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The Law Society of Scotland has praised the Scottish government for taking a “ground breaking” approach in its new delivery plan, A Fairer Scotland for Disabled People. A Fairer Scotland for Disabled People is the Scottish government’s delivery plan for the United Nations Convention on the Rig

Thomson Legal has published its annual Scotland Market Overview & Salary Survey 2016/ 2017. The legal recruitment specialist found that NQ lawyers in Scotland were seeing top-end salaries of up to £38,000 within the larger commercial law firms this year. Junior partners at Scottish firms can ac

MBM Commercial’s banking litigation team has been ranked in Chambers UK for the first time, where it is described as a “lean team of highly adept litigators”. The firm was also ranked in The Legal 500 for the first time in commercial litigation this year.

The latest edition of the Scottish Civil Justice Council’s newsletter is now available. This edition includes a listing of newly appointed committee members, and information on Rules relating to Serious Crime Prevention Orders in Scotland; payment of shorthand writers in sheriff courts and sequest

A new statutory instrument mandating that solicitors must ascertain the availability of a suitable QC, advocate or solicitor advocate comes into force on Monday 3 October. The Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules 1996 Amendment) (No. 3) (Instruction of Representation in the High Court) 2016 (S

Douglas Mill (pictured) sounds a note of caution about the increasing number of pupils being admitted to study law with the hopes of entering the profession. Some of you will have noticed a recent article telling us what a wonderful thing it is that students starting a law degree in Scotland are up

Brian Inkster (pictured) addresses yesterday’s response from Colin Souter to criticism the latter had received. Colin Souter responded yesterday via Scottish Legal News to my concerns regarding the Crofting Commission investigating the legality of VAT registration of Grazings Committees.

Holyrood's European and External Relations Committee, which investigates the implications for Scotland of leaving the EU, has published an initial report today, with access to the single market emerging as a key priority area for businesses and industry in Scotland. Today’s report comes as MSPs on

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has updated its internal guidance which will apply to the determination of all complaints that go to determination committees from 1 September 2016. According to the SLCC, while there is no change to the maximum amount of complaints levy that can be im

The latest edition of the Scottish Civil Justice Council's newsletter is now available. This edition includes information on rules relating to case management in family actions, lay representation for companies and other organisations and a revised compulsory personal injury, pre-action protocol.

Following our report of a case in which a sheriff jailed a woman for 14 days because she refused to swear under oath that her husband had abused her, we have received a response from a solicitor in private practice who wishes to remain anonymous. The views expressed here are those of the solicitor a

The Judicial Institute for Scotland has released its annual report for the year to 31 March 2016. The Annual Report 2015/16 looks at, among other things, educational strategy, and technology enhanced learning.

The Gambling Commission has today launched a discussion paper setting out its latest thinking on virtual currencies, eSports and social gaming and seeking views on emerging issues that can pose a risk to both regulation and player protection. The discussion paper has been prepared in response to, am

EHRC Scotland will be contacting Ayrshire and Arran NHS Board to seek assurances that they are satisfying their legal obligations in respect of disabled patients. This follows a ruling from the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman that a patient at Crosshouse Hospital in Ayrshire was not provided with

The latest edition of the Scottish Civil Justice Council's newsletter, Update, is now available. It includes links to the SCJC Annual Report and introduces five new members, as well as providing the usual information on recent rules and on-going committee work.