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MSPs on two Scottish Parliament committees are seeking views on the Scottish government's UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Bill. The Scottish government introduced the bill on 18 June 2020. The bill aims to:

Andrew Mackenzie, chief executive of the Scottish Arbitration Centre, has been appointed to the International Bar Association Public Law Committee as its European liaison officer. The IBA is the foremost organisation for international legal practitioners, with a membership of 80,000 lawyers involvin

Robert More makes some worrying predictions about legally aided criminal defence work in the wake of the lockdown. The Scottish government has recently released the response to its consultation on legal aid reform. The consultation was commissioned in light of the Independent Strategic Review by Mar

A petition has been started by a legal officer calling on the UK government to fund more research into childhood cancers. Fiona Govan, senior legal officer at the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission, began the campaign in tribute to her three-year-old grandson, Logan, whom she and her family l

A Scottish solicitor has warned the country’s construction industry will face major long-term difficulties without some form of government intervention. Roddy Cormack, accredited specialist in construction law at Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP, is calling on the government to come to an

An independently-chaired task force will start work this summer to consider whether the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Scottish SPCA) should be given extra powers to investigate wildlife crime, the rural affairs minister has confirmed ahead of MSPs’ final vote on pr

Scotland’s chief statistician today released the main findings of the 2018/19 Scottish Crime and Justice Survey (SCJS). The volume of crime in Scotland, including incidents not reported to the police, has fallen by 45 per cent over the last decade and by 20 per cent since 2016/17. Most adults

The UK is a world-leading fintech centre, with London often being labelled the global fintech capital. From a Scottish perspective, over the past couple of years both Edinburgh and Glasgow have been establishing themselves as fintech powerhouses. Allie McGowan looks below at some of the ways that CO

New quarantine laws that will require arrivals at Scottish airports to self-isolate have been questioned by John Scott QC, who called them a “mess” and “unenforceable”. Mr Scott also said the UK government is attempting to "get rid" of the laws.

Plans by the billionaire ruler of Dubai to build a lodge at his Scottish Highland retreat have been refused by councillors. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum wanted to develop the building at Inverinate in Wester Ross to house his large family.

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service has revised its internal policy on the recovery of sensitive personal records of rape complainers for use as evidence. The move follows a Court of Session decision by Lord Glennie (WF v Scottish Ministers 2016 SLT 359) in which the right of a complainer

The Law Society of Scotland has written to the six Scottish universities providing the diploma in professional legal practice to remind them of the importance of acting responsibly and considering likely demand for legal trainees next summer when setting course numbers as it emerged that there have

Philip Yelland, executive director of regulation at the Law Society of Scotland, has retired after 30 years at the professional body for Scottish solicitors. In the past three decades, he has seen major changes within the organisation and significant regulatory reform, including two new Scottish par

Carole Ewart comments on the much-derided move by the Scottish government to extend FOI response times in the midst of the pandemic – a move that has since been reversed. On April 1, politicians voted to change freedom of information (FOI) law in Scotland. Thankfully, seven weeks later, a unit

A prisoner in HMP Glenochil serving nearly 20 years in custody has been refused permission for judicial review of a decision of the Scottish Ministers not to move him into less secure prison conditions. Lee Brown, who would remain in prison until 2024 without early release, argued that he should hav