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Two Scottish pensioners who lost their entitlement to Winter Fuel Payment and the equivalent Scottish benefit to be introduced in winter 2024/25 after changes were made to the eligibility rules have lost a judicial review challenge to the decisions of both the UK and Scottish governments. Petitioner

Scotland’s criminal defence solicitors are to withdraw from a new flagship summary justice scheme in protest at the Scottish government’s failure to increase legal aid rates. The Scottish Solicitors Bar Association (SSBA) has confirmed that its members will no longer participate in imple

Two charity employees and directors of St Mirren FC have lost a defamation case against a former director of the club based on statements he posted online and made to journalists while seeking election to the board of the club’s supporters’ association after it was found they were based

Terra Firma Chambers' Roddy McIlvride KC will retire from practice today after 20 years at the bar. Mr McIlvride called to the bar in 2005, taking silk in 2014. He was regularly instructed in commercial actions in the Court of Session and also appeared in the Supreme Court, including an appeara

A woman jailed for stealing thousands of pounds from a children’s charity and a family-run coffee firm has been ordered to repay more than £36,000 under proceeds of crime laws. In January 2025, Beverley Bennie, 37, was sentenced to 20 months’ imprisonment after she admitted embezzl

Part-time Sheriff John Halley has been removed from office after an independent tribunal report found that his "misbehaviour" renders him unfit for judicial office. Mr Halley was appointed as junior counsel to the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) in October 2015 but was dismissed in April 2019. H

His Majesty The King has appointed Lorraine Glancy, Jonathan Guy, Helen McGinty, Alan Sinclair, Graeme Watson, Chloe Millar, Michael Meehan, David Bernard, Euan Gosney and John McElroy to the office of sheriff, on the recommendation of First Minister John Swinney. Mr Swinney made his recommendation

An appeal by stated case under section 163 of the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 against a sheriff’s decision to request a transfer of jurisdiction over a compulsory supervision order has been allowed by the Court of Session after it found the sheriff acted inappropriately in ma

Lawyers have warned ministers that public inquiries are too secretive, as their costs have soared by nearly £60 million in under a year. The Law Society of Scotland raised concerns about the effectiveness of inquiries, warning that authorities are able to withhold sensitive information.

Laura Sefton highlights the challenges facing the housing sector over the decarbonisation of heat from buildings, explains why we’re seeing an evolving regulatory environment and examines the legal and regulatory implications of these changes. Scotland’s policy and legislative landscape

A debt purchase company that appealed an expenses decision in an undefended simple procedure claim over a £87 difference between the sum sought and the sum awarded has won its appeal to the Sheriff Appeal Court, but only in terms of a finding that an earlier Sheriff Appeal Court case on the is

An Aberdeen man who sought judicial review of his local authority’s plans to redevelop part of a recreational park near his home as part of a sustainable energy strategy has had a reclaiming motion against the refusal of the petition refused by the Inner House of the Court of Session. Simon Mc

An Aberdeen sheriff has granted decree for payment in an action by a trade supplier against a partnership and two of its partners but only in respect of the second partner, after finding that the action was not competent in respect of the other defenders due to the timing of when the minute seeking

Two men who set up a drugs trafficking network worth hundreds of thousands of pounds have been imprisoned for a total of nine years. Jamie Montgomery, 44, and Darrin Campbell, 39, both of Glasgow, orchestrated the sale and supply of large quantities of cocaine and cannabis.

The lawyer who led a recent review of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has said it is “absolutely inevitable” that further miscarriages of justice will come to light following the quashing of Peter Sullivan’s murder conviction after nearly four decades in prison. Mr Sull