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A solicitor has had his practising certificate restricted and has been fined and censured for professional misconduct, which included issuing "contrived" fee notes. Thomas Duff, of Robert F Duff & Co Ltd in Largs, was not, however, struck off by the Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal.

A now-deceased lawyer who alleged a breach of his right to freedom of expression suffered a violation of his Article 10 rights, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled. Joaquim Antonio Pais Pires de Lima was a Portuguese national who was born in 1938 and died in 2017. He lived in Cascai

Female barristers are leaving the profession because of a failure to prevent bullying by judges, lawyers have claimed. The head of the criminal bar has highlighted incidents of judges belittling women advocates and attributes this to the judges being men, The Times reports.

Thursday, 28 February 2019 The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association (SYLA) is delighted to welcome a team from the UK Supreme Court to speak to members on what life is like working as a judicial assistant to the Justices of the UKSC.

Criminal offences relating to unlawful eviction – that have existed for half a century – are not being upheld, according to new findings. Writing for the SCOLAG Journal, Shaun McPhee presents the preliminary findings of research on enforcement in the Scottish private rented sector, in pa

The decision by a sheriff to grant an absolute discharge in the case of Christopher Daniel, the 18-year-old dental student who sexually abused a six-year-old girl, made headlines in Britain and beyond. Initial stories highlighted that the victim, who was eight at the time, was questioned in a record

The head of Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has warned bureau managers of job losses in the wake of a £600,000 legal aid board funding cut. CAS chief executive Derek Mitchell said the proposed cut would lead to the loss of at least 25 staff in 15 bureaux across the country and thought the actua

On appeal from the Court of Appeal Civil Division (England and Wales) Do the courts of England and Wales have the power to stay an application for maintenance pursuant to section 27 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 on the grounds of forum non conveniens when divorce proceedings are taking place in

The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association welcomes attendees to its Criminal Day Conference 2019, which will take place on Saturday 23rd February at 200 SVS, 200 Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow. Now in its thirteenth year, the conference is one of the highlights of the SYLA’s calendar, attracting

The last power devolved to Holyrood by legislation enacted following the 2014 independence referendum has been transferred. The Scotland Act 2016 devolves powers in various areas and was introduced following the cross-party Smith Commission agreement.

A former senior executive at oilfield giant Petrofac has pleaded guilty to bribery in relation to corrupt offers to influence the award of contracts to the company worth in excess of $730 million in Iraq and in excess of $3.5 billion in Saudi Arabia. David Lufkin, 51, previously global head of

A Holyrood committee has found "serious deficiencies" in the way consultation was carried out around planned changes to the 2021 census. In a report published today, it recommended wider consultation and proposed amendments to avoid the perception that sex is being conflated with gender identity.

From November 2018 to January 2019, the average selling price in east central Scotland rose to £239,709, a 3.6 per cent increase compared to the same period last year, ESPC reports. This is a less pronounced increase than in previous months – in ESPC’s December and November House P

Legal Hackers Scotland have brought together all the main players for a unique debate on the Independent Review of the Regulation of Legal Services in Scotland. Presentations and debate will be provided by a distinguished panel of speakers: Esther Roberton (chair of the Review); Neil Stevenson (CEO

A former football coach who abused boys was today jailed for four years. Francis Cairney, 83, committed the offences against boys as young as 12 between 1965 and 1986.