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The Scottish government should be required to publish a post-legislative report on each act of Parliament three to five years after implementation, a parliamentary committee has said. And Holyrood committees should normally have a maximum of seven members to ensure focused and effective scrutiny of

Compass Chambers is delighted to support the Child Brain Injury Trust as its charity for 2016. It is supporting “The Big Sunday Lunch” to help raise funds for the charity and following on from this has very kindly had 3 fantastic prizes donated which will be lots in its Silent Auction. Details o

The UK government should remove Scotland from the reach of the Trade Union Bill to avoid damaging industrial relations north of the border, says a Holyrood committee report published today. And if the UK government is not willing to amend its bill, the Scottish government should use any means availa

Eric McQueen While lawyers have told Scottish Legal News that High Court trials delays are due to court capacity, Eric McQueen, SCTS chief executive, argues that the answer is not to create more courts but to radically reform the justice system, putting digital technology at its heart.

Lord Dervaird 1935-2015 The Scotsman has published a full obituary of Lord Dervaird, QC, former judge of the Court of Session and law lecturer who died on 23 December 2015 aged 80.

The Scottish Civil Justice Council’s (SCJC) winter tour has now finished with nearly 80 people attending sessions held at the sheriff courts in Aberdeen, Inverness and Glasgow. Presentations, delivered by council members and lawyers from the Lord President’s Private Office, provided information

The Faculty of Advocates has sounded a note of caution about a potential impartiality issue in draft regulations on the composition of the Upper Tribunal for Scotland when hearing housing and property cases. The regulations transfer the functions and members of the Private Rented Housing Panel (prhp

Brian McConnachie QC The Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) has released figures on the top 20 legal aid advocates and solicitor advocates.

The total cost to the taxpayer of legal assistance in Scotland was £138.6 million in 2014-15, a decrease of 8 per cent compared to the previous year according to the Scottish Legal Aid Board's (SLAB)annual report, published today . This £11.9m decrease is partly due to changes in the flow of crimi

The Scottish Budget for 2016-17, announced by John Swinney, contains a cut of a third in the Accountant in Bankruptcy budget. David Menzies examines how this will impact its services. The Scottish Government draft budget for 2016-17 has been announced by Finance Secretary John Swinney. While many of

Ministers have been urged by the Faculty of Advocates to wait at least five years to see the impact of same sex marriages before considering further changes to the law on civil partnerships. The Faculty said that it felt the “pace of change may be too fast” and that time was needed to take stock

James Wolffe QC The Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, James Wolffe QC, has welcomed the Crown’s publication of a policy on non-penalisation of refugees.

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has put applications for ADR certification on hold in order to allow further consideration on what changes might be necessary to become a compliant ADR entity in terms of the SLCC's own rules and legislation, and the potential impact compliance may hav

The Young Mediators’ Group held a highly successful mediation panel event last week with Bryan Clark (head of the School of Law at the University of Strathclyde) Charlie Irvine (Charlie Irvine Mediation) and Alison Ebbitt (Family Mediation Practice mediator). The event held at DWF LLP in Glasgow w

Michael Gove Westminster's Justice Select Committee has called for the abolition of the criminal courts charge “as soon as possible” in a damning assessment of the costs.