The Scottish Arbitration Centre has launched a new mediation service to enhance its dispute resolution offering. Following the publication of its Mediation Rules in September, the centre has now launched the service. The service provides a new administered mediation scheme to support businesses and
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Accounts for Digby Brown show that the personal injury firm's turnover increased from £46.7 million in 2023/24 to £53.8m in 2024/25 – a rise of more than 15 per cent. And profits increased from £21.9m to £26.5m showing year-on-year growth of 21 per cent.
The justice sector is facing serious and complex challenges and without increased funding of £400 million (13 per cent) in next year’s budget, the sector faces unacceptable cuts to services, according to Holyrood's Criminal Justice Committee. The committee has been gathering evidence as
The Law Society of Scotland has announced two senior executive appointments as it prepares to support a "rapidly changing" Scottish solicitor profession. The Law Society has appointed a new executive director of member experience and a new executive director of operations, both of whom will take up
UK government plans to appoint the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as sole regulator for anti-money laundering (AML) across the UK have been criticised as a backward step in tackling economic crime by the Law Society of Scotland. In its response to an HM Treasury consultation, the Law Society has
The parents of a Scottish teenager who died after being targeted by an Instagram sextortion gang have launched a wrongful death lawsuit against Meta in the US. Murray Dowey, 16, died at his family home in Dunblane in December 2023 after being deceived into sharing intimate images with an Instagram a
A man linked to serious organised crime has been jailed over a money laundering plot worth almost £12 million. Ronald Russell, 47, of Linwood, Renfrewshire, was sentenced to four years and six months in prison at the High Court in Glasgow after admitting his role in the scheme. Russell tried t
A woman who kept more than 20 dogs and puppies in squalid conditions inside stables and farm outhouses has been fined a total of £1,975 and banned from keeping dogs for three years. Several dogs belonging to Jamie-Lee Harper, 36, were matted and dirty and left to sleep on concrete floors in da
Immediate action will be taken to address any harms or risks identified in the first part of an inspectorate-led review of responses to group-based child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE), the Scottish government has said. Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth announced to Holyrood that the first par
Human rights campaigners have expressed disappointment after the UK Supreme Court ruled that the disclosure of evidence in a Troubles-related inquest could be blocked on national security grounds. Judges yesterday handed down their unanimous judgment in a case concerning a decision by a coroner to d
A law to establish a new offence of dog theft, despite the fact it is already an offence at common law, has been passed at Holyrood. The Dog Theft (Scotland) Bill, was passed by 119 votes to two.
A man who took photographs of two witnesses in a case against him seeking his disqualification as a company director has lost his appeal against a finding that he was in contempt of court after the Sheriff Appeal Court found that his conduct objectively amounted to contempt regardless of his stated
Lady Paton will be retiring as chair of the Scottish Law Commission on 31 December, having served in the role for seven years. She was the lead commissioner for the damages and homicide projects, both of which reported in the last year, and has contributed to many other commission projects.
