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Some solicitors have expressed concern about what they claim to be the Law Society of Scotland’s “lack of dialogue” with the legal profession over the approval of its proposed regulatory scheme for alternative business structures (ABS) and the society's progress as a regulator of ABS. ABS allo

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The excellent piece below by Robert Pirrie of the WS tonehociety records the friendship, some may say ‘bromance’ between Robert Burns and Robert Ainslie WS. It was one of many friendships the poet had with lawyers, reflecting the prominent role of ‘writers’ as they were known in the intellec

Liam Entwistle Liam Entwistle, a partner at Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) has been appointed a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Laurence Kennedy Advocate Laurence Kennedy has written to the Lord Justice Clerk following our report on the appeal of KM v HMA in which the court was highly critical of defence counsel. In the opinion issued by the court counsel was identified only as "L Kennedy". Unfortunately there are two advoca

Two patients detained at low and medium secure psychiatric units who claimed that the blanket ban on smoking in the grounds of the mental health hospitals breached their human rights have had their actions dismissed. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that the complete ban on smoking was “lawfu

Baroness O’Loan The Catholic Church in Scotland has called for legislation in Scotland recognising “conscience rights” for health workers who do not wish to support abortion services following the introduction of such legislation south of the border.

Solicitor estate agents in Scotland have a higher success rate when it comes to selling properties, compared with other estate agent models, according to the latest data from SPC Scotland. Following the recently released Jefferies research on Purplebricks, indicating that the firm may have misled cu

Since September 2016, the Faculty of Advocates via its Equality and Diversity Committee has, with the full support of our Dean, Gordon Jackson, QC, and Vice-Dean, Angela Grahame, QC, been considering how Faculty can improve its approach to equality and diversity. Our review is principle-driven but a

Karen Nicol, a senior associate at MacRoberts is under the SLN Spotlight this week.  

Martin Campbell Martin Campbell looks at whether tax measures have had their intended effect in Edinburgh.

Julie McMahon Power of attorney registrations have risen by nearly 40 per cent in four years.

Eric McQueen New recommendations to widen the opportunity for people with hearing or sight impairments to serve as jurors have been put forward in a report issued by the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service.

The number of potential human trafficking victims identified and given help in Scotland has risen over the last year. There were 213 referrals to Police Scotland in 2017, a 42 per cent increase from 2016. The greatest increase was in labour exploitation referrals, and over half of reports referred t

Michael Matheson The Criminal Proceedings in Scotland bulletin for 2016-17 shows an eight per cent reduction over the last year in both the number of people proceeded against in court (107,338), and those subsequently convicted (92,334).