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Researchers have released a short film featuring testimonies from victims of domestic abuse and stalking. The animated short is informed by a Glasgow Caledonian University study of women's experiences of the Scottish criminal justice system after reporting stalking and coercive control.

The Law Society of Scotland has today launched the Profile of the Profession, its major census of the Scottish legal profession. Conducted approximately every five years, the survey offers an in-depth view of the make-up of the profession and the experiences of its members on a variety of important

A Compass Chambers team will be cycling 85 miles through the Scottish Highlands when they take part in the Etape Caledonia to raise funds for Revive MS.

The Law Society of Scotland is inviting nominations for honorary membership for "outstanding service for the public good" by a Scottish solicitor. Honorary membership has been awarded to 19 solicitors in the society's 74-year history. The most recent recipient, Adrian Ward MBE received the award in

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has confirmed a £500,000 saving in costs over the next five years. The organisation is downsizing its office space, following a substantive programme of work to develop new ways of working, investment in upgraded IT infrastructure and a drive to

A fund that helps to tackle inequality and discrimination has supported more than 115,000 people in its first year. The Scottish government’s Equality and Human Rights Fund is providing £21 million in grants over three years to 48 organisations to "further equality" and protect human rig

Solicitors and legal staff are being invited to attend a demonstration of the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service’s new Civil Online platform. The new portal has been developed to include the legislative change required for Act of Sederunt (Simple Procedure Amendment) (Miscellaneous) 20

The Law Society of Scotland has urged the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission to minimise cost increases on solicitors. In its response to the SLCC’s proposed budget, the Law Society has questioned its plan to introduce a nine per cent rise to the levy paid by solicitors.

A group of Scottish schoolchildren from Bishopbriggs Academy will soon be on their way to London to compete in the national finals of the Bar Mock Trial Competition where they will continue to receive support from members of the Faculty of Advocates. The team advanced to the national finals after wi

International law firm gunnercooke has strengthened its Scottish presence to six partners with the appointments of Katy Wedderburn and Alex Innes. Mr Innes joins as a banking & finance partner, with more than 30 years of experience advising clients in England, Wales and Scotland. He is a dual qu

A new research project will examine the attitudes of Scottish survivors of domestic abuse towards the sentencing of offenders. The Scottish Sentencing Council has commissioned Professor Nancy Lombard, a professor in sociology and social policy at Glasgow Caledonian University, to carry out the resea

On 2 February 2023 the UK government passed the The Climate Change (Targeted Greenhouse Gases) Order 2023 in response to a campaign by the Scottish Climate Emergency Legal Network (SCELN) to amend the UK’s Climate Change Act 2008 (CCA 2008) and close a significant gap in the governance of gree

The Faculty of Advocates will host an online event entitled “Women at the Scottish Bar” on Thursday 18 May. The careers clinic will give participants the chance to have a confidential conversation with a woman who are already at the bar. These conversations will cover, among other t

A £33 million Scottish government initiative to digitally transform how evidence is managed across the justice system aims to spare witnesses from having to attend court as often and free up police officers’ time. Dundee recently began piloting the Digital Evidence Sharing Capability ser

In July 2020 the Scottish Law Agents’ Society proposed that the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission charge a modest fee, refundable on success, to those who wish to complain. The amount suggested was £60. Needless to say this proposal has never materialized in the context of the regulat