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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 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 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 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 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 Young Lawyers' Association, in association with the Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB), will present the latest “Beyond the Basics” series next week – Beyond the Basics: Criminal legal aid applications. This event is aimed at those who would like to get an insight into ho

The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association will host its Dundee Launch Party tomorrow at The West House. The event will kick off at 6:00pm and drinks tokens will be provided to attendees.

The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association is hosting a session on stress awareness this Wednesday. Coffee with the Committee is the SYLA's series of informal drop-in sessions, which allows its membership to engage with the committee and use the committee's experiences as a resource.

The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association (SYLA), in association with the ADHD Advocate, is to host an event on November 1 focusing on neurodiversity within the workplace and the importance of developing emotional intelligence skills as a lawyer. The event will be led by the founder and CEO of the ADH

The Scottish government must ensure Police Scotland has the vehicles that it needs as it emerged that a quarter of the vehicles that the service relies on have in excess of 100,000 miles on the clock. Figures acquired under freedom of information legislation show that Police Scotland have 348 vehicl

The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association (SYLA) is conducting a survey seeking the views of current and recent trainees on their traineeships. The survey is open to all current trainees and those who qualified between 2020 and 2022.

Westminster's Scottish Affairs Committee has today launched a new inquiry examining firearms licensing in Scotland, following the recent tragedy on the Isle of Skye. The responsibility for gun control rests with the Home Office, while policing is a devolved matter. As such, local police forces handl

The arrest of republicans over protests in recent days has been met with criticism by lawyers and others. Their comments follow the arrest of a man who heckled Prince Andrew as the Queen's cortege travelled along the Royal Mile in Edinburgh.

The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association is hosting an online event on Monday for first-time buyers. The speakers are:

Two Scottish universities have begun paying settlements to students who were sexually abused by a disgraced academic. Strathclyde University and Heriot-Watt University have paid five-figure sums to at least two victims of professor Kevin O'Gorman, with payouts expected to total hundreds of thousands