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The Scottish Land Commission has proposed changes to the Land Reform Bill, currently being considered by Holyrood. The bill introduces some important new steps to increase transparency, widen ownership opportunities, and regulate large land holdings in the public interest, including:

Government proposals for extensive new levels of direct government control and involvement in how Scottish solicitors work are to be removed from the Legal Services Regulation Bill, preserving supremacy of the rule of law, the Law Society of Scotland has said. The Regulation of Legal Services (Scotl

The Scottish Barony Register, based in Haddington and run by retired solicitor Alastair Shepherd, has issued its 2024 annual report.  The register came into being some 20 years ago, when feudal law was largely abolished in Scotland on 28 November 2004, “the Appointed Day”. Mr Shephe

Scottish information commissioner David Hamilton has called for the urgent reform of key elements of Scotland’s freedom of information (FOI) law. FOI, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this week, gives people a legal right to receive information from public bodies, with organisations only

Scotland’s overcrowded prisons are a “disaster waiting to happen” as prison populations are set to rise again, Scottish Labour has said. Latest prison population projections state that “it is likely that the overall prison population will increase between 1st November 2024 an

The Scottish government has been taken to task by the information commissioner over its failure to back down from a legal case over the publication of evidence from an inquiry into whether Nicola Sturgeon broke the ministerial code. David Hamilton said he was disappointed with the government's behav

The Law Society of Scotland has advised that upcoming property settlements may be delayed because of an IT outage with a key Scottish government agency service. The Law Society has been contacted by a number of members about the Register of Insolvencies. The register has been offline since Wednesday

A charity led by Scottish lawyer Mary Sharpe has made submissions to the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) in a landmark case concerning restrictions on porn in Texas. Texas law HB 1181, signed into law last year, imposes strict age verification requirements on websites containing "sexual

The Scottish Law Commission has recommended changes to the law on damages in Scotland in a new report. According to statistics presented by the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey, personal injury claims were the third most common type of civil law action in Scottish courts in 2022-23. It is therefore

The Scottish government has called for the UK government to consider a pilot proposal in Scotland which would give people seeking asylum the right to work in some parts of Scotland. The Scottish Right to Work Pilot Proposal proposes a number of changes to current UK policy, including enabling the ri

The Scottish Human Rights Commission has laid its Annual Report for 2023-24 before Holyrood. The commission’s work this year included meeting with more than 140 people in the Highlands and Islands, to explore human rights concerns in areas such as healthcare, housing and transport.

The Scottish Sentencing Council has today published its 2024-2027 Business Plan, announcing significant new initiatives, including guidelines on sentencing people with mental health and related issues, and on assault offences. The plan marks a new phase of work for the council as it approaches its t

The Scottish Arbitration Centre has appointed Alice Leggat as a director of the board. Alice Leggat, a solicitor practising in both Scotland and in England and Wales, is head of legal at SSE Thermal, a key business of SSE plc, where she advises on all manner of commercial and construction law issues

Scottish Legal News is now on Instagram, bringing the latest news, jobs and events to a new generation of Scottish lawyers and law students. SLN's daily newsletter subscribers rose to 18,329 last month with the addition of 150 new subscribers.

Scottish Lesbians has published its intervention submission ahead of the Supreme Court appeal case of For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers. The case, regarding the Scottish government’s definition of ‘women’ for the purposes of the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotlan