The Scottish Law Agents Society (SLAS) is inviting lawyers to complete a survey on the perceived fairness, transparency, and suitability of the existing legal complaints system in Scotland. Recently, SLAS noted that members of the legal profession have raised concerns and expressed dissatisfaction r

The Scottish Public Law Group (SPLG) is hosting an event entitled Statutory Interpretation in Public Law: Recent Developments and Challenges. Questions regarding statutory interpretation have been central to a number of recent high profile Scots public law cases, with the outcome depending on very d

The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the case of AB to the High Court of Justiciary for determination. In November 2021, the applicant pled guilty to a charge of contravening section 4(3)(b) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. The applicant was sentenced to 50 months’ impris

The Scottish Parliament has announced the launch of a ‘people’s panel’ which will consider the question ‘What does Scotland need to do differently to reduce drug-related harms?’. The people’s panel, made up of 25 people from across Scotland who are broadly represe

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have filed 40 parliamentary questions on Police Scotland’s proposed use of live facial recognition in a bid to force the Scottish government to explain how the measures are compatible with equalities and civil liberties concerns. The party's justice spokesperson,

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has called for a revised system of appeal against its decisions due to the time and costs involved. Since the start of March 2024 the Court of Session has refused 10 requests for leave to appeal decisions of the SLCC. By comparison, there were only two