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Members of the Glasgow Bar Association (GBA) are to enjoy free contempt of court cover provided by senior members of the Faculty of Advocates as part of their membership. This means any GBA members who find themselves in possible personal contempt of court situations in the course of their professio

Michael Matheson A new code of practice on police searches for assets related to criminal activity has been published for consultation ahead of legislation taking effect in the spring.

Brian Inkster Brian Inkster writes on a legal battle between lawyers and AI.

More work is needed to address judicial diversity and issues with recruitment that threaten the UK’s world-renowned legal systems, the House of Lords Constitution Committee has warned today. The committee states in a report today that It is deeply concerned about the dispute between the UK governm

An Irish man who claimed his conviction for selling drugs was unfair as it was based on evidence obtained by police entrapment has had his application unanimously declared inadmissible by the European Court of Human Rights, which concluded that the role of the police in the case had been essentially

Scots law academics have published a free ebook on studying EU law in Scotland before and after Brexit. The first edition of Studying EU Law in Scotland during and after Brexit, edited by Professor Nicole Busby and Dr Rebecca Zahn and produced In collaboration with the Scottish Universities Legal Ne

David Strang Too many people are being given short prison sentences which do not deter reoffending, Scotland’s chief inspector of prisons has said in a new report.

Fern Mapp Digby Brown Solicitors has successfully settled all its civil claims following the Clutha helicopter tragedy.

Two crofters are seeking compensation after one of their Highland cows was allegedly impregnated by a neighbour’s bull. Bernard and Kathleen Allen, from the Isle of Lewis, claim that the Belted Galloway bull was found a number of times on land where there livestock was kept, the BBC reports.

A prisoner who is seeking to challenge a decision to the effect that he would not progress to the open estate but had yet to be granted permission to proceed has had a motion to allow a minute of amendment dismissed as “incompetent”. The petitioner was seeking to amend the petition to bring his

An American woman who challenged a sheriff’s decision that a dispute with her former husband over the care of their child should be determined in the United States rather than in Scotland has successfully appealed against the ruling. The Sheriff Appeal Court held that the sheriff “erred in law�

Rollos Law LLP and well established Glenrothes based law firm Brady Legal have announced their merger that took effect on 1st November 2017. Combining highly skilled resources, the merged practice, trading as Rollos, will offer a comprehensive legal service for private and business clients.Ken Smit

Douglas Mill Just when you thought that good old Civic Scotland had got over the Parliament Building Fiasco, along came the Edinburgh Trams Farce. Another opportunity to display ludicrous amateur incompetence at public expense. Oh how the contractors laughed yet again. Years late. Many small busines

Only specialist legal software supplier with offices in all four countries of the UK LEAP, the world’s leading cloud software provider for small law firms, announces it has relocated its offices in Edinburgh to larger premises to accommodate a team which has expanded from seven to sixteen during t

An accused man’s request for legal assistance was denied after he asked police for a “lawyer dog”. Failing to understand the colloquial use of "dog", a judgment from the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that 24-year-old Warren Demesme’s constitutional right to legal advice had not been denied,