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Ken Dalling, principal of Dalling Solicitors in Stirling and a member of both the Council and the Board of the Law Society of Scotland, writes on today's three per cent increase in fees for legal aid lawyers. So here we are. At long last we have arrived at a day which, frankly, I had given up all ho

Four programmes aimed at helping people leaving prison reintegrate with their communities are set to receive £3.4 million from the Scottish government. The mentoring services provide specialist one-to-one support and guidance to prison leavers, offering help to overcome the challenges many fac

Inksters Solicitors donated £200 to Social Bite after a consultant asked the law firm to donate her fee to good causes.

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has signed a 15-year lease for the last two suites in a Dundee property development. Northern Ireland investment company Lotus Property said the two 9,056 sq ft suites at West Port House development on Dundee's Marketgait will be fitted out over

Euan Smith, partner and corporate immigration specialist at Pinsent Masons, writes on a new Scottish-German initiative backed by the firm. The first Scottish-German Business Exchange Conference (SGBEC) was attended by high-profile business executives, civil servants and politicians and laid the foun

An exhibition in Glasgow is exploring through artwork whether important Scottish legal cases could have had different outcomes if the judge adopted a feminist perspective. The Scottish Feminist Judgments Project (SFJP) commissioned eight artists to produce work in response to a specific case or piec

A farmer has been threatened with prison if he does not immediately remove over a dozen ewes and their lambs from his brother's field. However, the 29 cattle on the same site can stay for now, provided that he can prove ownership of them.

The five political parties in the Scottish Parliament have all agreed to adopt a formal definition of Islamophobia in a bid to tackle prejudice. The move follows meetings yesterday with members of Holyrood’s Cross-Party Group on Tackling Islamophobia and Westminster’s All Party Parliamen

Nicola Hogg, a solicitor accredited in child law by the Law Society of Scotland, sets out the detail of the new advance payment scheme for victims of historical child abuse. The Scottish Government announced details of its Advanced Scheme to compensate victims of abuse in care before December 2004,

Three lawyers whose immigration law firm, Burlow & Spencer, earned over £17 million by providing unqualified advice have been convicted at the Old Bailey. Dan Dandes, Babber Jamil and Zia Bi of Birmingham-based Burlow & Spencer, which operated under the authority of Mr Dandes' firm DDR

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Turkey: Human rights honour for jailed lawyer

Misleading forensic evidence is one of the most significant factors leading to wrongful convictions in the United States, according to a recent report. The National Registry of Exonerations reported that more than 150 prisoners in the US were exonerated last year.

A man accused of the rape of woman while she was asleep who claimed that he had the consent of the complainer has had his appeal rejected. The High Court of Justiciary Appeal Court ruled that the terms of the legislation were “clear” that a person cannot consent to conduct while she is a

Morton Fraser has announced the appointment of Stuart McWilliams and Catriona MacPhail as partners in its immigration and private client divisions. Mr McWilliams, who has played a key role in developing the firm's immigration offering as a senior associate, becomes a partner in the immigration team.

Global law firm CMS has promoted Scottish lawyers Paula Kidd, Carol Nisbet, Mark McMurray and Jenny Walker to partner as part of its largest-ever round of global partner promotions. Ms Kidd and Ms Nisbet, both based in Aberdeen, have been promoted to partner in the oil & gas and real estate team