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The Access to Justice Foundation (ATJF) invites participants to join in the 2018 sponsored Edinburgh and Glasgow legal walks on Monday 1st October at 5:30pm. The annual 10km walk around the sights of Edinburgh and Glasgow take place after work and will raise funds for local legal advice charities to

The number of debt decrees registered against Scottish companies rose sharply during the first quarter of 2018, according to figures released today by Registry Trust. Registry Trust is a non-profit organisation which collects decree and judgment information from jurisdictions across the British Isle

Lawyers, advice agencies and all those with in an interest in the operation of simple procedure in the sheriff courts have until the end of this month to contribute to a review of the rules. A Scottish Civil Justice Council consultation, which seeks views on simple procedure – the rules and fo

A mother who forced her daughter into an arranged marriage with a relative almost twice her age has been convicted in a landmark prosecution. The 18-year-old was sent to Pakistan to marry the man was was 16 years her senior.

A judge has ordered a 30-year-old man to move out of his parents’ house following a legal battle. At New York State’s Supreme Court yesterday, Justice Donald Greenwood attempted to convince Michael Rotondo to leave the family home in Camillus, near Syracuse, of his own volition.

Two new members and two familiar faces have been elected by their peers to join the Law Society of Scotland’s Council, in the latest round of contested elections. Philip Lafferty and Campbell Read were returned to their seats representing solicitors in Campbeltown, Dumbarton, Dunoon, Oban, Rot

Google is enabling users to uncover the identities of rape victims whose anonymity is guaranteed under law, The Times reports. Searches for criminals and alleged attackers in a number of prominent sexual assault cases reveal the names of women they have been convicted of attacking or accused of atta

Mackinnon Advocates Glasgow, in conjunction with The Faculty of Solicitors of the Highlands, hosts its fourth CPD event of 2018 on Thursday 24th May in Inverness. The seminar will be provided by two of our highly experienced Criminal Law Advocates:

People caught with small quantities of illegal drugs should not face prosecution according to a Scottish government adviser. Dr Roy Robertson wants the impending substance misuse strategy to "support rather than penalise".

The Edinburgh Tax Network and ICAS will host a joint seminar on Thursday 31st May, with support from Terra Firma Chambers. At this event Charlotte Barbour, Director of Tax at ICAS will provide an update on recent tax cases and Derek Francis, of Terra Firma Chambers, will discuss the new Inheritance

A two-year-old child ended up in the dock at Frankfurt District Court during asylum proceedings in a first for the German legal system. The boy was one of four children from Angola appearing in court with their mother after being detained at Frankfurt Airport in April, the Frankfurter Rundschau repo

Plans to allow experienced mental health tribunal members to remain in post beyond pensionable age have been praised by the Faculty of Advocates. As part of a new tribunals system, the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland (MHTS) is to transfer to the Scottish Tribunals and become the First-tier Tribu

The new chair of the independent body for complaints about the Scottish legal profession has called for radical reform of the regulatory and complaints landscape in Scotland. Speaking at an event held at Queen Margaret University’s Consumer Dispute Resolution Centre, attended by complaints exp

Dr Robert Brett Taylor and Dr Adelyn L M Wilson summarise a judicial review case, currently at avizandum, challenging the lawfulness of a decision to allow administration of abortion medication in the pregnant woman's home. Section 1(3) of the Abortion Act 1967 allowed the Secretary of State to appr

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has announced how it intends to work with the profession to eliminate unfair treatment of female barristers.