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New research suggests that while the public views sentencing for sexual assault and rape as lenient, their sentencing choices, when they are presented with case scenarios, are in line with actual sentences. The findings are in two new research reports from the Scottish Sentencing Coun

The number of traineeships offered by solicitors fell by more than a quarter in the last practice year, as the effect of the coronavirus pandemic took its toll, the latest figures show. Traineeship statistics from the Law Society of Scotland reveal that the number of training contracts started in 20

Three new legislative measures to modernise land ownership in Scotland have been proposed in a new discussion paper. The proposals set out in the Scottish Land Commission paper are designed to address the effects of Scotland’s concentrated land ownership.

The law is to be changed to allow cabinet ministers six months' maternity leave with full pay in a move that will let Attorney General Suella Braverman keep her job after having a baby. The proposal has annoyed some backbenchers who are angry that the maternity rights will be conferred only on secre

The Law Society of Scotland has set out a comprehensive programme for reform in the run up to this year’s Scottish elections, which includes measures to enhance access to justice, boost economic recovery, improve diversity and drive legislative change. In its wide-ranging programme published t

The latest provisional statistics from the UK House Price Index (HPI) show that the average price of a property in Scotland in November 2020 was £165,703, an increase of 8.6 per cent on November 2019. Comparing with the previous month, house prices in Scotland increased by 0.9 per cent between

Former sheriff Douglas J. Cusine asks where the responsibility lies in Scotland's malicious prosecution scandal, the greatest crisis in the history of the Crown Office. In his recent article, Douglas Mill, in a semi-jocular way, makes an extremely important point about what the Crown has accepted wa

Scotland recorded 275 deals worth £4.9 billion last year, the Experian United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland M&A Review, shows. The number of deals was almost 50 per cent of 2019's levels and represented a decline of 66 per cent on 2018. The total value of deals fell from the £9.5bn

The Scottish Law Agents’ Society is seeking a change in the law that would require the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission’s annual budget to be approved by Scottish ministers rather than by the commission itself. SLAS has begun contacting MSPs to seek their support in making

David Whitehouse, who is understood to have been awarded £10 million from the Crown Office in an out-of-court settlement and millions more from Police Scotland in addition to legal costs, has criticised the current Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC, for an apology sent to him that fails to detail

One of the victims of Scotland's malicious prosecution scandal has described his ordeal at the hands of Scottish police and prosecutors. It is a shocking account that will horrify and appal many of our readers. David Whitehouse, whose promising career was derailed by his arrest and imprisonment, has

The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association (SYLA) is hosting an online meet-up to bring trainees from the 2019/2020/2021 intake together. It is hoped this event will allow trainees to get to know one another virtually – with a view to meeting in person in the future.

The unpaid work element of community payback orders (CPOs) will be slashed by more than a third in most cases in order to ease pressure on local authorities during the Covid-19 pandemic. The new measures announced by the Scottish government will not include CPOs imposed for domestic abuse, sexual of