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Trainee solicitors should receive a £500 pay increase in 2019/20, the Law Society of Scotland has recommended. The Society's governing Council has agreed a recommended remuneration of £19,500 for those in their first year for £22,500 for those in their second year, an increase of &

Senior advocate Herbert Kerrigan QC has been named honorary president of the University of Aberdeen Law Reform Society (UOALR). The position was offered to Mr Kerrigan in recognition of his continued support and contribution to the student group, which explores legal issues and promotes reforms.

Scott Clair, solicitor at Balfour+Manson, explores how innovative processes can make dispute resolution quicker, easier and cheaper in the 21st century. ‘What is it going to cost? How long is it going to take?’ Almost every litigator will be familiar with hearing either or both questions

Shepherd and Wedderburn has announced the promotion of Judith Stephenson and Douglas Sinclair to partner, as well as the promotion of four senior lawyers to legal director. Ms Stephenson is a property and infrastructure specialist who joined the firm's Glasgow office as an associate in 2014, while M

Scottish government plans to incorporate the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into Scots law have been welcomed as the culmination of a 30-year campaign. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told the SNP's Spring conference that the necessary legislation would be passed by the end of this Scottish

The Law Society of Scotland has called on the Scottish government to pursue "a package of wider reform" following a three per cent increase in legal aid fees. All solicitors and advocates who provide people with advice and representation through the legal aid scheme in Scotland received a three per

The Charted Institute of Taxation, in conjunction with the Edinburgh Tax Network and Terra Firma Chambers, will present an update on HMRC Powers in Discovery Assessment on Thursday 23rd May 2019 at the Mackenzie Building, Old Assembly Close, Edinburgh. The speaker will be Derek Francis LL.B., CTA (F

Proposed legislation to give police the power to apply for a Stalking Protection Order (SPO) on behalf of complainants will go out to public consultation today. Views will be sought on the Stalking Protection (Scotland) Bill, proposed by SNP MSP Rona Mackay, over the next three months.

Staff at MBM Commercial LLP spent their Friday morning selling cakes and biscuits to raise cash for two local charities. The firm was fundraising in support of The Grassmarket Community Project and The Teapot Trust, both based in and around Edinburgh.

A sheriff has granted permission for a church to exhume and rebury the cremated remains of over 100 people in what is believed to be a legal first. The Scottish Episcopal Church applied to Glasgow Sheriff Court for permission to exhume the ashes of 107 people interred in the garden of remembrance at

A former pub landlord who converted his premises into a home for his family must now return the property to a drinking establishment, the local authority has said. Robert Easton-Park ran the Tally Ho pub for 25 years but gave up the licence two years ago due to increased costs and a significant

At least two women are expected to bring a legal challenge against new "digital consent forms" being used by police in England and Wales to access the personal data of rape complainants. The measures were introduced by police and prosecutors in response to disclosure failings which led to a number o

The Scottish government has announced the establishment of a new forum to consider whether the age of criminal responsibility should be raised to higher than 12. The Age of Criminal Responsibility Bill, which is currently progressing through Parliament, seeks to raise the age at which a child in Sco

Controversial police requests to access the mobile phones of rape and sexual assault complainants in England and Wales could face the same legal difficulties as Police Scotland's shelved "cyber kiosks", a civil liberties expert has warned. Dr Nick McKerrell, lecturer in law at Glasgow Caledonian Uni

A disgruntled litigant whose complaints against a Scots lawyer and a law firm were rejected as time-barred has had an appeal against the decision dismissed. A judge in the Inner House of the Court of Session held that the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC), in exercise of its “gatekee