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Hamish Lean Hamish Lean details a case in which it was held that the Scottish ministers' rule formalism regarding a subsidy scheme was unjustified.

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David Buchanan-Cook David Buchanan-Cook, head of oversight at the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission, explores the importance of professionals managing customer expectations.

The University of Edinburgh’s Centre for Legal History is celebrating the release of Karen Baston's Charles Areskine's Library: Scottish Lawyers and their Books at the Dawn of the Scottish Enlightenment (Brill 2016) with a reception next month. Charles Areskine might be better known to legal schol

Scotland’s most senior judge will deliver the opening keynote address at the Law Society of Scotland’s Annual Conference. Lord Carloway will address delegates on the future of the Scottish court system at Leading Legal Excellence: For the greater good on Tuesday 19 September in Edinburgh. In “

The Scottish Government is wrong to maintain application fees for bankruptcy, writes Alan McIntosh of Govan Law Centre. The Scottish Government’s decision to reject calls by Govan Law Centre for a fee waiver for consumers wanting to go bankrupt, is not only disappointing, but ultimately likely to

Roseanna Cunningham The Scottish and Welsh environment ministers have pledged to work together to resist the UK government’s “attempt to take control of devolved powers”.

There are 190 more 'placed applicants' for law at Scottish universities this year compared to 2016, an increase of 13 per cent to 1,640, from last year's figure of 1,450. Heather McKendrick, head of outreach and careers at the Law Society of Scotland, said: “Many students are drawn to studying law

John Finnie MSP, justice spokesperson for the Scottish Greens (pictured), has today welcomed the support for his proposed member’s bill to give children equal protection from assault. A three-month public consultation on removing the defence of “justifiable assault” of children from Scots law,

Four solicitor advocates are competing to become the first ever Law Society of Scotland Council representative for Scottish solicitor advocates and five Scottish solicitors who work outside of Great Britain are vying to become the society’s first international Council member. The addition of these

A survey of Scottish law firms’ finances has shown improving fortunes for smaller law firms. Results from the Law Society of Scotland’s new financial benchmarking survey, published this week has shown that profits per partner (profit before tax and allowances for equity partner salaries) for the

The Scottish Civil Justice Council (SCJC) has launched a consultation, which will run until 17 November, on the review of solicitors’ fees in the Scottish civil courts. The consultation seeks views and evidence from stakeholders on the fees for solicitors that can be recovered under an award of ex

Lord Clark A new Arbitration Court User Group has been established to provide a forum for consultation, discussion and feedback from legal professionals and others involved in arbitration matters in Scottish courts.

Thirty new legal members and 19 ordinary members have been appointed by the Scottish ministers to the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland and assigned to the Housing and Property Chamber by the President of Scottish Tribunals, Lady Smith. The announcement follows a recruitment round by the Judicial App