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Scotia Law Training Ltd has launched the Modern Apprenticeship in Paralegal Practice. The apprenticeship, with the training provided by Scotia, enables legal employers to train current or new employees with a comprehensive programme of paralegal skills. Participants can then be fast tracked into par

The Scottish government is funding two projects aiming to explore the barriers to children’s views being heard in family law cases, led by researchers from Stirling and Glasgow universities. Guided by an expert group of young people, researchers will identify the challenges and explore the imp

Pictured (L-R): Fraser Morrison, Michelle Rae, David Beveridge, Laura Forrest and Calum Thornton

Catherine MacPherson considers issues on the horizon for the cash and digital payments regimes. What Scot doesn't love a conversation on legal tender? It's been the focus of many a joke, those of Michael McIntyre and Kevin Bridges come to mind. Most people will be familiar with the adage that "cash

Wednesday 10 October 20186:00pm - 7:30pmAdam Lecture Theatre, Edinburgh Law School, Old College.

Rosie Walker looks at the proposed changes to Scotland's defamation regime. On 14 December 2017, the Scottish Law Commission published its “Report on Defamation”, recommending a number of reforms to the law on defamation in Scotland. The current law on defamation has been in effect since

An ‘easy read’ version of the Victims’ Code for Scotland has been launched to help victims with communications difficulties understand their rights. The Scottish government has also awarded £50,000 to the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) to develop a sp

Writing a textbook is not an easy endeavour. Not only is it regarded by the broader academic community as belonging to the lower ranks of the hierarchy of publications academics are supposed to aspire to (the single-authored monograph being the ultimate status symbol), but in these REF driven times,

A ruling of the UK Intellectual Property Office has been described as one of a catalogue that "strike against the Scottish legal profession". Cloch Solicitors, run by Philip Hannay, had sought to register the word 'loch' insofar as it is used for legal services, an application opposed by Loch E

Lord Pentland visited the University of Aberdeen on Friday to deliver a lecture in memory of former Supreme Court Justice Lord Rodger. Lord Pentland, a Senator of the College of Justice and chairman of the Scottish Law Commission, delivered the Lord Rodger Lecture to students participating in the Un

A family from Paisley has secured damages of £247,000 after losing their mother to the asbestos disease mesothelioma. This is the first time in Scotland in which a case has been successfully pursued on behalf of someone who suffered from secondary exposure to asbestos from their spouse’s

Dr Claire McDiarmid of Strathclyde University has joined the homicide team at the Scottish Law Commission. Dr McDiarmid will work for several months as part of the team developing a Discussion Paper on the mental element of homicide. The homicide law reform project forms part of the Commission&

Pictured Back (L-R): Angela Robertson, Lindsay Cross, Alex Dawson, Colin Graham, Hayley Blackman, Anna Hills, Jillian McLaughlan, Scott Douglas.Front (L-R): Catriona Black, Alan Bell, Chloe Anderson and Maria Gravelle. Eleven trainee solicitors have started two-year traineeships with Thorntons.