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New legislation to make sure next year’s Scottish parliamentary election can take place fairly and safely during the coronavirus pandemic has been backed by MSPs. The poll is expected to go ahead as planned on 6 May and the Scottish General Election (Coronavirus) Bill – which has passed

Significant concerns have been raised over the Scottish statutory instrument implementing an ostensible increase in legal aid fees proposed by the Scottish government last year. The Glasgow Bar Association said only five of its members supported the package offered by the government and that it had

Yesterday was a record day for our sister publication Scottish Construction Now with over 30,000 visitors to its website. The total number of unique visitors was 30,483 – a new milestone. The free daily SCN newsletter was also sent to 10,110 readers.

The Scottish government's revised legal aid package has been welcomed by the Law Society of Scotland. Amanda Millar, president of the Law Society said: “This revised package is one we support as a positive step forward. £20 million of new money is a significant investment in a vital part

The Scottish Law Agents’ Society has highlighted the problems facing the profession in obtaining CPD following the Law Society of Scotland’s re-imposition of it in full as of the current practice year. Andrew Stevenson, secretary of the Society, said: “Covid lockdown has drive

Lesley Weber has been appointed to the Scottish Sentencing Council as its new victims expert member. Ms Weber, who is the head of effective practice at the Risk Management Authority (RMA), is a qualified social worker specialising in children and families, domestic abuse and violence against women a

A man has been refused permission to appeal against a decision of the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission that a firm of solicitors he instructed to wind up his deceased father’s estate had not failed to communicate effectively with him about the fact they had not received a death certificate

January was a record month for our sister publication Scottish Construction Now with 164,216 unique visitors to its popular website. Subscribers to the free SCN daily newsletter also continued to grow with another 177 readers signing up to keep abreast of developments in Scotland’s dynami

Scottish businesses who breach fire safety laws are more likely to face tougher sentencing after a case in which the owners of Cameron House Hotel were fined £500,000 and a porter narrowly escaped a jail term. Sheriff William Gallacher confirmed that in dealing with the tragic circumstances of

The Scottish FA has confirmed the appointment of Andrew Phillips as compliance officer. Mr Phillips replaces Clare Whyte and will begin his new role on 1 March. He joins from Jones Whyte Law, where he has been practising as a solicitor advocate in criminal and regulatory defence.

A medical law expert is challenging a Scottish government mesh review amid fears patient records could be changed, The Sunday Post reports. Alison Britton, professor of healthcare and medical law at Glasgow Caledonian University, has spoken of shared patient concerns over government plans to modify

Correspondence published by the Scottish government show that it continued its doomed legal case against Alex Salmond despite its lawyers explaining that it would lose. The documents indicate that a senior lawyer was "very concerned indeed" about the October 2018 case, with counsel for the governmen

The third annual report of the Scottish tribunals has been published. The report covers the period from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020. It details the work undertaken within the new Scottish tribunals structure.

A petition by the BBC challenging the restrictions placed upon the reporting of an Employment Tribunal claim worth over £2 million against the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry has been refused by the Outer House of the Court of Session. The chair of the SCAI, Lady Smith, who took ov

Scottish prisons are substantially overcrowded relative to most of Europe, new figures show. The Council of Europe’s Annual Penal Statistics on Prison Populations for 2020, showed that, as of 31 January 2020, there were 8,056 inmates and 7,725 prison spaces in Scotland – or 104.3 inmates