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The Faculty of Advocates has underscored its “enthusiastic support” for proposed legislation on third party rights in contract. Earlier this year, the Scottish Law Commission published a discussion paper on third party rights and the Faculty backed the proposals.

Changes in criminal procedure related to a new specific offence of domestic abuse have been supported by the Faculty of Advocates. The Scottish government has identified four areas for reform - a new standard bail condition prohibiting an accused from obtaining precognitions or statements from a com

Judith Robertson The Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has released its Annual Report 2015-2016, covering submissions to the United Nations as well as its work on housing rights and other issues over the past year.

The High Court in Belfast has refused two landmark judicial reviews challenging the UK government's ability to activate Article 50 and withdraw from the European Union, our sister publication, Irish Legal News reports. The judicial reviews were brought by victims' campaigner Raymond McCord and a cro

Ministers have been urged by the Faculty of Advocates to remove a “blot on the landscape” of Scottish arbitration law. The Faculty said that a section of the Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010, dealing with statutory arbitrations, has still to come into effect.

Routine difficulty in meeting statutory time limits in Scotland’s criminal justice system requires urgent attention, the Faculty of Advocates has told MSPs. Other “difficulties” facing the prosecution service were also highlighted by the Faculty in a submission to the Scottish Parliament’s J

Claire Sugden Northern Ireland's Justice Minister Claire Sugden has announced court closures planned by her predecessor will no longer go ahead, our sister publication Irish Legal News reports.

Police in Scotland have launched a secret investigation into claims that Royal Bank of Scotland destroyed and then asset-stripped healthy businesses, according to reports. The move follows the disclosure of leaked documents which revealed last week that staff were encouraged to put business owners u

Lawyers with an interest in children’s rights are being invited to a roundtable event on using the law and human rights to advance policy. Clan Childlaw, which provides children and young people throughout Scotland with free information about the law and their rights, is bringing together voluntar

Following a successful event in Oban, Terra Firma Chambers are looking forward to the next stops on their ‘Autumn Tour’ - Inverness on 26th October and Aberdeen on the 27th. These events are part of TFC’s ongoing commitment to strengthening links with law firms and direct access organisations

RGL Management Limited, the group gearing-up to launch a class action lawsuit against Royal Bank of Scotland over the conduct of its disbanded Global Restructuring Group, has said its numbers and value will soar after internal documents containing damning revelations were published. RGL had recently

Close to half (44 per cent) of urgent mental health detentions made in the past year were initiated by a doctor without the support and expertise of a mental health officer, it has been revealed. In a report published today, the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland also finds that the number of ne

The issues particular to Northern Ireland in the two Brexit challenges before the High Court in Belfast will be heard at the hearing on 4-5 October, a judge has ruled. Challenges are brought by Raymond McCord, a victims’ rights campaigner whose son was killed by loyalist paramilitaries in 1997, an

A major change to the timetable of the Court of Session, allowing it to sit throughout the year, has been announced by the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS). Under a Direction issued by the Lord President, Lord Carloway, the traditional three court terms of the legal year will effectively

Michael Matheson Recorded crime in Scotland is at its lowest level since 1974 according to figures released today.