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The Law Society of Scotland has today welcomed the Scottish Law Commission’s Draft Third Party Rights Bill. Michael Clancy, director of law reform at the Law Society, said: “We fully support the intention of the Third Party Rights Bill and believe that the legislation will provide clarity and ce

John Swinney New legislation to introduce a supplement on purchases of additional residential properties has been published by the Scottish Parliament today.

Applications are now open for recently qualified solicitors who want to join the Law Society of Scotland’s decision making body.

Children should help design new legal documents to ensure the views of youngsters are heard whenever possible in family court cases, says the Faculty of Advocates. Currently, forms are used to inform a child of an action and to seek his or her views, but the forms have been widely criticised.

Tom Mullen A conference to mark 30 years of the specialised judicial review procedure held jointly by Strathclyde and Glasgow University law schools took place on 26th January 2015.

Andrew Smith QC Compass Chambers has announced that Andrew Smith has been successful in his application for silk in England and Wales and will now become a QC north and south of the border.

Jim Eadie The general principles behind a bill that aims to introduce a new single tenancy for the private rented sector have been given support from a committee of MSPs, though some suggestions for improvements have been recommended.

How the Law Society of Scotland helps to shape the law is the focus of the organisation’s latest video, launched today. “Helping to shape good law in Scotland and beyond” explains how the Society, along with its network of volunteers, helps to inform the work of our law makers, across the Scot

Thirty-six lawyers in Scotland made 58 calls to a helpline for practitioners last year, with 30 per cent of calls relating to stress. People also called about depression (17 per cent), disciplinary issues (14 per cent), bullying (11 per cent) and other issues (28 per cent) – including career devel

SLN assistant editor Kapil Summan looks back at some of the biggest stories in Scots law this year. The past year has been one of reform and change in the Scottish legal profession. In January, the then Lord President, Lord Gill, announced the timetable for the commencement of provisions of the Cour

Inksters Solicitors has teamed up with Tchai-Ovna House of Tea to create Inksters Select Tea.

A life prisoner who claimed that it was “unreasonable and unlawful” to detain him in conditions in which he was being exposed to environmental tobacco smoke has had a petition for judicial review dismissed. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that while the petitioner’s situation was “unfo

A new system for disclosing criminal records has been given a seal of approval by the Faculty of Advocates, but not quite a guarantee. Changes had been prompted by a decision of the UK Supreme Court in an English case which said that the blanket disclosure of all convictions fell foul of article 8 o

Julius Komorowski Terra Firma's Julius Komorowski was one of the key speakers at the Academy of European Law’s "Seminar on Recent Case Law of The European Court of Human Rights in Criminal Matters" held in Strasbourg this week.

Lord Lang Another House of Lords committee has called for the Scotland Bill to be halted owing to fears it will create “serious risks of future disputes and instability” in the country.