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The Scottish government has spent more than £1 million on the litigation involving the collapse of Rangers Football Club, a freedom of information request has revealed. The figure is part of a total of more than £5.8m the government has paid in legal fees over the past five financia

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have criticised "pointless drug prosecutions". Speaking at yesterday's Holyrood debate on drug-related deaths, the party's health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton stressed the importance of trauma-informed care when dealing with addiction and its treatment.

Best-selling Scottish crime writer Val MacDermid and Scottish poet and spoken word artist Stephen Watt were among those who read extracts from the Saughton Sonnets at the National Youth Justice Conference today. The Faculty of Advocates is one of the sponsors of the Saughton Sonnets, an anthology of

The Scottish government’s new Youth Justice Strategy and action plan, which aims to support children and young people in conflict with the law, has been published. Key priorities in the strategy include:

The Scottish government’s £1 million fund to support legal aid traineeships in Scotland has opened to applicants. The government fund will provide support for up to 40 new legal aid trainees, paying for 50 per cent of their salaries. In addition, trainees’ regulatory costs, nationa

The Scottish Solicitors Bar Association is hosting a CPD event free to its members. On Wednesday 30 June a distinguished panel will discuss "Trauma Awareness in the Criminal Justice System".

The Scottish Law Commission today has published a discussion paper on updating the mental element in homicide. The crimes of murder and culpable homicide are generally regarded as the most serious of all crimes in Scots law, in terms of gravity and impact on victims and their families.

The 'resilience fund' offered to criminal legal aid solicitors by the Scottish government is worth less than half of the money it has saved in legal aid payments over the pandemic as a result of the sharp decline in criminal business. The fund, of which only a fraction has been paid, is worth a tota

Scottish Water has been fined £6,700 at Dundee Sheriff Court after pleading guilty to an incident of water pollution in Fife in 2018. Approximately 400 litres of a chemical coagulant were discharged into the River Eden in October 2018 resulting in the death of at least 500 trout and salmo

The number of Scottish firms facing insolvency is expected to increase sharply as government loans require to be paid. R3, trade body for insolvency and restructuring accountants, said the first quarter of 2021 had seen a sharp fall in companies and individuals becoming bankrupt.

The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association will be holding its annual general meeting at 6pm on Thursday 27 May 2021. The meeting will be held via Zoom. All SYLA members are welcome to attend, however, to allow for distribution of Zoom details, all attendees are required to sign up in advance.

The Scottish Civil Justice Council has published its April Update newsletter. The April edition includes information on the council's recent activity, ongoing work, new rules, committee activity and appointments.

A new organisation has been formed to defend the interests of criminal solicitors. The Scottish Solicitors Bar Association (SSBA) made its debut on Twitter this week where it announced Julia McPartlin as president and Stuary Murray as vice president.

The Scottish Conservatives have pledged to abolish the "not proven" verdict in a series of criminal justice election promises. Leader Douglas Ross highlighted a "disproportionate number of not proven verdicts in rape cases", which, he said, "certainly doesn't deliver for the victim [sic] and it stil

The Scottish Building Society (SBS) has announced a record £74 million increase in mortgage lending and a record £58m growth in savings balances. In a year the society described as “extreme conditions”, profit before tax increased by 34 per cent to £840,000.