The average property price in Scotland in June 2023 remained steady at £189,000 compared to June 2022, according to recent data from the UK House Price Index (HPI).
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An application by two landlords for permission to appeal a decision of the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland that they had failed to comply with the terms of a Repairing Standard Enforcement Order has been refused by a sheriff of the Upper Tribunal for Scotland. Razia and Mohammed Saeed, who let a pr
A restaurant has come under fire for charging diners €20 to slice a birthday cake brought from home. The disgruntled group had already spent €124 (around £106) on pizza in the restaurant in Sicily before asking a waiter to slice their cake.
Keir Starmer is under pressure to stand up for the legal community following the UK government's remarks about “lefty lawyers”. The news comes amidst growing concerns about the wellbeing of immigration solicitor Jacqueline McKenzie, who has become the object of a “targeted campaign
Law Society of Scotland president Sheila Webster has offered her congratulations to 18 new sheriffs appointed on the recommendation of the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland. She said: “Congratulations to this worthy group who will be stepping up as full-time sheriffs from next month. I&
Both the Civil Online Portal and Solicitors API will be unavailable to users from 8am on Saturday 19 August. They should be back up and running no later than 7am on Monday 21 August, to allow essential testing to be carried out on the systems.
A Note of Objection by a pursuer who settled a personal injury action against a decision of the Auditor of Court to disallow fees for junior counsel instructed halfway through the claim has been refused by a Lord Ordinary of the Court of Session. Samantha Maguire settled her claim against Black Isle
UK government schemes to relocate Afghans to Britain are failing, according to a new report from JUSTICE. The publication of Reforming the Afghanistan Resettlement Schemes: the way forward for ARAP and ACRS marks the two-year anniversary of the fall of Kabul and the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
A man who tried to smuggle controlled drugs worth thousands of pounds into Scotland disguised as pet food has been jailed for four years and two months. Packages addressed to Toby Bishop, 21, of Glenogil, Angus, were sent from Germany and declared as cat food. But when UK Border force officers inspe
The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association (SYLA) is hosting its inaugural Golf Day, sponsored by The Cashroom Limited. Golfers of all abilities are welcome.
Canadian Professor of Social Work, Edward Kruk, will talk in Edinburgh next week on how family courts get in the way of resolving disagreement between parents after separation.
A sentencing guideline which means that rapists under the age of 25 can be spared from prison due to their reduced capacity for sound judgment is to be reviewed. The principle behind the guideline from the the Scottish Sentencing Council is that rehabilitation should be the “primary consi
An Edinburgh sheriff has ruled that the extradition of a man requested to stand trial in Utah in respect of charges of rape, who claimed he was an orphan from Ireland and not the requested person, would be compatible with the Human Rights Act 1998. It was held in November 2022 that the requested per
A fugitive who was extradited from Brazil has been jailed for nine years and ten months after pleading guilty to offences linked to serious organised crime James White, 46, was sentenced at the High Court in Stirling after admitting a charge of directing serious organised crime.
A number of new sheriffs have been appointed to serve Glasgow & Strathkelvin, Grampian, Highland and Islands, Lothian & Borders, North Strathclyde, South Strathclyde, Dumfries & Galloway and Tayside, Central & Fife Sheriffdoms. Louise Arrol KC, Owen Mullan, Craig Findlater, Neil Wils
