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The Lord President, Lord Carloway, and the Deputy President of the Supreme Court, Lord Hodge, will deliver keynote speeches at a half-day virtual conference which will consider how tribunals in Scotland have adapted to the pandemic and how that might inform their future development. This conference

Labour and Co-op MSP Paul Sweeney has tabled a motion in support of Govanhill Law Centre, which last week had a funding application rejected and now faces closure. Mr Sweeney's motion calls on Holyrood to recognise "the crucial services provided by Govanhill Law Centre" as well as "the wid

The Sheriff Appeal Court has upheld the decision of a commercial sheriff in a contractual dispute between a housebuilder and a client in Aberdeen who held that the client was required to make an interim payment following the resignation of the firm to which payment applications required to

The Scotsman has published an obituary of Brian Manus McGuire, campaigning lawyer and founding partner of Thompsons Solicitors Scotland, who passed away on 23 July at the age of 81. "He defined what it is to be a Labour lawyer. He was the archetype and the inspiration for many of the campaignin

The tide of history is lapping over Scotland’s land. The ambitious and far-reaching Human Rights Bill due this parliamentary session is part of this tide and will help further advance land reform.

The regime on court orders determining with whom a child lives or spends time is changing, writes Alison Nicol. The factors which a Scottish court must consider when deciding with whom a child should live or otherwise spend time are changing to include the effect a court order might have on &ld

Solicitor General Ruth Charteris QC has apologised for the delays in the investigation into the suicide in custody of Katie Allan, her family have said. Ms Charteris met the family of Ms Allan in Glasgow yesterday. 

Scotland has recorded 10 high-value fraud cases during the first half of 2021, as logistical challenges for the country’s justice system begin to ease. The latest data from KPMG’s Fraud Barometer report reveals 10 cases of alleged fraud took place, valued at over £2.5 million, in 2

Burness Paull is to partner with The Robertson Trust to offer Scotland’s first 'legal career pathway'. The pathway will give students who face financial barriers wider access to the legal profession as part of The Robertson Trust ‘Journey to Success’ scholarship programme.

Scotland's courts are sitting on an estimated backlog of  48,993 cases, figures from the Scottish government show. Overall, there are 42,451 outstanding trials and a further 6,542 cases deemed likely to come to trial. The backlog is double that of pre-pandemic levels. There were 18,355 outstand

Calls have been made for HMP Greenock to be replaced as soon as possible after a leaking roof forced the closure of 40 cells. The prison was built in 1907 and operates at only 75 per cent capacity because of the poor condition of its buildings. A replacement, however, is still a decade away, Wendy S

Duncan Batchelor, Ralph Cox and Lyndsey Combe take a look at a recent IP case revolving around liability and the true party behind the litigation. The solvency or otherwise of the other party to a commercial dispute is a matter which can be of crucial importance when it comes to recovering cost

Joseph G Boyd & Co Court Lawyers has opened a new office.

Brandon Malone has been called to the bar of England and Wales by Inner Temple. Mr Malone will continue to deal with disputes in the Scottish courts as a solicitor advocate and will continue to act as an arbitrator, adjudicator and mediator.

We have a new justice secretary who, at least in one respect, bears a similarity to his predecessor: he has not made any public statement about the ill-fated prosecution of Whitehouse and Clark, the Rangers’ administrators. I wrote to Keith Brown on 19 May asking about a public inquiry and rec