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Planned legislation aimed at improving access to justice could, ironically, hamper some litigants in family cases, the Faculty of Advocates has warned. In written evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee, which is examining the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scot

Liz MacKay Despite the use of English court terminology, Morton Fraser's Liz MacKay and Audrey Watson were impressed by a 'trial' that included an audience-picked jury.

Jamie Robertson Jamie Robertson looks at the pitfalls associated with a new trend in transferring heritable property.

Clan Childlaw has called for the revised Named Person proposals to be scrapped, The Herald reports. The charity said in a response to Holyrood’s Education and Skills Committee, which is currently scrutinising the proposals, that the legislation will only make the system more complicated.

Jamies Foulis Jamies Foulis looks at a judgment on summary divorce from India's Supreme Court and how Scots law would handle something similar.

A charity which runs a school mooting competition is looking for lawyers from across Scotland to tutor pupils. This year’s School Mock Court Project competition has started in some regions already but is still looking for tutors. The charity runs two separate competitions each year, one for primar

Michelle Adam Michelle Adam contrasts punitive and compensatory PI regimes following an interesting case in the US involving huge sums in punitive damages.

Nancy Loucks An independent think tank has recommended that prisoners be allowed landline phones in their cells to maintain closer ties with their families.

Scottish Discrimination Law Association (SDLA) and Industrial Law Society joint afternoon seminar: Equality law after Brexit – What next? and SDLA AGM The SDLA and Industrial Law Society invites you to an afternoon seminar on Thursday 7th September 2017, at 4pm (registration from 3.30pm onwards),

Countryside campaigners who sought judicial review of a decision to approve plans for a new wind farm in a designated “wild land” area have had their legal challenge dismissed. Danish billionaire and landowner Anders Povlsen, director of Wildland Limited, which owns the Ben Loyal, Kinloch and Ho

Vikki Melville Vikki Melville takes a look at the problem of fraudulent conduct in civil cases and the shortcomings of the bill intended to remedy it.

Douglas Mill In his regular SLN column, former Law Society of Scotland chief executive Douglas Mill considers this weekend’s sad demise of Pagan Osborne and gives his personal view.

The 250-year-old history of one of Scotland’s most high profile small firms came to an end over the weekend with the long anticipated collapse of Pagan Osborne. Pagan Osborne had attempted in recent times to rebalance the business and move away from domestic conveyancing but it would appear that d

The Law Society of Scotland is calling for people with an interest in debating to sign up as judges for the Donald Dewar Memorial Debating Tournament 2017/18. At the same time, every high school in Scotland is receiving a written invitation to enter a team or teams.

Martin Darroch Harper Macleod has significantly extended its existing sponsorship deal with Glasgow Warriors, after agreeing to sponsor the West Stand at Scotstoun Stadium.