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The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) has announced plans to publish a new statistical bulletin providing quarterly data on criminal case activity in the Scottish courts for the first time. The first Quarterly Criminal Court Statistics bulletin, covering the first quarter of 2018, is now

A cross-party group of MPs and Lords has launched a draft Act of Union Bill to "rebalance and stabilise the constitutional relationships between the four nations of the United Kingdom". The Constitution Reform Group (CRG) includes Robert Salisbury, former Leader of the House of Lords; Gisela Stuart,

Global attention has recently focused on the appointment of Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court, but Graham Ogilvy reports that the appointment of Scottish lawyer James Wilson as one of the first six SCOTUS justices was also controversial — when Wilson was twice incarcerated in a debtor&rs

Two teenagers who were given custodial sentences after one pled guilty to behaving in a threatening and abusive manner and the other admitted a charge of assault have had their appeals against the sentences imposed rejected. The appellants claimed that the sheriff failed to properly take into accoun

Law firms and other employers have taken action to tackle mental health stigma as part of World Mental Health Day today. ScotRail, Apex Hotels, engineering company Babcock and Burness Paull LLP have joined together with the See Me programme, to highlight the potential impact of mental health stigma

A court in Madrid has found that a former doctor took a newborn baby from its mother during the Franco era and gave it away in the first trial of the "stolen babies" scandal. While he was found guilty, the incident occurred too long ago for 85-year-old Eduardo Vela to be convicted.

David Hossack extols the benefits of mediation following the recent publication of a report from Holyrood. I read with great interest the recently issued report of the Justice Committee of the Scottish Parliament entitled "I won't see you in court: alternative dispute resolution in Scotland". As a p

Zaynab Al Nasser, a senior solicitor at Turcan Connell, has been appointed president of Scottish Women in Business (SWIB), a networking group for business women in the west of Scotland.  Her plans for the year are centred around change, both in terms of how SWIB operates and supporting mem

Thorntons Solicitors recently visited Kingspark Primary School in Dundee to donate a batch of iPads which will help with weekly classroom activities.

A recent decision in the Court of Session underlines the importance of adhering to the statutory time limits in raising personal injury actions, writes Mike Kemp. The general rule is that a personal injury claim should be either settled by agreement or a court action raised and served on the defende

Westwater Advocates is celebrating the service of Christina Ballantyne, who today marks the outstanding achievement of 35 years' work with Faculty Services Ltd. Ms Ballantyne began her career with a two-month spell in the mailroom before she was quickly promoted to the accounts team, where

Blackadders has reinforced its management board with the election of two new partners to the group. Emma Gray and Petra Grunenberg assume their new roles immediately and will support the further growth and development of Blackadders’ business plan.

Three members of the Faculty of Advocates have been appointed as full-time advocate deputes in the Crown Office. Eric Robertson, Derick Nelson and Greg Farrell all served as ad hoc prosecutors in recent months, and have now joined the resident team of Crown counsel in Chambers Street.

A claimant was reprimanded in Dublin Circuit Civil Court after addressing the judge as "love". James Flynn, 46, had been addressing defence counsel Adrianne Fields as "love" but was sharply rebuked when he did the same to Judge Sarah Berkeley.