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If the UK and the EU fail to agree the terms of our withdrawal from the EU prior to March 2019, we will find ourselves in a “no-deal” or “cliff edge” scenario, writes Joanna Fulton. The UK government is trying to prepare us for the worst by issuing technical notices.&nbs

The Scottish Legal Action Group (SCOLAG) today adds its voice to the campaign for an independent public inquiry into undercover policing in Scotland. Media reporting south of the border has found evidence of gross malpractice by undercover police officers. These include allegations of:

With high street trading continuing to falter, the question of whether a landlord can oblige a tenant to continue trading has once again come back into focus. Here, Jennifer Guy reviews what a keep open clause is, the potential remedies of a breach available to a landlord and the points to consider

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have called for the expansion of throughcare after it was revealed that thousands of people leaving prison have nowhere to live and are having to register with councils as homeless. In the last two years, local authorities received 3,814 homeless applications from peop

In response to a blog in SLN yesterday giving the author's opinions on a recent damages case that followed a criminal rape case, three solicitors have responded with their criticisms. On reading the inflammatory and often inaccurate blog piece entitled ‘Blog: Do civil rape cases mark ‘de

The average price of a property in Scotland reached £153,309 in August 2018 – an increase of 4.1 per cent on the previous year and an increase of 0.3 per cent when compared to the previous month. The latest publication of Registers of Scotland's monthly UK House Price Index&nbs

A QC has said he would not longer recommend a career in criminal law to young people entering the legal profession as the court system is heading towards a crisis. A lack of trainee criminal lawyers has led to fears over the future provision and quality of criminal lawyers also adds to his misgiving

Ashley Paterson, who has been admitted to the New York State Bar, reflects on her journey to qualification. Ashley's admission comes as the Scottish Bar Association of New York (ScotBarNY) looks to connect Scots law students and graduates with host organizations in New York City for work exper

Four Scotland-based legal tech companies have been selected to go on a trade mission to Zurich and Vienna, with the delegation being led by the Law Society of Scotland. Supported by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and organised by the Department for International Trade (DIT) and Scottish Development I

The creation of a single regulatory body for solicitors risks weakening public protection, increasing costs for those who pay for legal services and is a "surprising" suggestion to be made without consulting lawyers, the Law Society of Scotland has said. The report of the independent review of legal

Lord Hodge has underlined the importance of corroboration as a safeguard mitigating the simple majority required to secure a conviction in the Scots jury system. In a speech delivered to the Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China, the Supreme Court justice contrasted the jury system of Scotland with

European Lawyers Day at the Faculty of Advocates featured a highly informative and thought-provoking talk by Philippe Sands QC, law professor, author and international counsel. Mr Sands spoke on “Contemporary challenges to global justice” and explored topics such as Brexit and the US in

Tracy Kirk has joined Glasgow Caledonian University as a lecturer in law. Ms Kirk obtained a first class LLB (Hons) from the University of Stirling in 2011. After many years of working with children and young people in education and healthcare, she commenced a PhD at Northumbria University in 2015.

Gillespie Macandrew and its client have achieved a landmark decision in the development of one of the UK’s largest wind farms on croft land. The firm acted for Viking Energy in its application to the Scottish Land Court for permission to proceed with a wind farm development on central Mainland

Terra Firma Chambers has been recognised in the latest edition of the Legal 500 for its strength in planning and environmental law, property, commercial, public and tax law. In the new rankings, released yesterday, 25 members of Terra Firma received 38 individual recommendations while the clerking t