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The Scottish Parliament's Committee on the Handling of Harassment Complaints is reaching the most crucial stage of its difficult task. On Tuesday Alex Salmond gives evidence. After hearing the evidence of that crucial witness the committee will turn its attention to the evidence of Nicola Sturgeon.

The Outer House of the Court of Session has refused to grant declarator to the effect that the Scottish Parliament should be able to legislate for a second referendum on Scottish independence without the consent of Westminster, calling the action “hypothetical, academic, and prematur

Prior to his apology to the Scottish Parliament yesterday the Lord Advocate gave welcome confirmation that the Duff and Phelps administrators' Clark and Whitehouse have indeed been paid £21 million in compensation and awarded £3m towards their legal costs as was widely rumoured and repor

Gerard Sinclair, chief executive of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission is to retire in September. Mr Sinclair joined the commission in 2003 and will have served for over 18 years when he retires, which the commission believes makes him the longest serving chief executive of such an arm&rs

Legislation for a second independence referendum will be published in the coming weeks, the Scottish government has confirmed. The draft bill will detail the timetable for another vote on Scottish independence.

The recent Inner House opinion in Ogilvie Homes Limited v Scottish Ministers [2021] CSIH 8 highlights the role of the court in the interpretation of development plan policies. In accepting the arguments presented by Terra Firma's Douglas Armstrong QC, the court concluded that the Scottish minis

Gerry Sinclair never planned to spend close to two decades as chief executive and principal solicitor at the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC). Having cut his teeth at Ross Harper & Murphy before spending 15 years as a named partner at Sinclair McCormick & Giusti Martin, he e

An order preventing the publication of the identities of the complainers in the charges that were brought against former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has been amended by the Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary following an application for variation. The inci

CMS is joining forces with experts in the Scottish business community to deliver ESG Exchange, a series of free to attend discussions focusing on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. Throughout March, CMS partner Jae Fassam will be joined by specialist guest speakers to discuss the rea

NQ Solicitor career talk (with G2 Legal and Addleshaw Goddard), Tuesday 16 March, 12:30pm  Following the success of the Scottish roadshows last year, we are delighted to be partnering with G2 Legal and Addleshaw Goddard again this year to provide this virtual NQ career event. 

English and Scottish prisons are “traumatising, rigid and frequently dangerous places” for LGBT+ inmates, a University of Dundee study has found. The research found that LGBT+ people are disproportionately affected by violence and hate crimes and are more likely to experience high levels

Agricultural tenants could benefit from additional protections in the aftermath of the Holyrood elections, writes Hamish Lean. With the Scottish Parliamentary elections looming, Fergus Ewing has been sketching out changes that the SNP are considering to agricultural tenancy legislation if they remai

Macdonald Henderson has joined the International Commercial Law Alliance (ICLA), becoming its sole Scottish member. ICLA is a strategic group of law firms from around the world. Each member firm provides clients with legal and business advice in the jurisdiction in which the law firm is located.

A cross-justice conference held this week brought together prosecutors and defence lawyers in a bid to improve the way summary criminal cases are handled in Scottish courts. The physically distanced conference, held at the East Kilbride Remote Jury Centre, provided an opportunity for engagement betw

Burness Paull has underlined its commitment to diversity and the health of its staff by appointing a dedicated inclusion and wellbeing manager. In what is believed to be a first for a Scottish corporate law firm, Emma Smith has taken up a new post dedicated to overseeing the firm’s respect and