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Last year, the Scottish housing market broke the record for £1 million+ sales in a year, with 504 transactions passing the landmark price, according to a new report. The figures from property firm Rettie & Co., who were involved in the sale of more than one in five transactions in excess o

Compass Chambers' Barry Smith KC has been appointed by the Scottish government's ferry-owning firm to lead an investigation into the procurement of two ships from Ferguson Marine, which are hundreds of millions of pounds over budget and many years behind schedule. Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited

Scotland’s business resilience organisation has changed its name to reflect a rising national threat from cyber crime and fraud. The Scottish Business Resilience Centre, the not-for-profit dedicated to helping educate and support Scottish organisations to avoid the fallout from cyber crime, wi

Thanks to the benevolence of a scion of Scottish nobility and her husband nearly a century ago solicitors in need of a break from the pressures and stress of modern working life can obtain funding to enjoy a holiday in Scotland. Lady Helen Stewart-Murray was a daughter of the 7th Duke of Atholl. She

A former SNP MP who was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment for embezzling funds from a Scottish independence group and the Glasgow City branch of the SNP has had her sentence reduced by four months following an appeal to the High Court of Justiciary. In an appeal against her conviction and s

An appeal against a decision of the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission not to accept large parts of a complaint made against a retired solicitor for investigation has been allowed by the Inner House of the Court of Session. Federico De La Torre made a complaint against his former solicitor, Hamish

Rob Marrs, head of education at the Law Society of Scotland, details the support of the Scottish legal community for Ukrainian lawyers. I’ll confess that my knowledge of Ukraine prior to last year’s invasion by Russia was limited. I knew the names of some of the cities. I had a vague ide

Jenny Dickson considers what a human rights based approach in the Scottish and UK Covid-19 Inquiries may look like. Both the Scottish and the UK governments have established public inquiries to examine the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. The inquiries are underway, both considering a wide range o

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

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

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

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

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

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 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