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A bill to reform and modernise the law relating to judicial factors has been passed. The Judicial Factors (Scotland) Bill aims to bring clarity, accessibility and efficiency to an area of law which largely has not been changed since the 19th century.

Scottish authorities have transferred a section of the aircraft from the Lockerbie bombing to the US ahead of a Libyan suspect’s trial in Washington DC. The transfer forms part of an evidence-sharing agreement between Scottish law enforcement authorities and American counterparts. 

Barriers in accessing justice, including chronic challenges in the legal aid system, are among human rights issues identified by the Scottish Human Rights Commission in a new report presented to the Scottish Parliament. Scotland's human rights watchdog has published its State of the Nation 2024

Irwin Mitchell Scotland has welcomed Izabela Wosiak, Rachel Brown and Emma McCutcheon to its personal injury team. Ms Wosiak, who joins the firm as senior associate solicitor, has 17 years' experience supporting foreign clients injured in Scotland or abroad.

More than 100 organisations working to tackle violence against women and girls will receive £19 million in new funding.  The new support was confirmed by equalities minister Kaukab Stewart during a debate in Parliament to mark the 16 Days of Activism against Violence Against Women and Gir

Katie McKenna has joined The Carvalho Consultancy, an agency dedicated to providing training, therapy and coaching to lawyers and legal professionals. Ms McKenna is a trauma-informed psychotherapist with deep roots in the Scottish legal profession. She had a varied career with Harper Macleod, Digby

ESPC has announced the appointment of two new directors to the company’s board: Jill Andrew, partner at Connell and Connell, and Caitlin Keegan, residential property legal director at Gillespie Macandrew. Ms Andrew, who joined Connell & Connell in November 2024, brings 25 years of experien

The Law Society of Scotland has urged MSPs to make further changes to proposed criminal justice legislation because of the risk of miscarriages of justice. Stuart Munro, the convener of the Law Society’s Criminal Law Committee, appeared before the Scottish Parliament’s Criminal Justice C

Jones Whyte has announced the opening of a new office in Edinburgh.

Sara Snell has been appointed as the new HM chief inspector of prisons for Scotland. She has extensive experience in the UK justice system having worked in HM Prison Service in England and Wales for 25 years.

Terra Firma Chambers has won the award for Stable of the Year at the Legal 500 Scotland Awards 2024. Kenneth Young made it a double celebration for TFC by picking up the award for Junior of the Year.

First Minister John Swinney said he is “dissatisfied” with the lack of progress on the private prosecution of footballer David Goodwillie. Mr Goodwillie was ruled – on a balance of probabilities – to have raped Denise Clair in a civil case in 2017.

Tributes were paid to the "impossible but fabulous" Ethel Houston to celebrate the 75th anniversary of her becoming the first female partner in a Scottish law firm. Ethel, who would have been 100 this year, became a partner at Balfour and Manson in 1949 – and her life and achievements were cel

The father of a 14-year old child who was sentenced to an order for lifelong restriction for offences against the child’s mother has successfully petitioned the Court of Session for review of a decision taken at a children’s hearing that he was not a relevant person able to participate i

Franz Kafka died 100 years ago this year. The protagonist of his novel The Trial is an everyman named Josef K, who finds himself facing unspecified issues within a legal process which is remote, incomprehensible and disorientating. It is a chilling story, permeated by a looming, faceless bureaucracy