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The Scottish Sentencing Council (SSC) has announced plans to commission a review on the current understanding of the development of cognitive maturity in young adults and a study exploring young people's attitudes to sentencing, including those of young offenders. The projects will be included in th

The Scottish government, local authorities and political parties have been urged to formally adopt a definition of Islamophobia to help tackle prejudice and hatred. Baroness Sayeeda Warsi and Wes Streeting from Westminster’s All-Party Group (APPG) on British Muslims visited Holyrood today to m

The five political parties in the Scottish Parliament have all agreed to adopt a formal definition of Islamophobia in a bid to tackle prejudice. The move follows meetings yesterday with members of Holyrood’s Cross-Party Group on Tackling Islamophobia and Westminster’s All Party Parliamen

The Scottish Arbitration Centre has announced its new Ambassador scheme. The ambassadors consist of 28 Scottish practitioners working mainly in arbitration from around the world.

Scottish lawyer Fiona Nicolson is to become president of a global intellectual property organisation. Ms Nicolson, a partner with law firm Bristows LLP, a technology and life sciences firm based in London, takes over as president of Licensing Executives Society International (LESI), which

Law firms have seen improved profit per equity partner as they prioritise profits over fee income growth, according to a new report. The latest annual Legal Benchmarking Report from MHA Henderson Loggie in conjunction with their UK accountancy association MHA, reveals that the sector has a renewed f

Scottish Legal News has celebrated its 11th anniversary by breaking through the 12,500 subscriber barrier to reach 12,521 readers yesterday. Unique users on www.scottishlegal.com now average almost 44,000 each month and Twitter followers have reached 9,506.

Scottish property sales have risen to their highest level in 11 years as buyers brush aside fears over Brexit. New figures from Aberdein Considine’s Property Monitor report show that homes collectively worth £3.4 billion changed hands during January, February and March this year –

The Scottish government has today published legislation to "set the rules for any referendum within the competence of the Scottish Parliament". The Referendums (Scotland) Bill will provide a legal framework for the holding of referendums on any matters within Scotland’s control.

A human rights body has expressed disappointment with the Scottish government's response to a Holyrood committee's recommendations on revising the legal framework surrounding cyber kiosks. Writing in response to John Finnie, convener of the Justice Sub-Committee on Policing, Justice Secretary H

The Scottish Arbitration Centre welcomed Young ICCA to Scotland for the first time on 30 May for its Skills Training Workshop, organised together with the centre and the CIArb Scottish Branch Young Members Group. The focus was the nuts and bolts of cross-examination in international arbitration.

The latest statistics from Registers of Scotland’s Property Market Report 2018-19 show that the value of residential property sales in the financial year 2018-19 was £18.2 billion, an increase of 1.6 per cent when compared with 2017-18. The residential sales market has increased by 67 pe

The Scottish Civil Justice Council (SCJC) is advertising two vacancies for consumer representative members. The SCJC was established in May 2013 and replaced the previous Court of Session and Sheriff Court Rules Councils. In addition to preparing rules for the Scottish civil courts, it has a remit t

The Scottish Law Commission has today published a discussion paper seeking views on proposals for the reform of securities granted over land and buildings in Scotland. Standard securities are big business: 127,306 transactions were registered in Scotland in 2017/2018.

The Scottish government has published legislation to extend the right to vote in Scottish elections to citizens of all nationalities legally resident in Scotland. The Scottish Elections (Franchise and Representation) Bill aims to benefit around 55,000 people and reaffirms the existing voting rights