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The Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) has found a number of failings and made recommendations in the way police dealt with a vulnerable 50-year-old woman before she was murdered by her brother. Elizabeth Bowe was known to Police Scotland and had been extensively recorded on thei

A new and effective "sifting committee" should be set up to determine which proposed pieces of delegated legislation need detailed scrutiny by MPs as EU law is transferred into UK law, a House of Commons select committee has said in a new report.

The Law Society of Scotland has said the decline in the legal aid budget is a "major concern". Responding to the publication of the Scottish Legal Aid Board’s (SLAB) annual report 2017, which shows a further overall drop in legal aid spending from £137.8 million to £135.7 million, Graham Matthew

Millions of documents held by organisations including offshore law firm Appleby have been stolen in what has been dubbed the Paradise Papers leak. The firm said in a statement that its computers were hacked by an intruder “who deployed the tactics of a professional hacker and covered his/her track

Commercial disputes specialist Philip Sewell has joined Shepherd and Wedderburn as a partner, bringing 25 years’ experience to the firm’s commercial disputes and regulation division. Mr Sewell advises on contentious commercial matters, including insurance, professional negligence, shareholder di

Scottish Legal News has learned that vulnerable adults are being put at a disadvantage because of severe delays in lodging guardianship orders in court due to a shortage of mental health officers. A guardianship order is sought where a person has no capacity and may be very vulnerable

A team from Shepherd and Wedderburn will be sleeping out in Festival Square on 3 November 2017 to raise money for the Rock Trust.Partners Patrick Bell and Fiona Buchanan, associates Peter Alderdice and Neil Campbell, solicitor Lucy Mulreany and business development executive Hazel Thomson will be s

Rollos Law LLP and well established Glenrothes based law firm Brady Legal have announced their merger that took effect on 1st November 2017. Combining highly skilled resources, the merged practice, trading as Rollos, will offer a comprehensive legal service for private and business clients.Ken Smit

More work is needed to address judicial diversity and issues with recruitment that threaten the UK’s world-renowned legal systems, the House of Lords Constitution Committee has warned today. The committee states in a report today that It is deeply concerned about the dispute between the UK governm

Members of the Glasgow Bar Association (GBA) are to enjoy free contempt of court cover provided by senior members of the Faculty of Advocates as part of their membership. This means any GBA members who find themselves in possible personal contempt of court situations in the course of their professio

Scots law academics have published a free ebook on studying EU law in Scotland before and after Brexit. The first edition of Studying EU Law in Scotland during and after Brexit, edited by Professor Nicole Busby and Dr Rebecca Zahn and produced In collaboration with the Scottish Universities Legal Ne

A sharp increase in power of attorney (PoA) applications is the source of registration delays, the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) has said. It emerged that registrations of powers of attorney are facing delays of up to three months, a Scottish government document recently revealed.

A new English-speaking commercial court is to be established in Brussels, the Belgian government has announced. The Brussels International Business Court (BIBC) would hear pleadings and deliver judgments in English, with judges coming from the county’s appeal court.