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Alan Shanks, head of Scotland at Addleshaw Goddard, reflects on 2022 and looks at what lies ahead in 2023 for the firm and for the wider Scottish landscape. Like many businesses, we approach 2023 with a degree of caution given the macro-economic and geopolitical challenges that will continue to impa

Criminals in the north east are escaping conviction due to lengthy delays in holding trials, according to one lawyer. Ian Woodward-Nutt claimed the problem is worse at Aberdeen Sheriff Court than elsewhere in Scotland and warned the criminal justice system is verging on “collapse”.

Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC, in consultation with the chief medical officer, Police Scotland and National Records Scotland, has issued updated guidance on the reporting of Covid-19 related deaths. Having kept matters under regular review, it is no longer necessary to report to the procurator fisca

The failure to make full use of Scotland's only open prison has been criticised in a new report. HMP Castle Huntly, in Longforgan near Dundee, is able to house 285 inmates – but had only 100 at its last inspection.

Keoghs has defended the first reported decision testing the parameters of the rules on QOCS exceptions in Scotland, in the case of Lennox v Iceland Foods Limited. The decision provides clarification on how courts may define ‘manifestly unreasonable’ when deciding whether to apply QOCS in

Dr Alessandra Asteriti gives her opinion on a UN expert's advice to a Holyrood committee on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill. On 13 December 2022, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, the UN Independent Expert on Protection Against Violence and Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation an

All new-build homes in Scotland will soon have to meet the internationally recognised ‘Passivhaus’ standard after the Scottish government agreed to progress legislation proposed by Scottish Labour MSP Alex Rowley. The Proposed Domestic Building Environmental Standards (Scotland) Bil

Dr Paul Behrens, a member of the Ending Conversion Practices Expert Advisory Group, responds to criticism of its recent report. Reports by experts tend to be read by experts only, then shelved forever. You can certainly not say the same about the report by the Scottish Expert Advisory Group on Endin

Aamer Anwar and his team of criminal law experts are the subject of a new eight-part documentary series commissioned by BBC Scotland, to be broadcast next year. Mr Anwar has worked on some of the biggest cases in Scottish legal history including the Ice Cream Wars appeal, the perjury trial of Tommy

Jonathan Mitchell KC, of Arnot Manderson Advocates, is to retire from practice after a long and distinguished career at the bar. He retires at the end of this year and his departure follows a notable success in the case of For Women Scotland for judicial review of the revised statutory guidance prod

The Law Society of Scotland has launched consultation on proposed minor changes to modernise the Diploma in Professional Legal Practice. The diploma is the first of two parts required to qualify as a solicitor under the Law Society’s Professional Education and Training (PEAT) programme, with t

The Law Society of Scotland’s work on advance choices in case of future disablement has inspired a major project to encourage legal reform across Europe. The Council of the Vienna-based European Law Institute (ELI) has approved a project to draft model laws for advance choices, to facilitate c

The Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC has issued a statement following developments in the investigations into the Lockerbie bombing. Abu Agila Mohammad Masud Kheir Al-Marimi, a former Libyan intelligence officer, is in the custody of the United States Department of Justice and faces charges on two crim

Thompsons Solicitors Scotland, working alongside the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), has secured what is believed to be one of the largest financial settlements for a worker diagnosed with the lung conditions Silicosis and SLE (systemic lupus erythematosus). Both conditions are caused by

Those affected by significant changes in their business rate bills will have very little time to react and appeal, Colliers has warned as new legislation is implemented.