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The Citizens’ Assembly of Scotland model should be embedded in Scottish politics to give members of the public a direct role in future decision-making, the Scottish government has said. Scotland’s first Citizens’ Assembly was established in 2019 to consider "what kind of country Sc

The Scottish Sentencing Council is to prepare a sentencing guideline on domestic abuse offences. Also included in its latest work programme will be the continuation of the development of guidelines for death by driving, the sexual offences of rape, indecent images of children, and sexual assault, as

"Significant progress" was made by the Scottish Sentencing Council in the development of sentencing guidelines in 2020-21 despite the challenges posed by the pandemic, according to its chair, Lady Dorrian, the Lord Justice Clerk. Writing in the council’s 2021-21 Annual Report, which was laid b

Average house prices in Scotland have increased by close to £25,000 (13.2 per cent) over the last 12 months – the highest rate of all four UK nations. The latest monthly house price index for Scotland from Walker Fraser Steele, Chartered Surveyors also shows:

The Scottish Land Commission has appointed two 'good practice advisers'. Calum Stewart and Karen Grant will support the organisation’s work shaping change on the ground to ensure more people benefit from Scotland’s land.

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has called on the Scottish government to hand back unprecedented emergency powers granted to it during the Covid-19 pandemic, as a consultation into making powers permanent closes today. The 12-week consultation has invited commentary on whether a

The number of corporate insolvencies in Scotland rose by 29.4 per cent to 211 in July-September this year – compared with the April-June figure of 163. Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidations meanwhile rose to 179 for July-September – an increase of 35.6 per cent on the 132 recorded for

The Scottish government has "no understanding" of the seriousness of the legal aid problem, a lawyer has said. The reaction follows a letter from from legal affairs minister Ash Regan to Ken Dalling, president of the Law Society of Scotland, and Julia McPartlin, president of the Scottish Solicitors

The Scottish courts were used to conduct politics in a 2018 case over the triggering of article 50, the Attorney General, Suella Braverman QC MP, has claimed. In a speech to the 2021 Public Law Project Conference in which she denounced 'political litigation', Ms Braverman said that the flexibility o

Integrated fee-sharing law firm Spencer West LLP has launched a Scottish practice. The firm’s presence in Scotland will be spearheaded by former DLA Piper banking and finance partner David Morton, assisted by former Fenwick Elliott construction partner Jonathan More as business growth director

A new fund worth at least £30 million over the next three years is being launched to better help victims of crime as the Scottish government remains silent over its inadequate funding of the legal aid system. The fund forms a central plank of the Scottish government’s commitment to "putt

The Scottish Human Rights Commission has recommended 14 key steps the Scottish government should take to ensure that human rights are embedded into how the upcoming Covid-19 public inquiry is set up and carried out. In a submission to the Scottish government’s call for views, it recommended:

The Scottish government has been urged to establish a specialist environmental court for Scotland following findings earlier this year that the jurisdiction falls foul of international law. In July, a UN body determined that Scotland’s legal system did not comply with international environment

One hundred and forty-seven new subscribers last month signed up to the free daily Scottish Legal News newsletter taking the publication through to 14,009 – passing the 14,000 milestone for the first time since its launch in 2008. SLN’s social media presence was also strengthened with Tw

The Scottish government's 13-year delay in establishing an inquiry into childhood abuse in care was "woeful and wholly avoidable", a judge has said. Lady Smith, chair of the inquiry, made the comments in relation to the Scottish government’s response to a petition made to Holyrood in 2002 seek