A council has been forced to make a U-turn on the introduction of parking fees, following intervention by Govan Law Centre. Argyll and Bute Council has apologised for attempting to introduce parking charges of £9 per day across its jurisdiction.
Search: Scottish syndicate purchased land 1901 for £5000
Increased levels of transactional work, coupled with strong activity in ports and demand for risk management and dispute resolution services is driving growth for shipping and transport specialists at Brodies LLP. Recent work has included advising on funding the construction of new vessels, with a c
Neil Kelly looks at the Inner House's treatment of a case on collateral warranties that caused surprise last year. At the end of last year a judge in the Court of Session reached what many regarded as a controversial decision on the interpretation of a Scottish collateral warranty in the context of
The UK's largest digital rights conference is coming to Scotland on 26 October.
Advocate Usman Tariq has been appointed contributing editor of the “Banking, Money and Commercial Paper” title of The Laws of Scotland: Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia, due to be published by LexisNexis in 2020. Mr Tariq is a graduate of the Universities of Glasgow and Cambridge. Since call
The Law Society of Scotland has highlighted the importance of making the legal aid system easier to navigate for members of the public and solicitors, and reiterated concerns about the sustainability of funding for the service as part of the response to a Scottish government consultation on legal ai
Should period products be freely available by law across Scotland? That is the question being posed by Holyrood’s Local Government and Communities Committee. The committee is considering a bill which would ensure everyone in Scotland who needs to use period products can obtain them free of cha
Proposals to change the way national and local elections are run in Scotland will be examined by the Scottish Parliament’s Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee. The proposals in the Scottish Elections (Reform) Bill would extend the time between elections to the Scottish Parl
A third portrait of a woman, Lady Dorrian, the Lord Justice Clerk, is to take its place among the legal luminaries adorning the walls of Parliament Hall. The announcement of the new artwork was made at the Faculty’s event to celebrate the Centenary of Women in Law.
The annual Red Mass to mark the beginning of the new legal year took place on Sunday 22 September 2019 at St Mary’s RC Cathedral in Edinburgh.
Student Ambassadors Alexandra Joyce and Emily Lynch are pictured above at Edinburgh University's law fair, where they represented the Scottish Bar Association of New York (ScotBarNY).
Dog control laws have been made the subject of a public consultation amid worries over careless owners. Community safety minister Ash Denham MSP has pledged to "keep communities safe from irresponsible owners" and their out-of-control dogs.
Scottish specialist criminal law firm MTM Defence Lawyers has announced the opening of a new London office to service its growing caseload from south of the border. The opening of the London office in Chancery Lane has been driven by increasing demand from London-based clients and law firms ref
Two experts on Sir Walter Scott have developed a free online course for people who would like to learn about the giant of Scottish literature. Professor Alison Lumsden, director of Aberdeen University’s Walter Scott Research Centre, and Kirsty Archer-Thompson, collections and interpretation ma
CMS has awarded two school pupils scholarships to help them achieve their ambition of completing a law degree. S6 pupils Nikita Stevenson from Carluke and Regan Brown from Irvine were the lucky recipients of the scholarships, worth £2,500 per year.