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Proposed legislation to update and strengthen charity law has passed its first parliamentary stage. MSPs have voted to support the general principles of the Charities (Regulation and Administration) Bill which aims to improve accountability and transparency of charities and increases the powers of t

Plans to hold young offenders under the age of 18 in secure care rather than young offender institutes (YOIs) will require additional resources, a Holyrood committee has warned. There are significantly higher costs associated with holding young people in secure care rather than YOIs, the criminal ju

Fiona Cameron, banking partner in Shoosmiths’ Glasgow office, examines the significance of the recently passed Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Bill and outlines why it’s likely to be welcomed by Scotland’s banking practitioners and lenders. To the frustration of Scottish banking l

The Law Society of Scotland has signed up to an international declaration on protecting the independence of the judiciary and the legal profession. The move follows the organisation’s warnings about new proposals to reform regulation of legal services, which could see unprecedented direct inte

Dear Editor, In what is said to be the former First Minister’s first intervention on a policy issue, she is reported as saying that the backlash by lawyers against plans for juryless trials for rape cases is a sign that Scottish politics is polarised. I may be alone in failing to understand wh

Melissa Rutherford, a criminal defence solicitor and specialist in trauma-informed practice, is to address the next meeting of Disabling Barriers Scotland. The group, founded by Tom McGovern and Fraser Mackay, is open to support from all who have an interest in making the Scottish legal sector more

Former pensions lawyer Elizabeth Gordon has been appointed to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) Council. Mrs Gordon is one of four new members of the Council, which is responsible for deciding if an ad has broken the advertising rules and therefore needs to be amended or withdrawn. The Counc

A senior solicitor at Blackadders has been awarded two Worldwide Excellence Awards for having the highest mark in her accounts exam and the highest overall mark on the STEP Diploma. Taylor Henry is one of only a handful of Scottish winners of the Excellence Awards from the global professional body t

Thorntons has managed a merger between two of Scotland’s longest established fresh produce organisations, East of Scotland Growers Ltd (ESG) and R&K Drysdales Ltd (RKD), creating an additional growing business, Pease Bay Farms. ESG is a farmer-owned cooperative with its main offices based

Scotland’s rural land is only available to a limited few as demand from forestry, natural capital investment, and corporate estate buyers continues to drive high prices, according to a new report by the Scottish Land Commission. The Rural Land Market Insights Report 2023 underlines the need fo

Solicitor Aamer Anwar has criticised plans for juryless trials as well as former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's comments over them. Last week, Ms Sturgeon claimed that even before “the ink was dry on the draft legislation and without a single word of debate… fixed positions had been s

New figures showing that the number of people dying as a result of workplace incidents in Scotland has reached its highest level since 2019 have prompted urgent calls for reforms to corporate homicide legislation, writes Bruce Craig. Provisional data published by the Scottish Trades Union Congress (

Stirling's new prison, HMP & YOI Stirling, is opening its doors for locals to explore ahead of its official launch. The new facility succeeds HMP & YOI Cornton Vale.

Clyde & Co has announced the promotion of Ann Bonomy to partner as part of its 2023 promotions round. Ms Bonomy joined Clyde & Co’s Glasgow office in 2014, forming part of the Scottish safety, health and environmental (SHE) regulatory team. She specialises in regulatory and road traffi

Agricultural charity RSABI has announced that its flagship team event, the Great Glen Challenge, will this year be sponsored by Gillespie Macandrew.