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Scottish spending on legal aid fell by more than eight per cent to a total of £124.4 million last year, the Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) has said. The fall in spending is linked to a lack of demand rather than a reduction in funding or the level of fees, but still paints a challenging pictu

Lord Lester of Herne Hill QC has resigned from the House of Lords ahead of a vote on whether he should be suspended for breaching the code of conduct. The 82-year-old peer and former barrister allegedly harassed women's rights campaigner Jasvinder Sanghera while they worked together on a parliamenta

Insurance consultancy firm Mactavish has warned that many in-house legal counsel are overlooking the insurance requirements and risks facing their employers, wrongly believing this is the responsibility of their colleagues in the finance or risk departments. Mactavish's data sugg

The United Kingdom is free to revoke unilaterally the notification of its intention to withdraw from the EU and such a revocation, decided in accordance with its own national constitutional requirements, would have the effect that the United Kingdom remains in the EU under terms that are unchanged

Proposed reforms to Scotland’s culpable homicide laws aim to make it easier for businesses or organisations to be held to account if they cause deaths, writes James Varney. While the differences between Scots law and English law run deep – from the origins of some of our rules in Roman l

Community councils can be sued for damages for personal injuries, the Court of Session has ruled. A judge held that community councils, which had been created by parliament as distinct bodies with rights and duties to act in the public interest, were “hybrid bodies” which could be sued i

Almost 80 per cent of Scottish solicitors and accredited paralegals feel that gender equality has improved in the legal profession over the past five years. The Profile of the Profession survey published today by the Law Society of Scotland, questioned over 2,700 solicitors, trainee solicitors and a

Balfour and Manson has announced the appointment of medical negligence lawyer Kiera Dargie as senior associate. Ms Dargie joins the firm from the Medical Protection Society where she was medical negligence litigator within its Pathway 4B team. As part of this, she represented doctors in So

The Law Society of Scotland has welcomed the Scottish government's announcement of a three per cent uplift in the legal aid rates but said simplifying the legal aid system and implementing evidence-based review system for fees remain major priorities. The Scottish government’s response to the

In 1987 mobile ‘phones were the preserve of stockbrokers, laptop computers an idea on Tomorrow’s World, video conferencing a Star Trek fantasy, and fax machines a modern mystery. In those primitive times, advocates depended on a Filofax, phone cards, and their clerk. And so it was on 1 J

Law At Work (LAW) has achieved a record 35 per cent increase in group turnover and a significant rise in profits in the last financial year. LAW’s accounts for the year to 31 May 2018 show revenues rose to £3.36m, a 35 per cent year-on-year increase, enabling the firm to post EBITDA

Jonathan Brown looks at how Roman concepts in Scots law accommodate modern offences.  ‘Revenge porn’ has captured a lot of media attention in recent years – small wonder, as smartphones now allow anyone to create and share such content quickly and easily.

A common law case brought by a woman who claims to have suffered “loss, injury and damage” as a result of medical treatment involving a vaginal mesh product will proceed to a full hearing despite the manufacturer’s attempts to have the action dismissed. A judge in the Court of Sess

A report has called on ministers to increase the age of criminal responsibility in Scotland to 16 and to establish a youth justice system for offenders up to the age of 21. Commissioned by the charity Action for Children as well as Bruce Adamson, the children and young people's commissioner, the Kil

Russia violated the article 11, 13 and 14 rights of seven LGBT activists by refusing them permission to hold LGBT rallies, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found. Handing down its judgment in Alekseyev and Others v. Russia, the court said the case was no different from the case of Alek