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This week is Adoption Week 2022 in Scotland. It is an annual event, which celebrates adoption, and is funded by the Scottish government. The theme of this year's event is "adoption: the connection with past, present and future families." Adoption allows individuals a unique pathway to parenthood, an

Dear Editor, I agree entirely with the comments made by Frances McMenamin KC regarding juryless trials. She has long experience of the courts and because of that she speaks with authority and her observations should not be ignored. In response to her, a Scottish government spokesperson is reported a

Talent Beyond Boundaries (TBB), a not-for-profit organisation, is in Scotland later this week to raise awareness of a pilot programme which sees highly qualified refugees and displaced people connect with employers. The Displaced Talent Mobility pilot is a UK government initiative designed in collab

The Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill does not solve existing tensions (which remain unresolved in the courts) between the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (GRA) and the Equality Act 2010 (“the EqA”), writes barrister Amanda Jones. The bill will introduce new conflicts with the EqA. T

Morton Fraser has been named one of the Top 15 Best Law Firms to Work For in the UK in the Best Companies to Work For 2022 lists.

CMS and the Fraser of Allander Institute have launched a new campaign aimed at bringing together Scotland’s business community, government and policy groups to maximise the nation’s economic growth potential. The International Scotland initiative begins with today’s release of a ne

Four advocates are to discuss their careers at an event held by the University of Aberdeen Bar Society later this month. Euan Mackenzie, Katharine Muir, Simon Crabb and Dominic Scullion will give talks about their route to the Scottish bar and their specialisms – public law, personal injury, m

Homes are selling quickly and a high level of home report valuations are being achieved, the latest data from ESPC shows. In August-October 2022, sales volumes across Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders reduced by 4.3 per cent annually, while new property listings were up 0.5 per cent.

A Northern Ireland-style parades commission is not necessary in Scotland, according to a new report. The creation of a commission was mooted last year after police made arrests at a series of Orange Walks in Glasgow.

Pedro Martinez Losa, head coach of the Scotland Women’s National Football Team, was recently in Edinburgh to deliver a coaching session for talented U-18 players of Boroughmuir Thistle who are part of the National Academy Programme (NAP). He told the young players “to aim high and have t

A Glasgow sheriff has ordered the operators of the SSE Hydro Arena to pay nearly £100,000 to an American religious charity after finding it had no defence for cancelling an event involving a controversial religious speaker. The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, which arranged with Scottis

Serious cuts to the justice budget in Scotland will result in the closure of court buildings, a reduction in sittings and job losses, Holyrood's Criminal Justice Committee will hear. Following last week’s Criminal Justice Committee pre-budget evidence session where the police and fire services

David J Black makes a likely connection. Fans of the brilliant, yet chilling, HBO series Succession seem to assume that the part of merciless Logan Roy, played to terrifying perfection by Brian Cox, is a thinly disguised portrayal of the media mogul Rupert Murdoch. If so, they really don’t kno

Work is to begin next year on the transformation of Arbroath’s historic courthouse into a community hub, The Courier reports. Plans have been laid for essential repairs to the roof of the High Street building, eight years after the last sheriff court case was heard there.

The Campaign for Freedom of Information in Scotland is urging MSPs to amend the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill in order to address a transparency and accountability deficit. The bill only makes the umbrella body, the Care Board, subject to the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FoISA