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Members of the public are being invited to give their views on a new sentencing guideline setting out the steps taken by courts in making sentencing decisions, and the factors which may be taken into account. The Scottish Sentencing Council has today launched a 12-week public consultation seeking vi

Ambitious targets to tackle bullying and drive diversity have been announced at a summit celebrating 100 years of women in law. In a speech the Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC, praised the steps taken by the legal profession to increase inclusivity over the past century, while calling on the professi

The Lord President, Lord Carloway is the keynote speaker at an annual legal conference on the voice of the child in adoption and fostering. Hearing the child in adoption and fostering will be held at the DoubleTree by Hilton, Dundee on Friday 14 June 2019.

A solicitor who claimed that a series of complaints made against her should have been rejected as “totally without merit” or “vexatious” has successfully appealed against decisions by the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission to remit the claims to the Law Society of

Solicitor Aamer Anwar has spoken to The Scotsman about threats to his life made after he called for unity within Scotland's Muslim community following the murder of Glasgow shopkeeper in 2016. Asad Shah, an Ahmadi Muslim, was killed by a Sunni Muslim.

Aberdein Considine has been awarded a top honour at a UK legal award ceremony.

A British citizen wanted by authorities in Taiwan to serve a prison sentence after he was found guilty of negligent manslaughter following a drink-driving accident has successfully appealed against an order for his extradition. Zain Dean was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment after bei

The laws around surrogacy are outdated and should be improved to better support the child, surrogates and intended parents, the Law Commission of England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission have announced today. Surrogacy is where a woman bears a child on behalf of someone else or a couple, wh

Regular building inspections, the establishment of compulsory owners’ associations and building reserve funds should be written into legislation to protect the future of Scotland’s tenement buildings, a new report argues. The report has been published by the Working Group on Maintenance

MSPs on Holyrood’s Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee have today proposed the introduction of a committee bill which would limit pre-release access (PRA) that Scottish government ministers and officials currently have to key economic data. PRA is the practice of making official statistics

The International Council for Commercial Arbitration and the Scottish Arbitration Centre worked with the Judicial Institute for Scotland to host a colloquium on New York Convention practice with some of the Senators of the College of Justice in Edinburgh on 31 May.

A man accused of inducing a 14-year-old American girl to send him naked pictures of herself and enticing her to carry out sexual acts over the internet will not be extradited from Scotland to the United States. The Extradition Court in Edinburgh ruled that the extradition of the “req

BTO Solicitors LLP is sponsoring an exhibition featuring works of art from the public collection owned by charity Art in Healthcare. Presented as part of the Connect with Nature Festival at Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, this exciting exhibition presents a selection of work from t

Welcome to the first of our monthly round-ups where we will review activity from the last four weeks in Scotland's dynamic commercial property sector. For sponsor or advertising opportunities contact Jeff Anderson on 01292 479 443 or email jeff@scottishnews.com. KanAm Grund Group has concluded

Dame Elish Angiolini DBE QC FRSE has been awarded honorary membership by the Law Society of Scotland. Alison Atack, president of the Law Society of Scotland, said: “I am delighted to award Dame Elish honorary membership of the Law Society of Scotland in our 70th anniversary year. She has had a