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I read with interest the article on the Scottish Law Agents Society survey run by Darren Murdoch. I will not be responding as I have not been in practice for almost 30 years – an era when regulation was a very different thing – and came off the roll over a decade ago. No locus? No skin i

John Sturrock KC explains how Scotland's outgoing senior judges were instrumental in the creation of the Faculty’s training programme three decades ago. This week marks the retirement of Scotland’s two most senior judges, Lord Carloway, the Lord President, and Lady Dorrian, the Lord Just

The Scottish Legal Aid Board's Client Legal Services (CLS) Directorate has welcomed three trainee solicitors who will be the first to undertake a new traineeship in both civil and criminal law. The trio, Michael Addley, Taylor May and Rebecca Tennant, join Christina Cummings, who began her traineesh

A haulage company has won an Employment Appeal Tribunal challenge against a decision to award £10,000 to a former employee for injury to feelings after a dispute arose over a reorganisation of employment roles at the North Lanarkshire depot where she was employed, and reduced the award to &pou

Kevin Kane has been named as the new chief executive of Shared Parenting Scotland. Mr Kane takes up the post after nearly six years as head of policy and research at YouthLink Scotland. Before that he was policy and research lead at Victim Support Scotland. He is also volunteer director and company

The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association has announced that SYLA Football is back again this year thanks to the sponsorship of Nelson James Sheriff Officers. Location: EdinburghWhen: every Tuesday eveningTime: 8:00 PMFormat: five- or six-a-side

Lord Beckett is to succeed Lady Dorrian as lord justice clerk.  In his new role he will also hold the office of president of the Second Division of the Inner House and chair of the Scottish Sentencing Council.

Data protection watchdogs across Europe have begun scrutinising the new Chinese AI chatbot, DeepSeek. DeepSeek rocked the AI world after it was claimed to have been developed at the fraction of the cost of OpenAI's ChatGPT – while also being able to run on far less powerful hardware.

Meta is to pay $25 million to US president Donald Trump to settle his lawsuit against the suspension of his Facebook and Instagram accounts after his supporters stormed the US Capitol building in 2021. The settlement agreement, which does not include any admission of liability by Meta, was signed by

A recent decision in the Sheriff Appeal Court (Appeal by Smaira Bilal Saleem in the cause Euro Parks Limited v Smaira Bilal Saleem), highlights important considerations regarding judicial expenses, writes Frances Lombardi. This case serves as a reminder of how the court evaluates the actions of both

The malicious prosecution scandal bill has reached £53 million, according to the latest figures. The Crown Office, which pursued seven individuals linked to the takeover of Rangers FC a decade ago, told the Daily Record that the failed prosecutions were "regrettable".

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Trump says US will send some migrants to Guantanamo Bay | BBC News

A woman has been found guilty of a criminal offence after repeatedly sending "fart selfies" to her boyfriend's ex. Welsh woman Rhiannon Evans, 25, sent the videos – in which she smirked at the camera before moving it to her bottom and passing gas – throughout the festive period.