There needs to be a "fundamental change in approach to the funding of legal aid", solicitors in Glasgow have said in an open letter to the Scottish government.
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The number of people found guilty of drink driving has gone up for the first time in 10 years, official statistics show. The figures indicate that 3,646 people were convicted of driving while under the influence of alcohol in 2016-17, an increase of three per cent on 2015-16's figure of 3,537.
Ledingham Chalmers saw a rise in turnover and a six per cent uptick in profits in the year to the end of March last year, accounts lodged at Companies House show. Revenues at the firm rose from £11.5 million to £11.6m and partner profits increased from £3.4m to £3.6m.
Scots wanting to get divorced, realise their dream of starting their own business or prepare for the future in 2019 are being urged to use a solicitor to help things go smoothly. The call comes as new research carried out by ComRes on behalf of the Law Society of Scotland shows that 41 per cent of S
Scots lawyers are being asked to help inform a new documentary on parole. Red Sky Productions has been granted unprecedented access to the Parole Board for Scotland in producing its documentary for Channel 4.
Brexit and the twists and turns flowing from two historic court rulings will be put under the spotlight at a special Faculty of Advocates event. Brexit: Lessons from the Courts is a joint presentation by the Faculty and the European Circuit, a voluntary organisation of advocates, barristers and cour
A third of vintage Scotch whiskies have found to be fake. The Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre (SUERC), based in East Kilbride, carried out carbon dating on 55 bottles, discovering that 21 were not what they claimed to be on the label.
Scottish Legal News' extremely popular 'And finally...' slot enjoyed another year of bizarre and funny stories. Listed below are the 10 our readers enjoyed most. And finally… str**k off
The Court of Session has granted a declarator in line with the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Article 50 case, Wightman and others. The European Court ruled this month that it was possible for the UK to unilaterally revoke the notification of its intention to leave the
The UK government will pay compensation to Britons who were resettled abroad in the post-war period. Around 4,000 children were sent to different institutions in the Commonwealth between 1945 and 1970, where many of them say they were sexually, physically and mentally abused.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Santander nearly £33 million for failing to transfer funds totalling over £183 million to the beneficiaries of tens of thousands of deceased UK customers. The watchdog's investigation found that 40,428 customers were directly affected, and
A music festival billed as being "male-free" has been found guilty of discrimination by Sweden's Discrimination Ombudsman (DO). The regulator noted that the publicity surrounding the event, which was held earlier this year, "discouraged a certain group from attending".
A woman who failed to fully inherit the estate of her deceased husband, based on a will written in accordance with Greek civil law, because Greece automatically applies Sharia law to Greeks of Muslim faith suffered a violation of Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination) of the European Convention
CLT Scotland’s advanced offer for the first event in the Scots Law 2019 Exhibition/Conference Series ends on Wednesday. The event will take place at the Glasgow Hilton on 11th & 12th March and all bookings received on or before Wednesday 19th December will attract an advanced offer price s
The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has welcomed the Court of Session decision in Gordon Neave v SLCC refusing leave to appeal. The complainer was appealing against the SLCC’s decision that his complaint was time barred.
