Scottish house prices have risen at their highest annual rate for eight years, according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics. The ONS said average prices climbed by 14.6 per cent over the year to March, to hit £207,000, the largest increase since 2007.
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Some areas of law may be seen as a “young person’s game” – but experienced solicitors are valued too, according to research carried out by the Law Society of Scotland. The findings are included in the Experiences of Established Legal Professionals within the Legal Profession in Scotland repo
Robert Preston Robert Preston, of Living and Dying Well, an evidence-based think tank who are against proposed changes to the law on assisted-dying discusses the law as it stands both sides of the border.
More than 100 judges, peers, prominent lawyers and doctors working in the civil and criminal justice system have called on the incoming government to restore legal aid to prevent “widespread miscarriages of justice”. In an open letter to the Guardian, the signatories – who include former appea
A call for views on legislation which will create a new criminal offence for adults who smoke in a motor vehicle in the presence of a child has been launched by Holyrood's health and sport committee. The Smoking Prohibition (Children in Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Bill aims to protect children from s
A Holyrood committee has said the buying of sex should not be criminalised under new human trafficking legislation being considered by the parliament. Campaigners have called for the practice to be made illegal as part of the Human Trafficking and Exploitation Bill but MSPs have said the bill was no
The Scottish parliament's justice committee has today supported the general principles of a bill that aims to strengthen the criminal law against human trafficking and exploitation as well as ensuring that victims have access to appropriate support immediately. In its stage one report published toda
Judges from across the UK have explained why they withdrew from a legal conference in Glasgow at which Wikileaks' founder Julian Assange (pictured right) spoke via video link from London. Mr Assange, who has lived in the Ecuadorian embassy since 2012, addressed attendees at the Commonwealth Law Conf
James Chalmers Professor James Chalmers discusses the curious case of RR v HM Advocate HCJAC 34, summarised here.
Frank Mulholland QC The lord advocate, Frank Mulholland QC has produced draft guidelines for prosecutors on alleged offences committed by possible human trafficking victims.
NHS advisers are calling for the legal drinking age to be increased from 18 to 21 in Scotland in an attempt to crack down on binge drinking and save money. The move would apply to clubs, pubs, supermarkets and off-licenses.
A bright yellow clad team of six volunteers from Lindsays’ Edinburgh office took two hours out of the office last Friday to raise almost £700 handing out daffodil pins in the city’s West End.
Five years on from the last general election, a major assessment by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies of criminal justice reforms has found that policy across the United Kingdom’s nations and regions is more divergent than ever. The report – The coalition years: Criminal justice in the Un
Scottish Arbitration Centre Chairman, Brandon Malone (pictured), has been invited to join the panel of arbitrators of the International Centre for Dispute Resolution. Based in New York, and providing conflict management services in more than 80 countries around the world, the ICDR is the global comp
Scotland's human rights watchdog has warned that "much more needs to be done in practical terms" to translate the vision of "a rights-respecting Scotland" into reality. The Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has published its annual report for 2018/19, marking the tenth year since it was establ
