The Scottish National Party (SNP) has published a manifesto for the General Election that calls for changes to immigration rules in Britain and hits out at the Conservatives' proposed 'snoopers' charter'. Launching the document from Edinburgh today, first minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon said
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Ten people per week are self-harming in prison, according to figures obtained by the Scottish Liberal Democrats. Justice spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP revealed the extent of self-harm in Scottish prisons as new figures showed that the number of cases recorded has doubled over the past fiv
Lord Reed has been appointed Deputy President of the Supreme Court. Her Majesty The Queen made the appointment on the advice of the Prime Minister and Lord Chancellor, following the recommendation of an independent selection commission.
RSB Lindsays has appointed solicitor Alison Broomhall to its Dundee commercial property team. Ms Broomhall has worked in commercial property for over two-and-half years and her previous experience includes acting for landlord and tenant in retail, hospitality and leisure transactions and acting for
The Scottish government is gathering opinions for a community decision-making initaitive intended to identify new legal rights for communities which would "place them at the heart of decision-making". As part of the conversation people are being invited to consider a set of questions on shaping
The latest publication of the monthly UK House Price Index (UK HPI) shows that the average price of a property in Scotland in March 2018 was £146,009 – an increase of 6.7 per cent on March in the previous year and an increase of 0.5 per cent when compared to the previous month. This comp
Thompsons Solicitors has announced that Lindsay Bruce, associate in the firm's mass litigation team, has been promoted to partner. Ms Bruce is a graduate of Strathclyde University where she gained her law degree. She trained and qualified at Thompsons, joining the firm in 2007.
A new project aims to identify and understand the factors that affect whether individuals who allege to have been raped or sexually assaulted choose to engage with the criminal justice process. Researchers at the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR) will also consider how the syste
Pinsent Masons has been appointed as a global strategic partner to FinTech Scotland and will sit on the board of the fintech sector enabler. Established by the Scottish government, the financial services sector and the University of Edinburgh, FinTech Scotland will formulate a national strategy and
Jessica Weir, a banking and finance solicitor at Brodies has been elected president of the Scottish Young Lawyers’ Association for 2018-19 following its AGM last night. The executive committee now comprises Jessica Weir as president, Ayla Iridag (Clyde & Co) as vice president, Graham
Garry Ferguson, member of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers committee and partner at BTO Solicitors, writes on the new Civil Litigation Bill. On 1 May 2018, the Scottish Parliament unanimously passed the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Bill. Its provisions will be brought i
Letting agents and landlords have been urged to drop blanket bans on housing benefit claimants after a single mother successfully argued that a lettings agency discriminated against her.
The Herald has published a full obituary for James MacGillivray, a former procurator fiscal for Lochaber, who passed away on November 25, 2016, at the age of 87.
Nearly a third of Scotland’s professional services firms are considered to be at higher than normal risk of insolvency, according to research by insolvency and restructuring trade body R3. The research shows that 30.7 per cent of businesses in the sector are considered to be at higher than normal
Only four percent of decrees and judgments relating to debt in Scotland were marked as satisfied in the third quarter of 2016, compared with 15 percent in England and Wales, according to figures from Registry Trust released today. Registry Trust is the non-profit organisation which collects judgment
