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The Law Society of Scotland has published new guidance on its Style Success Fee Agreement (SSFA). The new guidance, which comes into effect on 1 May, supports the Law Society’s SSFA and has been developed to help Scottish solicitors who are intending to enter an agreement either by way of a sp

Russian military forces have extrajudicially executed civilians in Ukraine in apparent war crimes, Amnesty International said today as it published new testimony following on-the-ground research. Amnesty International’s Crisis Response investigators interviewed more than 20 people from village

A couple who moved out of their rented property early by mutual agreement have successfully challenged a finding that they were due to pay £383 of rent arrears to his former landlord. Thomas and Anne Linden rented a property from respondent Alexander MacPherson from June 2018 to March 2021. Th

Nominations are now open for the Law Society of Scotland In-house Rising Star Award 2022. The award recognises the outstanding achievement of a newly qualified Scottish solicitor or trainee who is working in-house.

Solicitors are under pressure to improve safeguards against dirty money after a Russian oligarch claimed his business was based at the headquarters of Burness Paull. Alison Thewliss MP, the SNP’s Treasury spokeswoman, said she is deeply concerned about law firms being used to assist in the lau

The Highlands’ first female sheriff is looking forward to retirement having presided over her last case, The Press and Journal reports. Sheriff Margaret Neilson has heard her last trial at the Inverness Justice Centre after almost 40 years in the law.

The hearts of death-row prisoners were removed while they were still alive by surgeons in China, according to an Australian study. Researchers at the Australian National University (ANU) concluded that surgeons killed a number of prisoners during surgery, among them “prisoners of conscience&rd

An appeal to the Sheriff Appeal Court by a mother involved in a referral to a children’s hearing based on errors in the sheriff’s approach to evidence has been largely refused apart from one point conceded by the sheriff. It was argued by the appellant CB that the proceedings as a whole

The Lawscot Foundation has opened applications for this year’s round of grants for academically talented students from less-advantaged backgrounds in Scotland to study law. Bursaries will be offered to aspiring solicitors who have an offer to start the LLB course at a Scottish university in th

Scotland has the highest prison population rate in the UK and one of the highest in Europe, a new report shows. The 47-nation Council of Europe has today published its Annual Penal Statistics for 2021, compiled by the University of Lausanne.

Lawyers expect to see a surge in divorce applications tomorrow as no-fault divorce rules come into effect in England and Wales. Couples will no longer have to allocate blame to end their marriage, nor separate for at least two years.

A sheriff has ruled that the death of a creel fisherman with coronary artery and heart disease who fell into a harbour was an accident, but not one with a determinable cause.  Alexander Wood, who was aged 65 at the time of his death, was a self-employed creel fisherman working out of Burntislan

The Scottish Child Law Centre is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Since it was established, the centre has advised over 50,000 parents, carers, children and young people on their legal rights and has had a major impact on thousands of lives.

Members of the Glasgow Bar Association (GBA) will no longer accept court appointments in cases where accused persons are not allowed to represent themselves after 90 per cent of member firms voted in favour of action, the body has announced. The GBA represents and promotes the interests of approxima

Holyrood's criminal justice committee has warned against setting in stone a presumption in favour of remote legal hearings. The committee has set out its views on the proposed extension of temporary changes to the justice system in the Scottish government’s Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) Bi