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The Law Society of Scotland has said that aspects of the universal service obligation (USO) for broadband service providers mean it is unlikely to meet the needs of more remote rural communities in Scotland. In its response to the Department for Digital, Culture Media and Sport's consultation on the

The Scottish government has published the new model form of private residential tenancy agreement which will be used under legislation coming into force on 1 December 2017, TC Young explains. Under the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016, which replaces Assured and Short Assured Tenancie

Martin Monaghan Martin Monaghan looks at a case clarifying the appointment of Guardians.

The Law Society of Scotland, together with Addleshaw Goddard and the UK Chamber of Shipping, has developed a massive open online course (MOOC) about maritime law which starts on Monday 30 October. ‘Maritime law: an introduction to shipping transactions’, is a free online course, open to everyone

The Scottish Human Rights Commission's latest Annual Report has been laid before the Scottish Parliament and published online. The report states: "We continued to build the case for the incorporation of further international human rights into Scots law, in particular economic, social and cultural ri

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 lawâ€

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

Scottish Legal News has learned that vulnerable adults are being put at a disadvantage because of severe delays in lodging guardianship orders in court due to a shortage of mental health officers. A guardianship order is sought where a person has no capacity and may be very vulnerable

Fiona Hyslop An organisation in Skye is to become the first to acquire land under a new scheme to transfer publicly-owned forestry assets, to the benefit of local communities.

The Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) has found a number of failings and made recommendations in the way police dealt with a vulnerable 50-year-old woman before she was murdered by her brother. Elizabeth Bowe was known to Police Scotland and had been extensively recorded on thei

Thompsons has promoted Seonaid Brophy (pictured right) from the union accident team and Jillian Merchant (pictured below) from the firm’s employment law department to associate level. Ms Brophy joined Thompsons in 2012 after completing the Diploma. She started her traineeship in the lung disease t

Scotland is to become the only part of the UK with statutory targets to tackle child poverty after the Child Poverty (Scotland) Bill was unanimously passed by the Scottish Parliament.The bill will:

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Alan McIntosh Alan McIntosh calls for lenders to show forbearance as legal action against debtors rises sharply south of the border.

Catherine Dyer Former Crown Office chief executive Catherine Dyer will head up an expert group on preventing sexual offending involving young people.