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Scottish Legal News is saddened – and angered – to have to reprint the open letter sent by Glenrothes solicitor Yvonne McKenna to the Scottish Legal Aid Board highlighting the unsustainably low SLAB fees her firm received for work on a landmark case concerning the rights of relevant pers

A former director of Rangers is to be given a public apology by the Lord Advocate as well as significant damages after he was wrongly prosecuted on charges of fraud. Imran Ahmad was prosecuted in 2015 over the takeover of the club in 2012. All charges, however, were dropped two years ago.

Dallas McMillan Solicitors has announced the appointment of Rosslyn Milligan as a senior associate in the firm’s private client department. Ms Milligan is joined at the firm by three new trainee solicitors, Kirsty Adams, Erin Doherty and Liam Mackay, all of whom commenced their traineeships wi

The impact of the pandemic on public spending decisions in respect of equalities and human rights is to be considered by a Holyrood committee.

The UK housing market had its busiest month for a decade in July as the value of property sales reached a record £37 billion, according to Rightmove. Agreed property sales increased by 48 per cent compared with the same month in 2019 and were 20 per cent higher than the previous record noted&n

A barrister who alleges he was unlawfully arrested at a picket line while working as a trade union lawyer has launched legal proceedings against the Metropolitan Police. Franck Magennis of Garden Court Chambers was arrested in January while attending a picket in support of striking security guards a

The Judicial Institute for Scotland has published a new resource to aid practitioners appearing in solemn trials in the High Court from July 2020.Restarting Jury Trials: Information for Practitioners is based in large part on a briefing paper which was initially drawn up to support those judges

Lawyer Willie McIntyre is back with his latest novel – Bad Debt, the sixth in his Robbie Munro series. In his latest outing, the follow-up to last year's Fixed Odds, Robbie Munro defends an accused and his wife Joanna prosecutes, so they take different views of the law.

Social distancing guidelines were not always followed at a prison in which six inmates have tested positive for coronavirus. HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland found that staff at HMP Kilmarnock occasionally failed to wear personal protective equipment when they were unable to observe the two-m

Two new protocols published today by the Scottish Land Commission aim to help give communities a greater stake in how land is owned and used in Scotland. The protocols set out expectations of landowners to assess use and ownership of their landholdings as part of their normal business and to work to

The deadline for applying to become a Lawscot Foundation mentor is looming. Lawscot Foundation mentors are solicitors or trainee solicitors who support, encourage and guide students – mentees – through their legal education journey as they make the transition from school to university, t

Human rights group Liberty has won a ground-breaking legal challenge against police use of facial recognition technology. In a judgment handed down today, the Court of Appeal agreed with Liberty’s submissions, on behalf of Cardiff resident Ed Bridges, 37, and found South Wales Police’s u

An online parcel delivery pricing map has been launched to help residents of rural communities identify unfair delivery charges and find the best deals. After entering a postcode, the website compares charges for a range of parcel sizes from six major companies. Users from around Scotland can also f

Scotland's impotent fatal accident inquiry system has been condemned by families who have lost loved ones in tragic accidents, The Sunday Post reports. They spoke out following the announcement that it could take a year before any evidence is actually heard in an inquiry led by Lord Brodie into two

HM Inspectorate of Prosecution in Scotland and HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland are assessing emergency criminal justice provisions used in response to the coronavirus pandemic. If you work in the criminal justice system and have experience of these provisions, researchers would like to h