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The Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain QC has ordered a review of how prosecutors deal with reports of sexual offences. She announced the review in an evidence session at the Criminal Justice Committee of the Scottish Parliament. The review is in recognition of the profound impact that these crimes have on

It was Juvenal. Or Plato. Or Socrates depending on your search engine. And, yes, it was a long, long time ago. But the principles remain the same. The checks and balances. The openness. The accountability. Scottish solicitors are accountable to the Law Society of Scotland. To whom are they the Law S

James Wolffe QC will be rejoining Brick Court Chambers in London – where he was a door tenant between 2013-16 – as a door tenant in the New Year. Before his appointment as lord advocate, Mr Wolffe had a substantial and wide-ranging public and commercial law practice at the Scottish bar.

Deputy First Minister John Swinney has written to the UK government objecting to “ill-judged and irresponsible” plans to revise and replace the Human Rights Act. In a letter to Lord Chancellor Dominic Raab, Mr Swinney described the proposals as an unacceptable attack on human rights, con

A sharp fall in legal aid spending highlights the crisis across the sector. Commenting on the fall in legal aid spending from £130.9 million in 2020 to £99.1m in 2020-21, following publication of the Scottish Legal Aid Board’s annual report, the Law Society of Scotland has said the

Gordon Lindhurst has rejoined Westwater Advocates. Mr Lindhurst, who is also qualified as a barrister in England, was appointed an advocate depute ad hoc in 2009 and is a visiting lecturer in British court practice at the University of Bonn.

Esson & Aberdein is helping to spread some festive cheer by providing season tickets to Aberdeen FC Community Trust (AFCCT) participants to access all remaining matches at Pittodrie this season.

The age at which a child can be charged with a crime rises from 8 to 12 tomorrow as the Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019 comes into force. Clan Childlaw has welcomed this change but cautions that Scotland should be "aiming much higher". Having an age of criminal responsibility is a

Susanne Tanner QC has been commissioned by the Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain QC as assistant principal crown counsel. Ms Tanner, whose appointment has been planned for some time, called to the Scottish bar in 2000 and took silk in 2016. From 2019 to 2021, she held the office of director of Ampersand Ad

Jenny Dickson, chair of Morton Fraser, has called on the business community to focus on children’s mental health in 2022 after joining specialist charity Place2Be as a strategic advisor. Ms Dickson joins Place2Be’s Scottish Development Advisory Group at a time when demand for mental heal

The Catholic Church in Scotland has appointed Lady Rita Rae QC, a former Senator of the College of Justice, as the first board chair of the new Scottish Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency (SCSSA). Lady Rae will begin to recruit board members to the SCSSA – which will operate as a priv

The Law Clinic is a student-run organisation, committed to improving access to justice by offering free legal advice in a variety of matters including employment, housing, consumer and Scottish Social Services Council cases, to those who otherwise cannot obtain legal advice. The Initial Advice Clini

Lord Tyre, Lord Boyd and Lady Wise have been appointed to the First Division of the Inner House of the Court of Session and will take up their appointments from 5 January 2022. The Lord President, Lord Carloway, and the Lord Justice Clerk, Lady Dorrian, recommended the appointments to allow court bu

The pandemic has forced separating families, and their lawyers, to work very differently over the past 18 months. Compounded by Brexit and general economic uncertainty, the future for family law, and those couples and families affected by it, may be unrecognisable by the end of the next decade, comp