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A new fund worth at least £30 million over the next three years is being launched to better help victims of crime as the Scottish government remains silent over its inadequate funding of the legal aid system. The fund forms a central plank of the Scottish government’s commitment to "putt

Integrated fee-sharing law firm Spencer West LLP has launched a Scottish practice. The firm’s presence in Scotland will be spearheaded by former DLA Piper banking and finance partner David Morton, assisted by former Fenwick Elliott construction partner Jonathan More as business growth director

The Scottish courts were used to conduct politics in a 2018 case over the triggering of article 50, the Attorney General, Suella Braverman QC MP, has claimed. In a speech to the 2021 Public Law Project Conference in which she denounced 'political litigation', Ms Braverman said that the flexibility o

The Scottish government has "no understanding" of the seriousness of the legal aid problem, a lawyer has said. The reaction follows a letter from from legal affairs minister Ash Regan to Ken Dalling, president of the Law Society of Scotland, and Julia McPartlin, president of the Scottish Solicitors

The number of corporate insolvencies in Scotland rose by 29.4 per cent to 211 in July-September this year – compared with the April-June figure of 163. Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidations meanwhile rose to 179 for July-September – an increase of 35.6 per cent on the 132 recorded for

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has called on the Scottish government to hand back unprecedented emergency powers granted to it during the Covid-19 pandemic, as a consultation into making powers permanent closes today. The 12-week consultation has invited commentary on whether a

The Scottish Land Commission has appointed two 'good practice advisers'. Calum Stewart and Karen Grant will support the organisation’s work shaping change on the ground to ensure more people benefit from Scotland’s land.

Average house prices in Scotland have increased by close to £25,000 (13.2 per cent) over the last 12 months – the highest rate of all four UK nations. The latest monthly house price index for Scotland from Walker Fraser Steele, Chartered Surveyors also shows:

"Significant progress" was made by the Scottish Sentencing Council in the development of sentencing guidelines in 2020-21 despite the challenges posed by the pandemic, according to its chair, Lady Dorrian, the Lord Justice Clerk. Writing in the council’s 2021-21 Annual Report, which was laid b

The Scottish Sentencing Council is to prepare a sentencing guideline on domestic abuse offences. Also included in its latest work programme will be the continuation of the development of guidelines for death by driving, the sexual offences of rape, indecent images of children, and sexual assault, as

The Citizens’ Assembly of Scotland model should be embedded in Scottish politics to give members of the public a direct role in future decision-making, the Scottish government has said. Scotland’s first Citizens’ Assembly was established in 2019 to consider "what kind of country Sc

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has published its annual report, showing strong overall performance. The 2020-21 SLCC annual report covers performance in the July 2020 to June 2021 operating year, and was laid before the Scottish Parliament today, along with the 2020-21 SLCC annual a

A new process to investigate prison deaths has been welcomed "in principle" by Justice Secretary Keith Brown. In November 2019, then Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf asked Wendy Sinclair-Gieben, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland (HMCIPS) to review the response to deaths in pr

The Scottish Law Commission has published a consultation on the draft Leases (Automatic Continuation etc.) (Scotland) Bill. The commission announced in its tenth programme of law reform that it would examine aspects of the Scots law of leases. The first item to be considered under its overarching pr

A consultation seeking views on Scotland’s 'not proven' verdict and related reforms has opened. The consultation on Scotland’s unique three-verdict system will gather opinions from the public, as well as the legal sector, third sector, and those with direct experience of the justice syst