Court wait times could rise to more than three years for the most serious cases, Holyrood has been told. Malcolm Graham, chief executive of the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS), told MSPs that not raising funding in 2025-26 would be the same as removing 10 courts dealing with serious cas
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Burness Paull has strengthened its offering for clients in the energy and infrastructure sectors with the appointment of Scott Duncan as a partner in the firm’s construction and projects team. Mr Duncan is an experienced lawyer with a strong track record of acting for energy and infrastructure
All Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service buildings in the red weather warning area are closed today. The warning for wind has been issued by the Met Office for Dumfries and Galloway, the Borders, all of Strathclyde, Lothians and Borders, and southern parts of Fife and Forth Valley. The red warning
Last week’s Programme for Government marked one year as first minister for John Swinney and also fell exactly one year until voters go to the polls in arguably one of the most important Scottish elections since devolution, writes Scott Wright. The programme was brought forward by the first min
The US Supreme Court has delivered a significant victory to President Trump, ruling that lower federal courts lack the authority to impose nationwide injunctions blocking his executive orders. In a 6–3 decision on Friday, the court sided with the administration in a case concerning Mr Trump&rs
The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service is now able to start exploring a new application programme interface (API) service for raising ordinary actions in the Sheriff Court and ASSPIC. The service allows for bulk submissions of initial writs and would benefit those that do high volume ordinary cau
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John Scott QC John Scott QC has been named president of the Society of Solicitor Advocates at the annual general meeting of the society in Edinburgh last week.
A recent widely reported settled claim by a hospitality worker highlighted the controversy that continues to persist with Zero Hour Contracts (ZHC). Kenny Scott considers the issues that often surround this form of employment arrangement and highlights why ZHC’s still have an import
A case involving the iconic luxury handbag designer Mulberry has looked at the law around discrimination on the grounds of a rather unusual philosophical belief, writes Claire Scott. Ms Gray worked as a market support assistant for Mulberry and had access to some of Mulberry’s design
John Scott QC reflects on his time as a member of the Scottish Sentencing Council. As the advert has now appeared for the next solicitor member of the Scottish Sentencing Council, I thought that it might be useful for colleagues to hear a little about the work of the Council in the last three y
The Scottish government's proposed Biometric Data Bill will be the subject of a discussion led by John Scott QC next week in Edinburgh. The government has said that the biometrics field is evolving rapidly and offers great potential in the identification and prevention of crime and the delivery of c
Pictured (L-R): Emma Gray, David Currie and Scott Williamson A University of Dundee student retraining for a career in law has been awarded the annual Ken Scott Bursary by Blackadders.
A QC has said he would not longer recommend a career in criminal law to young people entering the legal profession as the court system is heading towards a crisis. A lack of trainee criminal lawyers has led to fears over the future provision and quality of criminal lawyers also adds to his misgiving