Extra help for people struggling with council tax debt will be on offer in three local authority areas under a pilot scheme. The Scottish government is providing Citizens Advice Scotland with £200,000 funding to better understand the reasons why some people end up in council tax arrears and to
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Aberdeen University Mooting Society has won the Lord Jones intervarsity mooting competition. The win marks the first time since 2017 that Aberdeen has reached the finals, and its first win since 2006.
New laws on regulating the Scottish legal sector can be strengthened further to better protect the public, the Law Society of Scotland has said. A majority of MSPs voted today to agree to the principles of the Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) following the bill's stage one debate in the Scott
Edinburgh Law School’s Jessup team will be representing the UK in the competition’s international rounds in Washington DC in April 2024.
Identifying the most effective ways to address offending behaviour so there is less crime and fewer victims will be "at the heart" of an independent review of sentencing and penal policy, Justice Secretary Angela Constance has announced. The externally led review will examine how and when custodial
Spain's government has told restaurants to close earlier as it attempts to enforce a 35-hour working week. “It’s madness to carry on extending opening times; that a restaurant is open at 1am is not reasonable,” Yolanda Díaz, the labour minister, said.
Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) and Irwin Mitchell toasted their partnership at an event held at WJM’s Glasgow office on Tuesday. Attendees spent the evening with British Athletics superstars Callum Hawkins, Jemma Reekie and Maria Lyle.
Corey Beaton considers the progress women in law have made and the barriers that still remain for them. When we consider the gender balance of our lecture halls, it is hard to imagine a time when women were not permitted to study the law, nor indeed to go on and practise it, yet it has only been jus
Macleod & MacCallum has announced that Jenna Thomson, director, has been accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a family law mediator. She said: “I am very pleased to receive this recognition from the Law Society of Scotland, which adds to my existing accreditation in Family Law. It
Dear Editor, I read yesterday's article by Thomas Mitchell and surely sympathise with the campaign to make roads safer for motorcyclists. Certainly he is right in pointing out the poorer accident outcomes for motorcyclists than for other road users.
Following the success of last year's series, the Edinburgh Sheriff Court Spring Talk Series has returned. The talks will cover the same material as last year’s but will allow people who could not attend the 2023 series to attend this year.
Blue Badge holder wins appeal against imposition of penalty charge after forgetting to display badge
A Blue Badge holder who was refused an appeal against a Penalty Charge Notice he was given for parking his car on a yellow line without displaying his badge has had the decision of the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland quashed on further appeal to the Upper Tribunal for Scotland, and his case remitte
Independence would allow Scotland to "further" improve its education system, including a proposal to enshrine the government’s policy on free tuition in Scotland’s "permanent" constitution, according to a new paper published by Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth. Education and Lifelong Le