The Law Society of Scotland has set out a comprehensive programme for reform in the run up to this year’s Scottish elections, which includes measures to enhance access to justice, boost economic recovery, improve diversity and drive legislative change. In its wide-ranging programme published t
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Tayside Solicitors Property Centre (TSPC) expects property prices to continue to rise this year. Chairman Hugh Mckay said property sales have risen by 35 per cent in the final four months of last year.
Dentons’ Scottish private client team is joining Shepherd and Wedderburn. The arrival of the 20-strong team, led by partners Eleanor Kerr and Alexis Graham, will increase the size of Shepherd and Wedderburn’s private client practice to 46.
David Whitehouse has given a searing account of his ordeal at the hands of Scottish prosecutors and police who subjected him and his colleague Paul Clark to what the authorities now admit was a malicious prosecution. It is a mortifying description of what citizens of rogue states around the world wo
Five new partner promotions at Burness Paull signal the legal brand’s confidence in future growth after delivering a strong performance through 2020. The five are drawn from three of the firm’s strongest performing divisions.
A programme aimed at tackling justice system backlogs caused by the Covid-19 pandemic will benefit from an extra £50 million in the Scottish government's budget for 2021/22, Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf has announced. Mr Yousaf yesterday announced a £104.4 million increase across the j
Joanne Gillies, partner and insolvency disputes specialist at Pinsent Masons, examines a recent ruling by the Court of Session. Banks will be able to reduce the amount of compensation paid to customers who claimed they were mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI) in order to recover debts owed b
Jodi Gordon, partner at Road Traffic Accident Law (Scotland) LLP, comments on the development of remote hearings during the Covid-19 pandemic. ‘Working from home’ has become the norm for so many of us over the last 10 months. There have been challenges along the way requiring both employ
Scottish Labour has criticised the Scottish government’s refusal to support the Culpable Homicide (Scotland) Bill after the stage one debate at Holyrood. The bill, introduced to the Scottish Parliament in 2019 by Scottish Labour’s Mid Scotland and Fife MSP Claire Baker, sought to ensure
The Scottish Parliament has voted in favour of the Protection of Workers (Retail and Age-restricted Goods and Services) (Scotland) Bill. The member’s bill was brought forward by Daniel Johnson MSP and will create a new statutory offence of assaulting, threatening or abusing a retail
The Scottish government's revised legal aid package has been welcomed by the Law Society of Scotland. Amanda Millar, president of the Law Society said: “This revised package is one we support as a positive step forward. £20 million of new money is a significant investment in a vital part
Take-home Naloxone will be given to people at high risk of accidental overdoses in a move designed to reduce the number of drug deaths, the Scottish government has said. This will include those who have been resuscitated by the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) following an accidental overdose.
Benjamin Bestgen this week contrasts the letter of the law with its spirit. See his last jurisprudential primer here. As a species, humans value play, sports and games. For example, probably all of us know somebody who enjoys cardgames, boardgames, videogames or various kinds of table-top game
MBM Commercial has bolstered the firm’s dispute resolution practice with the appointment of Tim Edward. He joins the firm as a partner and will work closely along side Cat MacLean, head of MBM’s dispute resolution group. Mr Edward was previously a partner at Dentons and head of its comme
Sheriff Personal Injury Court rules ‘online travel agent’ deal could be considered a package holiday
A woman who was injured during a two-week holiday to Turkey has successfully established that consumer regulations on the provision of package holidays applied to the booking she made with an ‘online travel agent’ for flights, accommodation, and hotel transfer. Rosemary O’Don
