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More than 50 organisations have signed an open letter to First Minister Humza Yousaf warning that plans for a Scottish Human Rights Bill must not be watered down.

November saw both lower demand and supply in the Scottish property market according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market. Taking a look at demand through November, a net balance of -17 per cent of respondents in Scotland noted a fall in new buyer enquiries

New powers enabling councils to charge up to double the full rate of council tax on second homes have been agreed by the Scottish Parliament. Councils will be able to increase the charges from 1 April 2024, with rates for the first year being based on those from 2023-24.

Allowing asylum seekers the right to work could help them settle into communities better while boosting Scotland’s economy and workforce, according to the Scottish government. Research by the government’s independent Expert Advisory Group on Migration and Population sets out how enabling

The Faculty of Advocates has been ordered to pay compensation to a woman who reported Brian McConnachie KC for misconduct over texts he sent to her, the Daily Record reports. The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) said that the Faculty had failed to properly investigate Mr McConnachie, who

Strathern is reporting its most successful year ever for investment deals for the second year running, amid continued optimism in the Scottish investment market. Over the past year, the corporate investment team has been involved in more than 30 investment deals with an aggregate value in excess of

Judicial factors have been around for hundreds of years – but the most recent act was passed in 1889. Now over 130 years later, the Scottish Parliament will consider a bill aimed at bringing this area of law up to date, modernising and clarifying how it works.

Frances Sim, general counsel at Restitution Ltd and Michael Upton, advocate, will be presenting a free seminar for the Scottish Competition Forum on Private Enforcement of Competition Law: Procedure & Funding at the Mackenzie Building on Thursday 1 February, from 4.30 to 6.30 p.m. For many years

Burges Salmon has advised cancer therapeutics company Cumulus Oncology Limited on the £9 million funding package it secured from the Scottish National Investment Bank and Eos Advisory. An Edinburgh-based team from Burges Salmon’s corporate and M&A team advised Cumulus Oncology, led b

The average Scottish house price reached £194,000 in November 2023, a 2.2 per cent increase compared to the same period in 2022, according to the latest data from the UK House Price Index (HPI).

Dear Editor, In the lord advocate’s statement to the Scottish Parliament on 16 January, she said that cases of those subpostmasters convicted of fraud would be referred to the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission and that all cases would be considered on their merits.

Holyrood's Criminal Justice Committee has failed to involve defence lawyers in its consideration of plans for juryless trials in rape cases. Writing on X, the Scottish Solicitors Bar Association said that the committed had chose "not to invite" the body to give evidence on parts 5 and 6 of the Victi

Families who have lost loved ones to homicide have called on the Scottish government to grant anonymity to child victims of crime. In a letter signed by 65 people and released by Victim Support Scotland (VSS), signatories call on the government automatically grant anonymity to child victims.

Defence lawyers are preparing to boycott the pilot scheme for juryless rape trials. The Scottish Solicitors Bar Association (SSBA) is to ballot members on the new proposal contained in the Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill.

Lawyers have warned MSPs of the unacceptable risk posed by the proposal for juryless trials in rape cases. Law Society president Sheila Webster appeared before the Scottish Parliament’s Criminal Justice Committee to provide evidence on the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill