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Chris Dun considers the provisions of legislation varying the social housing regime in Scotland. The Housing (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill passed through Stage 3 of the Scottish Parliament on 31 May 2018 by 114 votes to nil. All that is needed now for the bill to become law is Royal Assent which is ex

Rosie Walker looks at the proposed changes to Scotland's defamation regime. On 14 December 2017, the Scottish Law Commission published its “Report on Defamation”, recommending a number of reforms to the law on defamation in Scotland. The current law on defamation has been in effect since

Annabel Twose of First 100 Years writes about Jessie Chrystal Macmillan, a Scottish feminist, barrister and politician. She was the first female science graduate from the University of Edinburgh; the first woman to plead a case before the House of Lords and a founder of the Women’s Intern

The Lord President, Lord Carloway, head of the Scottish judiciary and Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division in England & Wales, have agreed a new judicial protocol which will provide for the direct exchange of information between judges in intra-UK cross-border cases involv

Plans to tighten the legal framework around Scottish limited partnerships have been supported in the main by the Faculty of Advocates. The UK government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has proposed reform in the wake of evidence that limited partnerships, particularly

John Forsyth looks at the revival of the Notable British Trials series. The first Notable Scottish Trial, Trial of Madeleine Smith, was published in the autumn of 1905. It was published by William Hodge and Company whose intent that it would be the first of a series was clear from the plural Notable

Lord Hope’s Diaries is the title of a series of books which covers the whole of Lord Hope’s career at the Scottish bar and as a judge both in Edinburgh and then in London. It provides a unique and fascinating insight into a way of life in the law that has now passed into history. Three v

Scotland's commercial property sector stands to benefit from proposed reforms to business rates – on which the Scottish government is currently consulting, writes Alan Cook. The Scottish government's consultation paper sets out its proposed approach to various aspects of the Barclay Review of

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

Livingstone Brown Solicitors is taking part in the Bank of Scotland Great Scottish Run 10K to raise funds for St Andrew's Hospice. St Andrew’s Hospice endeavours to provide a high standard of specialist palliative care to the people of Lanarkshire with multidisciplinary support for its pa

A recent Supreme Court ruling in an English case offers highly persuasive guidance on whether Scottish employers who are sued for their employees’ alleged acts owe a duty of care to those employees when defending such civil proceedings. This guidance could have implications for the conduct of

Ledingham Chalmers will bring together members of the Scottish business community next month for a cycle event aimed at raising funds for the £300,000 development of world-class sports facilities in Avoch.

A strongly-criticised element of Scottish land law should be replaced, but it will be a very difficult task, the Faculty of Advocates has suggested.