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The Scottish Parliament’s Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture committee is to hold hearings to examine how devolved structures and conventions are working in the post-EU landscape. The evidence sessions will look at:

The Scottish Human Rights Commission has expressed concern over UK government plans to bring forward legislation to replace the Human Rights Act with a new Bill of Rights. The commission is strongly opposed to these "deeply regressive proposals" which it believes are based on false premises and a fl

The Scottish government is to widen the ambit of legislation pardoning miners arrested during the 1984-85 strike to include family members, The Herald reports. Until now, the bill had only covered miners themselves.

A move by the Scottish government to introduce a requirement for consumers to have a licence to buy certain categories of fireworks will need to be clearly communicated to the public, according to the Faculty of Advocates. The Faculty was responding to the Scottish government’s consultation on

The Scottish Parliament’s Criminal Justice Committee has backed the general principles of the Fireworks and Pyrotechnics Bill “on balance”. This support was agreed with a warning that the Scottish government must make changes to ensure that the measures introduced by the bill will

The Scottish government is currently working on new laws aimed at preventing homelessness. They aim to strengthen housing rights and prevent homelessness through earlier interventions. While Clan Childlaw welcomes the intention to prevent homelessness, we are concerned that the proposals – if

Members of the Scottish Solicitors Bar Association (SSBA) will no longer accept new instructions in summary cases where a contravention of section one of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 is alleged. Section one of the Act, which introduced a new offence to tackle coercive control, covers

New figures from the Scottish government show that there were 9,842 recorded cases of violent crime in 2021-22, the highest level in more than a decade. The number of sexual crimes recorded by police in 2021/22 stood at 14,556, a 15 per cent increase on the previous year.

The Scottish Conservatives are encouraging Scots to have their say on the removal of MSPs who fail to carry out their duties, before consultation on the Removal from Office and Recall Bill closes tomorrow. The ‘Mackay’s Law’ bill is being put forward by Scottish Conservative MSP fo

The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the sentence of AZ to the High Court of Justiciary. In 2011 AZ was convicted after trial of a single charge of the murder of her newborn son. The court sentenced her to life imprisonment with a punishment part of 15 years.

The Scottish Parliament has backed the Scottish government’s call to refuse legislative consent on the UK government’s Subsidy Control Bill. Business minister Ivan McKee said that the legislation, which replaces state aid rules lost as a result of the UK’s exit from the European Un

A Scottish government consultation seeking views on Scotland’s not proven verdict and related reforms closes this Friday. The consultation is gathering opinions from the public, as well as the legal sector, third sector, and those with direct experience of the justice system.

The Scottish legal sector must be alert to the implications of the current crisis and has a shared responsibility to comply with UK government sanctions and present a united front against Russia’s violations of international law. Diane McGiffen, chief executive of the Law Society of Scotland,

The Welsh and Scottish governments have described the UK government’s plans to replace the Human Rights Act with a Bill of Rights as an “ideologically motivated attack on freedoms and liberties”. Ministers have called on the UK government to listen to evidence from civil society an

The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association is delighted to invite you to this year’s Women in Law seminar. Our annual event brings together a number of inspiring women from the legal community to share their personal experiences and achievements. The event is sponsored by Fraser Irvine Sheriff Of