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Judicial salary increases have been revealed in new figures from the Ministry of Justice. The President of the Supreme Court, Lord Reed and Lord President, Lord Carloway's salaries rose from £263,256 in 2023-24 to £279,051 this year.

Vice-Dean of Faculty, Tony Lenehan KC, responds to the latest endorsement by the Lord Justice Clerk, Lady Dorrian, of her plan for a pilot of juryless trials and points out that – experimental or not – the casualties will be real. I read with dismay the article in Saturday’s T

A woman who used a voice-changing application to sound like a man during a stalking campaign has been jailed for two years and four months. Adele Rennie, from Kilmarnock, pretended to be a male pharmacist when she matched with her victim on the dating platform Tinder in August 2023.

On 7 September 2024 the profession lost one of its true originals and, for those of us that knew and worked with him, a very special colleague and friend. Richard Alexander Barrie – or “RAB” – died peacefully at home after having carried himself with indefatigable courage sin

Sarah Cooper outlines changes that landlords and tenants should expect in the Housing (Scotland) Bill. It has been a busy year on the housing front in Scotland. In early Spring, we saw the temporary measures protecting tenants from rent increases and evictions relating to the Cost-of-Living cri

A family law specialist has released a new book that provides advice for lawyers and the public in navigating the complexities of child welfare disputes. Tom Quail, head of family law at Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM), has released his timely guide, A Practical Guide to Contact and Resid

A judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session has refused to grant a six-month sist of an action raised against the Scottish ministers, the lord advocate, and the chief constable of Police Scotland arising from the death of a man in the custody of the Scottish Prison Service. The deceased, Alla

The Scottish Land Court has ruled that a 70-year-old man was the sole tenant of a farm in Stirling following the death of his mother after determining that the tenancy was not held by a partnership comprising both of them. Charles McAllister raised the action against his brothers Walter and George M

A joint investigation by BBC Scotland’s Disclosure and Radio 4’s File on 4 programmes will reveal allegations that workers from around the world may have been trafficked to work for a trawler fishing business based on Scotland’s south coast. Disclosure: Slavery at Sea and File on 4

An appeal against a lord ordinary’s decision to allow a proof and grant an interim suspension of a confirmation of two brothers as co-executors dative of their father’s estate has been allowed by the Inner House of the Court of Session, but only to the extent of recalling the decision to

Lewis Richardson and Sian Keddie recently represented the defenders in Nicola Bruff v Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Ltd. They explain the case below. In the ever-changing landscape of qualified one-way cost shifting (QOCS), defenders have found themselves fighting an uphill battle to recover th

The Scottish government has ruled out review or reform of the fatal accident inquiry (FAI) system. Justice Secretary Angela Constance told Lib Dem MSP Willie Rennie by letter that the government has "every confidence in the system that is in place for FAIs".

A Polish national wanted to serve an 18-month prison sentence in his home country for “sextortion” offences and for insulting a police officer has succeeded in having his extradition order quashed on account of his role as his wife’s sole carer. Appellant PK, whose wife suffered fr

When it came to finding career inspiration, Scottish Solicitors Bar Association (SSBA) president Simon Brown didn’t have to look much further than his own front room. Though, when he was a child growing up in Irvine, his mum Louise was a teacher and dad Matthew an engineer, by the time Brown w

Ross Crawford, Donald Mackay and Rebecca Osborne have been welcomed to Compass after all three called to the bar today. Prior to calling to the bar, Mr Crawford worked with Clyde & Co and typically handled an interesting and complex range of matters involving fatalities and complex injuries. He