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Scottish Secretary Alister Jack has called on the Scottish government for an update on proposals to split the role of the lord advocate. Mr Jack has asked First Minister Humza Yousaf to explain what is causing the delay on consulting on the separation of the role, as pledged in the SNP's 2021 manife

Deborah Anne Lovell has been appointed as a new part-time legal member of the Scottish Land Court. Ms Lovell has also been appointed by the Scottish ministers as a part-time legal member of the Lands Tribunal for Scotland.

Proposed Holyrood legislation aims to improve outcomes for children involved in the Scottish criminal justice system. However, there are concerns about the effect of the new law on freedom of expression and open justice, writes Baktosch Gillan. Safeguards to protect children and promote rehabil

The Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Bill was passed at the Scottish Parliament on 20 December 2023 and received Royal Assent on 30 January. Stewart Dunbar looks at two aspects of the Act that impact the individual who created (or plans to create) the trust, known as the truster. It is essential tha

Professor Kenneth Norrie responds to a piece published earlier this week in Scottish Legal News, which he characterises as "mendacious". Monday’s Scottish Legal News carried a piece with the shockingly misleading heading “Plans for new trans law…”.

Extra help for people struggling with council tax debt will be on offer in three local authority areas under a pilot scheme. The Scottish government is providing Citizens Advice Scotland with £200,000 funding to better understand the reasons why some people end up in council tax arrears and to

From the Supreme Court to Scotland's local authorities, immigration is a dominant, if underexamined, feature of the public law landscape. In this Scottish Public Law Group seminar, a panel of expert speakers will explore the Rwanda policy and its wider constitutional significance; implications of th

XL Bully dog owners in Scotland are being urged to prepare for new rules which are expected to come into force this Friday. New laws laid for consideration in the Scottish Parliament will make it illegal to sell, advertise, gift or exchange XL Bully dogs, or letting such dogs stray. XL Bully dog own

A lord ordinary has ruled that an action by Scottish Gas Networks Plc in which it sought £3 million from the insurers of a quarrying company whose operations forced the costly diversion of a gas pipeline was sufficiently relevant to proceed to probation. The pursuer’s action against QBE

Nearly half the money that GEOAmey paid to the Scottish government in fines over its failure to transport prisoners was handed straight back as ‘support’ to the company in a renegotiated contract. GEOAmey was hit with £4 million worth of fines after repeated failures in the deliver

A bill enshrining in law a right to food has been lodged by Scottish Labour MSP Rhoda Grant. The Right to Food (Scotland) Bill would also empower the Scottish Food Commission to oversee and report on the operation of the law.

John Sturrock looks at how legislative scrutiny at Holyrood might be improved. One of the difficulties which the Scottish Parliament has encountered is that legislation has on occasion been found, after passage through Parliament and in some cases implementation, to be in some way ineffective, inade

The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) won the People Development Programme of the Year (Public Sector/Not-for-Profit) award at The Learning Awards ceremony in London on 22 February.

A Glasgow technology company has secured a fresh round of funding from the billionaire founders of Skype and Bolt, along with Iron Wolf Capital, Specialist VC and Scottish Enterprise, to further bolster its growing fleet of robotic lawn mowers for large lawns.

Anthony Kinahan, secretary of the Scottish Council of Law Reporting, is taking on the challenge of walking 100km in March to raise funds for Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA). Mr Kinahan said: "I suffered from a stroke almost a year ago. I have recovered well and have set myself thi