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It has been another difficult year for us all as the threat from the virus ebbs and flows. Against this backdrop, the ideological fault lines in wider society have become clearly visible in the legal profession too: whether in debates about the powers of the executive and judiciary or the presumptio

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Editor's note: This article was originally published in SLN on 4 October 2019. Stephen told me that day that he was "overwhelmed by Bill’s kind review".

Dear Editor, The Faculty of Advocates is, understandably, opposed to the suggested independent regulator for legal services in Scotland. I am not and never have been a member of Faculty and so I am independent in the true sense. I am not in the Dean’s pocket, nor is he in mine.

The Faculty of Advocates has voiced its opposition to the creation of a new independent regulator for all legal services.  In its response to the Scottish government’s consultation on legal services regulation reform in Scotland, the Faculty said it believed establishing such a regulator

In a prosecution brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), former Rangers owner Craig Whyte has been charged with failing to provide passwords for various laptops and phones. Mr Whyte appeared today at Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court, having been arrested at Manchester Airpor

The Burness Paull Foundation completed another 12 months of helping good causes on a high with its annual Christmas appeal – raising £3,530 for the Scottish Refugee Council. A combination of foundation funding and contributions from Burness Paull colleagues, the donation was handed over

The Scottish government has announced today that the Law Society of Scotland has been authorised as a regulator of Licensed Legal Services Providers in Scotland. The government’s authorisation is a further step towards solicitors and non-solicitors being able to set up businesses together to p

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has today taken on a new role in relation to complaints in the new Alternative Business Structures regime. Following confirmation that the Scottish government has authorised the Law Society of Scotland as an Approved Regulator for Alternative Business

Kenny MacAskill has said the Scottish government must “come clean” over whether it was allowing prosecutors and women's groups to lay the ground for radical reform of the justice system as senior legal figures continue to insist on juryless trials. Mr MacAskill wrote to Justice Secretary

The divorce settlement that the ruler of Dubai has been ordered to make with his wife is the highest ever in an English court – standing at £554 million. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, 72, posed a serious risk to his former wife Princess Haya Bint al-Hussein, 47, who fled to Lond

Glasgow lawyers Just Employment Law have raised an incredible £73,140 in an online auction held in November for Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month (PCAM). The auction raised vital funds for Pancreatic Cancer Action Scotland (PCAS), of whom Just Employment Law are long-term supporters.

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said his government will keep its controversial immigration laws, in defiance of an EU ruling. The Court of Justice of the European Union last month ruled that Hungary's law criminalising lawyers and activists who helped asylum seekers fell foul of EU law.

A judge in the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia has ruled that jurors who were not fully vaccinated against Covid-19 ought to be excused from jury service after the issue was raised during pre-trial proceedings. The trial took place at the Digby Pines Resort in Nova Scotia, Canada, as the local courthou

Options within a Scottish government consultation on reforming the regulation of Scotland’s legal sector could leave consumers facing higher legal bills, the Law Society of Scotland has said. The society is urging major reforms to the way legal services are regulated, but has cautioned against