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A review of Community Rights to Buy will begin this summer to look at how effective current powers are in allowing communities to acquire land or buildings. Community Right to Buy has now been in use for 20 years. During that time, there have been several additions and amendments to the original rig

Even within the legal profession, to be elected to sit as judge at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) is "beyond a dream", says Tim Eicke. Having taken up the post in 2016, he is currently the UK judge at the court.

The Lord Advocate, Dorothy Bain KC, has reflected upon the 35th anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie and the longest-running investigation in the history of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service. She said: “For 35 years now the families of the 270 people murd

I try to avoid criticism of political figures on social media – but like most people I can be provoked beyond endurance. Last week First Minister Humza Yousaf attended an event at the University of Strathclyde at which the consultation on a Scottish Human Rights Bill was discussed. I am very h

Nearly half of barristers in England and Wales have experienced or witnessed bullying, harassment and discrimination in their legal work, according to new research by the Bar Council. In the most recent survey, 44 per cent of respondents said they had experienced or observed this behaviour while wor

Ledingham Chalmers’ turnover for 2022/23 was £13.4 million – its highest since becoming a limited liability partnership (LLP) in 2006. Group turnover, including subsidiary Ledingham Chalmers Financial, was £14.2m, compared with £13.6m in 2021/22. Pre-tax profit was slig

The first in her extended family to go to university, intellectual property specialist Lesley Larg was appointed as Dundee-based solicitors Thorntons' first female managing partner in 2021, taking over from Craig Nicol who held the post for 10 years, seven of those years as joint managing partn

With the transitional period for existing businesses to apply for a short-term lets licence coming to an end this week, Kirsten Belk assesses the new regime and its wider impact. Last year, Scotland’s local authorities were given new powers by the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982

TLT has appointed strategy and change consultant Rebecca Shalom as non-executive director to support the delivery of its growth strategy. Ms Shalom has over 30 years’ experience leading transformations and advising leadership teams on strategy, with a particular focus on complex business issue

Almost half of Scottish businesses believe that the Bank of England should resist raising interest rates any further as they continue to battle challenging economic conditions for trading, according to the latest Addleshaw Goddard Scottish Business Monitor (SBM) report. The findings come as business

The number of cases concluded in 2022/23 rose by 15 per cent from 2021/22, according to the latest statistical bulletin from the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service.

Children and young people in the justice system will soon be able to benefit from "coordinated, comprehensive support under one roof" following a £6 million investment in setting up Bairns' Hoose test sites. The creation of Bairns’ Hoose test sites aims to ensure a range of trauma-inform

The Sheriff Appeal Court has refused a challenge by the father of a five-year-old child to return with her mother to Poland following the end of the relationship. The appellant argued that the sheriff’s decision was plainly wrong, relying on 12 aspects of the judgment to establish that he had

IKEA UK has entered into a legal agreement with the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), to improve its policies and practices in relation to sexual harassment. The intervention by Britain’s equality regulator follows a complaint about sexual harassment and assault from a former IKEA e

The Sheriff Court backlog worsened by the pandemic is likely to last for another five years, prosecutors have warned. Minutes from a Crown Office meeting indicate that officials believe that it will be a "challenging area of business for the next five years or so".