Orkney solicitor Serena Sutherland has been nominated as president-elect 2026-27 of the Law Society of Scotland. Ms Sutherland was elected to the society's Council in July 2018, representing solicitors in Dingwall, Dornoch, Elgin, Inverness, Kirkwall, Lerwick, Lochmaddy, Portree, Stornoway, Tain and
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The introduction of rent controls has received support from the majority of the Scottish Parliament’s Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee. The Housing (Scotland) Bill aims to improve housing outcomes for people who live in private rented accommodation and ensure a fair balance bet
Elon Musk's X platform, formerly Twitter, is being sued for alleged copyright infringement by a coalition of French media outlets, including major newspapers Le Monde, Le Figaro and Le Parisien. The publishers allege that X has failed to comply with a French law which has, since 2019, required
Holyrood's criminal justice committee is seeking views on plans to modernise procedures in criminal courts and introduce a new process for reviewing deaths related to abusive behaviour within relationships. The Scottish government announced the Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Beh
Great changes are being wrought in Scotland's law of evidence. Dr Grant Barclay, early career fellow in evidence and criminal law at Edinburgh Law School, looks at the full bench decision in HMA v PG and JM. “Having to apply rules, which prohibit a judge or jury from reaching a just conclusion
Last week, the Court of Session granted permission to proceed in the judicial review challenge against decisions to cut to the Winter Fuel Payment in Fanning & another v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and the Scottish Ministers. Yesterday, the Scottish Legal Aid Board granted full civi
Aberdeen's housing market has shown a 1.6 per cent decline in the average property price during Q3 2024, as transactions rose 9.8 per cent for the same period, according to the Aberdeen Solicitors’ Property Centre (ASPC).
The Scottish Law Commission has published a discussion paper reviewing the civil remedies available for domestic abuse in Scotland and seeks views on a proposed delict of domestic abuse. Sixty-one per cent of the incidents of domestic abuse recorded in 2022 to 2023 did not involve criminal conduct.
Greater enforcement powers for the CMA are coming soon, writes Richard Collie. These reforms come in the form of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC) Act, which received Royal Assent in May.
Three first year trainee solicitors have joined Dallas McMillan in Glasgow. They are Hannah Howden (employment law), Cath Healy (private client) and Emily Sillars (litigation).
Aberdein Considine has made a record number of promotions. Twenty-one lawyers working from Peterhead to Newcastle upon Tyne have been elevated in the firm’s latest round of promotions.
A coalition of more than 100 civil society organisations has demanded that the Scottish government fulfil its promise to introduce the Scottish Human Rights Bill. In a letter to First Minister John Swinney, the organisations express their frustration at the bill’s exclusion from the current le
Family members of David Maxwell Fyfe, architect of the European Convention on Human Rights, will launch their year of commemorative performances at the Fringe this weekend.
A £33 million Scottish government initiative for sharing digital evidence from crime scene to court room is being rolled out across Scotland. Digital Evidence Sharing Capability (DESC) allows police officers, prosecutors, defence lawyers, court staff and judges to access a secure, unified syst
