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A Scottish solicitor has warned the country’s construction industry will face major long-term difficulties without some form of government intervention. Roddy Cormack, accredited specialist in construction law at Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP, is calling on the government to come to an

A petition has been started by a legal officer calling on the UK government to fund more research into childhood cancers. Fiona Govan, senior legal officer at the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission, began the campaign in tribute to her three-year-old grandson, Logan, whom she and her family l

Robert More makes some worrying predictions about legally aided criminal defence work in the wake of the lockdown. The Scottish government has recently released the response to its consultation on legal aid reform. The consultation was commissioned in light of the Independent Strategic Review by Mar

Andrew Mackenzie, chief executive of the Scottish Arbitration Centre, has been appointed to the International Bar Association Public Law Committee as its European liaison officer. The IBA is the foremost organisation for international legal practitioners, with a membership of 80,000 lawyers involvin

MSPs on two Scottish Parliament committees are seeking views on the Scottish government's UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Bill. The Scottish government introduced the bill on 18 June 2020. The bill aims to:

A virtual open day to give an insight into life at the Scottish bar has drawn wide praise as “a fantastic experience”. The event was aimed primarily at senior school pupils and university students, to show them what a career at the Faculty of Advocates could be like.

As Scottish business faces one of the toughest-ever economic climates, employers may be questioning whether diversity and inclusion programmes – viewed by some as ‘nice to have’ rather than essential – should be abandoned, writes Alison Woods. With many employers facing huge

Debbie Fellows urges employers and staff to come to an arrangement on how to treat a period of quarantine for employment and pay purposes. Quarantine following travel from Spain and other countries not featured on the Scottish government’s list of exemptions is a legal requirement and employee

Nominations are now open for the 2020 Law Society of Scotland In-house Rising Star award. The award recognises the outstanding achievement of a newly qualified Scottish solicitor or trainee working in-house.

The Outer House of the Court of Session has refused to grant a protective expenses order to cap expenses in an action seeking declarator that the Scottish Parliament has power to legislate for a second independence referendum. Martin Keatings argued that it was appropriate and necessa

Hamish Lean looks at the potential amalgamation of Scotland's land dispute bodies. The Scottish government has launched a consultation about the possibility of amalgamating the Scottish Land Court and the Lands Tribunal in Scotland. The Scottish Land Court deals with crofting disputes and disputes b

A strawberry farmer in Arbroath who was supplied with defective polythene sheeting has succeeded in establishing that the contractual dispute between his company and the sheeting’s supplier could be heard in the Scottish courts.  Peter J Stirling Ltd, of which Peter Stirling was the sole

David Lorimer takes a look at the acquittal rate in last year's Scottish Mock Jury Trials and the 'Hollywood Effect'. The lighter side of remote trials being heard by juries in cinemas is already doing the rounds: ‘...selling tickets could reduce court costs...ice cream and sweeties could live

The impact of the pandemic on public spending decisions in respect of equalities and human rights is to be considered by a Holyrood committee.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission in Scotland has published new research into how sexual history and bad character evidence is used in sexual offences trials. The findings have led to a call by the commission for an urgent review on how courts and the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Servic