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The Scottish Liberal Democrats have warned that Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf “cannot just throw up his hands and pass the buck” after the Scottish Prison Service announced that all of its throughcare support officers (TSOs) were being reassigned into general prison officer roles to dea

Four years on from the M9 motorway crash in which John Yuill and Lamara Bell tragically died, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie has warned that the current fatal accident inquiry (FAI) process urgently needs to be fixed and called for a full independent review of the FAI system. An FAI

A sheriff principal has found entirely in favour of the Standards Commission for Scotland, the first ever substantive appeal against one of its decisions, in a case providing that when acting in a quasi-judicial capacity the enhanced protection afforded politicians to make political comment, under t

Addleshaw Goddard has reported record financial results for the year 2018-19. Global turnover at the international firm, which employs more than 200 staff in Scotland, was £275.4 million, a year-on-year rise of 14 per cent, while total profit exceeded £100m, up 16 per cent on the previou

The standard of proof applying to solicitors subject to misconduct proceedings has been lowered from "beyond all reasonable doubt" to a "balance of probabilities" following approval from the regulator. The Legal Services Board supported an application from the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT)

The Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee is seeking information on the Scottish government’s spending in relation to prisons and alternatives to custody, as part of its wider review of budgets in the justice portfolio. It is gathering this information before it considers the governmen

A Hebridean crofting couple who raised an action for damages after a neighbours’ bull strayed onto their land and impregnated their pedigree cow have had their claim dismissed. Bernard and Kathleen Allen, from Great Bernera on Lewis, went to court to pursue a reported £20,000 i

The Scottish Women’s Rights Centre (SWRC) has today launched a new specialist legal service to provide legal information, advice and representation to women who have experienced sexual harassment at work, in further education or online. This is a unique service in Scotland made possible by fun

This year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe will see staff at Edinburgh Law School take to the stage and Old College become one of the city's hundreds of venues. For the second year in a row, Dr Smita Kheria, senior lecturer in intellectual property law, will perform her show No copyright, no problem? as

It is with great sadness that we report the death of Professor Tom Campbell who passed away on Saturday at the age of 81 in Canberra, Australia. Tom was one of the University of Glasgow’s most distinguished graduates and also one of its most distinguished professors. He took his first degree a

A councillor suspended for making inappropriate remarks to a man seeking to renew his taxi licence has had his appeal against suspension refused by a court, in a case providing that when acting in a quasi-judicial capacity the enhanced protection afforded politicians to make political comment, under

Rodney Whyte, partner and specialist in residential land development at Pinsent Masons, looks at how Scots law is holding back "later living" developments. There are almost 12 million people aged 65 and above in the UK, and that demographic is forecast to grow by an additional 8.6 million people ove

A woman who appealed the granting of a contact order on the grounds that the sheriff had not ascribed appropriate weight to child evidence in light of expert evidence has had her appeal refused. The Sheriff Appeal Court, sitting in Edinburgh, heard an appeal by CM, the defender at first in

House prices across Scotland continue to grow, with respondents to the monthly RICS Residential Market Survey expecting further price rises for the year ahead. Unlike the majority of the UK, which has seen house price growth subdue following the new government bedding in, respondents to the July 201

The number of self-harm incidents and attempted suicides recorded in prisons during the first seven months of 2019 has already far exceeded the figures for the whole of 2018. Figures acquired through freedom of information requests by the Evening Express and Scottish Liberal Democrats also show