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Free, independent legal representation is to be provided to sexual offence complainers, where applications are made to lead evidence of their sexual history in court. Currently there are safeguards, known as rape shield laws, which are intended to stop questioning about a complainer's sexual history

Balfour and Manson has boosted its employment team with the arrival of employment lawyer Simon Mayberry as partner and head of the employment team and Kenzie Howard as solicitor. Mr Mayberry, who was previously at Shoosmiths, is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in employment

A commercial judge has repelled objections raised by the landlord of commercial premises in Kilwinning to a surveyor’s report on the value of the claims against tenants he averred were in breach of their repairing obligations. Ashtenne Caledonia Ltd raised actions against tenants Mahmood Salee

A Perth sheriff has issued a guidance note on the management of criminal cases involving persons, particularly females, requiring hospital-based assessment where there is doubt about their ability to participate in criminal proceedings, after it was agreed that it would be helpful to produce a note

Projects supporting young people are to receive up to a total of £20 million of funding recovered from the proceeds of crime.

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has lodged a first notice with the Sheriff Court to commence the court process for a fatal accident inquiry into the deaths of John White and Martyn Smith following attacks by Oskars Rancevs in Castle Road, Oban on 1 October 2018. A preliminary

SNP leadership election? What’s that? Oakeshott v Hancock? Forget it. Boris’s bung for his dad – a knighthood was it? Do we care? The Macron-Sunak alliance? Missed that one. Some Stirling girl’s war movie up for an Oscar? Nope. A missile attack on a nuclear power station in U

The MiniTrials Steering Group has geared up a level with two new appointments. Solicitor Stephanie Watson has been appointed to the newly-created post of secretary, to co-ordinate the annual Edinburgh schools event and the development of inter-schools events in cities and towns across Scotland.Ms Wa

Anderson Strathern’s new chair has said the firm is perfectly positioned to continue its trajectory of strong revenue and profit growth, even in what he considers a “challenging time” for the profession and the economy. Fraser Geddes has relinquished his position as head of the fir

The University of Strathclyde hosted the 3rd UK Mediation Clinic Conference on Saturday 18 March, on the theme of "Working with the Courts".

Recent legal news has been dominated by the coming into effect of the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act 2022 in England and Wales. Previously, the law provided that individuals aged 16 and 17 in England and Wales were capable of entering a marriage, provided that they had parental con

Jo Clancy writes about a recent case involving automatism. The concept of insurance can be traced back to the Roman Empire where, under maritime law, shippers took out insurance to protect themselves against the risk of losing their ships to stormy seas, pirates, and technical failures. Following th

New rules which won't ap­ply north of the bor­der will mark the most sig­nif­i­cant change to pro­cure­ment law and prac­tice for a gen­er­a­tion, writes Wendy Ni­col­son. The Cabinet Office has issued its latest update on the UK government&rs

One of Scotland's central police control rooms used a fake system to manipulate response time targets – for eight years. Documents seen by the BBC show that thousands of calls to the Bilston Glen control room were allocated to a fake call sign known as DUMY.

New research suggests that the burden of care and costs associated with supporting someone in prison in Scotland falls disproportionately on women, with many spending half their income or more in costs relating to their family member’s imprisonment. The families of people held in prison overwh