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A series of workshops with representatives from the legal profession and consumer groups will get under way this month to help shape the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service's move to Civil Online through a web-based portal. With the expected commencement of the Simple Procedure (Special Claims) Ru

The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) has produced an information film on its website for potential jurors to view, which shows the different stages of the jury experience.The Jury Information Film is available on the jurors page of the Coming to Court section the SCTS website. Jurors wh

A new report released by the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) today reveals that the fines collection rate remains consistently strong. It shows that 88 per cent of the value of Sheriff Court fines imposed during the three-year period between 1st April 2013 and 31st March 2016 has either

A Scot in Dubai sentenced to three months' imprisonment for public indecency has been exonerated by special order of the country's ruler. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum exonerated Jamie Harron, 27, whose case has now been dismissed and sentence nullified.

Union Terrace Gardens in Aberdeen has taken a critical step on the road to transformation with the assistance of advocate Scott Blair. The gardens which are part of the Common Good of the City of Aberdeen have been used for leisure and recreation since the 18th century.

The new Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) centre for child and vulnerable witnesses, due to open next year, will benefit from £950,000 in funding from the Scottish government. The facilities will include flexible hearing suites and vulnerable witness suites with a direct video link

A number of enhancements for users involved in simple procedure litigation are being introduced to the Civil Online system on 13 December 2018. The Court Document Display and Electronic Notification changes will mean that Civil Online users will be able to open, save and print a range of court-gener

A Scot wanted by the FBI over an alleged shares scam has successfully challenged a decision by the UK Government to delay the introduction of a possible defence to his extradition to the USA. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that the UK Government was acting “unlawfull

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

A member of the Faculty of Advocates is going to the dogs, as part of National Licensing Week. Terra Firma advocate Scott Blair has taken to the world of blogging as his contribution to the annual event by the Institute of Licensing.

Scott Lindsay has joined the Law Society of Scotland as executive director of finance and operations. Mr Lindsay, a chartered accountant and member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS), has most recently run his own consultancy business, SLL Business Consultants. Prior to tha

In the case of Schrems II, the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued an opinion which upholds the validity of the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data to countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA). S

Scot Dignan has become the first lawyer in the history of the WS Society to be admitted as a Writer to the Signet remotely. Mr Dignan, who is a legal inspector with HM Inspectorate of Prosecution in Scotland, prosecutor, PhD candidate at the University of Strathclyde and a former Lord Hope Scho

A Scot working as a US lawyer has described her journey from Edinburgh Law School to a top American firm. Speaking to GlobalLawyersConnect, Eilidh Reid recounts a journey that began with an exchange year at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law before an LLM at Duke University and ult

The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) has announced that its new Application Programming Interface (API) for the Civil Online service is ready for a wider rollout. Civil Online, which was launched in April 2019, is a fully digital service for simple procedure cases, enabling cases to proc