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Iain Jane has been appointed as the new Law Society of Scotland Council member for solicitors in the North East. He is joined by new lay member Lesley Watt and Scottish government solicitor Ruaraidh Macniven, who has been reappointed for a three-year term. Mr Jane, principal at Iain Jane & Co in

The Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain QC does "not have the necessary degree of confidence" that the Scottish government's latest independence bill would be within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament, it has been revealed. The bill had been referred to the Supreme Court on the question of

Eilish McColgan has hailed her incredible support as Lindsays renewed its long-term sponsorship of the Scottish record-breaker. The new agreement – which extends to the end of 2024 and includes the Olympic Games in Paris – comes as the Dundonian distance runner aims to continue her incre

The Law Society of Scotland and Scottish Legal Complaints Commission have welcomed the agreement among responses within a Scottish government report on improving regulatory processes. The Scottish government has today published its analysis of responses to its recent consultation on reforming t

To assist with jury trials in the High Court, the following sheriffs have been appointed by the Scottish ministers to act as temporary judges from 1 August: The Lord Advocate, Dorothy Bain QC, warned MSPs in November last year that the backlog of cases was an "enormous problem" that would take "mult

The Advocate General for Scotland, Lord Stewart of Dirleton QC, has lodged papers with the Supreme Court in relation to the Lord Advocate's referral of the Scottish government's draft Scottish Independence Referendum Bill. The UK government is expected to argue that the test for whether legislation

Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP has written to Justice Secretary Keith Brown to call for three key changes which should be introduced when improving the current handling of deaths in custody and to take the Scottish government to task over its claim that “real

Nicola Sturgeon has made her grand gambit, presenting a draft bill to the Scottish Parliament to hold a referendum on Scottish independence on October 19, 2023. The draft contained the referendum question, established the modalities for the poll, and even provided for the font of the print on the ba

The Supreme Court has told the UK and Scottish governments that it will consider the issue of whether the latest independence case is premature at the same time it considers the substantive issue of whether it is competent. It made the comments in a reply sent to both sides after the Advocate Genera

The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has awarded Kier the preconstruction services contract to deliver HMP Glasgow, the new prison that is set to replace Victorian-era HMP Barlinnie in 2026. HMP Glasgow will be a modern facility built on a 54-acre site in Provanmill. SPS intends that it will be designe

Shared Parenting Scotland (SPS) has called on the Scottish Law Commission to address the complexity of Scottish family law relating to parents, children and guardians in part one of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995. The Scottish Law Commission is seeking suggestions on issues that it should inc

A £500,000 contract to extend cyber resilience training to more than 250 organisations across the country has been awarded by the Scottish government. The grant will enable the Scottish Business Resilience Centre (SBRC) to run online and in-person workshops for public services and third sector

Domestic abusers remain "empowered" within the Scottish criminal justice system despite new powers designed to protect victims, according to a study. Victims feel alienated and excluded from the justice process, even with the introduction of the new Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 (DASA), which p

The Scottish government is to introduce legislation that will ensure developers provide electric vehicle (EV) charge points in the construction of new residential and non-residential buildings. Published as part of a summary of responses to the consultation titled ‘Scottish Building Regulation

Parliamentary privilege would be extended to members of the Scottish Parliament under plans set out by Liz Truss ahead of a Tory leadership hustings in Perth this evening. At present, MSPs — like members of the devolved assemblies in Wales and Northern Ireland — do not have the same free