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The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association (SYLA) will host its Annual General Meeting at Shepherd and Wedderburn's Edinburgh headquarters next month. Delegates to the AGM, taking place on Thursday 16 May, will hear updates from SYLA's president and treasurer on the past year's activities, consider ame

Two police officers involved in the incident which led to the death of Sheku Bayoh have successfully challenged decisions to refuse their requests to retire on medical grounds. PC Nicole Short and PC Alan Paton, who have both been sick leave since the incident four years ago and who have yet to be t

The Faculty of Advocates has reiterated its opposition to the introduction of a "serious harm" test before defamation actions in Scotland are allowed to proceed. The Faculty's intervention comes as the lawyer who represented Kezia Dugdale in a recent high-profile defamation case brought by a pro-ind

Families across Dundee, Angus, Fife, Perth and Kinross and Edinburgh were given a welcome boost this Easter thanks to Thorntons Solicitors and Hillcrest Housing Association. Colleagues and the general public have been donating Easter eggs and chocolates to be gifted to families through local foodban

Inspectors have issued a report on Scottish Border Council's (SBC) criminal justice social work services following the first inspection of its kind. The Care Inspectorate sent a team to the area between November 2018 and January 2019 to look at how local services are delivering for individuals who a

A leading expert in forensic science will join Brian McConnachie QC at an event tonight to discuss how someone could face prosecution for firing a gun they have never touched. Dr Hervé Ménard, principal investigator at the University of Dundee's Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic

James Lloyd, partner at Harper Macleod, writes on how people are being caught out by the requirement for homeowners to remortgage or sell their property at the end of a trust deed to realise the capital. Scotland offers several statutory debt consolidation and payment schemes for those who find them

Scottish lawyer Polly Higgins, an internationally-renowned environmentalist, has passed away at the age of 50. Ms Higgins studied at Aberdeen University, Utrecht University and the University of Glasgow, but practised as a barrister in England, The Herald reports.

Advocate and family law expert Kirsty Malcolm will deliver a Glasgow seminar on cohabitation next month, hosted by Jones Whyte Law. The seminar, "Increase in Cohabitation and the difficulties arising in these specialist cases", is aimed at lawyers who have dealings with cohabitation issues, includin

Nearly 2,000 prosecution barristers in England and Wales have said they are open to taking action – including refusing to take on new work – in a dispute over remuneration and workload. The Criminal Bar Association (CBA) revealed that 95 per cent of the over 2,000 prosecution barristers

Dozens of people who were allegedly involved in breaking bones and staging car accidents as part of a massive insurance fraud have been arrested. Thirty-four suspects are accused of taking part in a major scam whereby they inflicted serious injuries on people in exchange for part of their insurance

Almost half of the Scottish government’s major infrastructure projects have been subject to delays, with prisons suffering the biggest hold-ups.

Two students in Italy have been fined €27 million by forest authorities after allegedly letting a barbecue start a forest fire. The administration sanction was handed down by the forestry service based on the area of land which was affected and its value per square metre.

CLT Scotland’s advanced offer for the first event in the Scots Law 2019 Exhibition/Conference Series ends today.

The Scottish government had no intention to reverse cuts to the legal aid budget made in 2011, contrary to claims made by the Edinburgh Bar Association (EBA) that these savings were meant to be temporary, Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf stated as he announced an impending consultation with the profes