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Solicitor Moira Sibbald has been appointed as the new chair of Places for People's board. Ms Sibbald joined the PfP Scotland board in February 2021 and brings a wealth of experience across multiple sectors to her new leadership role.

Up to 1,200 Italians born in Rome appear to have misidentified themselves as Roma in Scotland's latest census, according to statisticians. The 2022 census marked the first time that "Roma" was included as an ethnicity option in the Scottish census, instead of just "Gypsy/Traveller" as in 2011.

A third of Scotland's school roll has parents who live separately. Some, by agreement or by court order, share the parenting of the children on an equal, 50:50 basis. For others, the children will reside exclusively with one parent and may have little or no contact with the other. The likelihood is

McKee Campbell Morrison (MCM) Solicitors has appointed Mairi Kennedy as a senior associate director within the residential property team. Ms Kennedy is a highly experienced residential property specialist who brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the firm. Having worked extensively across Gl

Burges Salmon has advised AlphaReal, the specialist real assets investment manager, on a bespoke £40 million lending solution to Highland Broadband, enabling the substantial expansion of its fibre network across rural Scotland. The Scottish National Investment Bank is also supporting the initi

Kate Bradbury reflects on the Scots family law bible as it turns 40. Built to last… and that it was. 2025 marks the 40th anniversary of the Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985. To this day, it remains the legislative bible for Scottish family law practitioners advising clients on separation and di

The introduction of the Community Wealth Building (Scotland) Bill has been welcomed by the Economy and Fair Work committee. The bill would place a duty on all local authorities to work with public bodies to adopt a community wealth building (CWB) partnership approach. According to the bill, this wou

Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) has bolstered its team with 12 new hires. Four senior associates and a further eight new faces have joined the firm, which recently combined with Davidson Chalmers Stewart.

Measures to "enhance and improve" the performance of Holyrood committees have been published in a new report by the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee. The report follows the committee’s inquiry on committee effectiveness which explored how committees were performing and w

The Crown Office has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a fatal accident inquiry into the death of 25-year-old Aidan King, who died on 17 December 2020 within HMP Low Moss.  A preliminary hearing will be held on 13 November 2025 at Glasgow Sheriff Court. 

NHS Fife has revised its policy on workplace facilities, instructing staff to use changing rooms and toilets aligned with their sex at birth rather than gender identity. The change follows a warning from the Equality and Human Rights Commission that it would "enforce" a recent Supreme Court decision

Usman Tariq KC has been named as the new chair of JUSTICE Scotland, succeeding Almira Delibegović-Broome KC. JUSTICE has been at the forefront of law reform in the UK since 1957, aiming to build a fairer justice system within everyone’s reach, carrying out research and generating practical, w

Scotland’s first legally-binding targets to improve biodiversity must be accompanied by meaningful actions and reinforced by sufficient public resources, Holyrood’s Rural Affairs and Islands Committee has said in a new report. The committee’s stage one report on the Natural Environ