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New figures have shown that despite a record number of solicitors in the year 2016/17, there were only 23 more complaints against the legal profession, representing less than one per cent of solicitor transactions. The number of Scottish solicitors holding a practising certificate during 2016/17 was

Pictured (L-R): Donald Findlay, Shelagh McCall, Frances Barber, Joyce McMillan, Lin Anderson and Sue Black. Photograph: Phoebe Grigor.

Advocate Neil Beynon reflects on the performances of the Faculty of Advocates Choir ahead of its 21st charity concert in Edinburgh next month.

Raymond Murphy Professor Raymond Murphy of the Irish Centre For Human Rights at NUI Galway writes following the successful prosecution of Ratko Mladić.

The UK Supreme Court will sit in Belfast for the first time in April next year. The court will sit in the Inns of Court Library at the Royal Courts of Justice in Belfast, where Supreme Court President Lady Hale will be joined by Deputy President Lord Mance, Lord Kerr (former Lord Chief Justice of No

Lady Hale In 2017, Lady Hale became the first woman to be appointed President of the UK Supreme Court.

A party litigant who sought leave to appeal against a Sheriff Appeal Court decision refusing to allow his appeal to be received late has had his application dismissed by the Court of Session. The applicant had missed the deadline to lodge his ground of appeal in time by six days due to illness and a

Liam Fox The International Trade Secretary, Liam Fox, has admitted he did not raise the case of a British father on death row in Ethiopia at an official meeting with the Ethiopian Prime Minister earlier this month.

Pictured (L-R): Ross Taylor, Ruth Waters and Malcolm Holmes

Holyrood’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee is looking to hear views from the general public as the Historical Sexual Offences (Pardons and Disregards) Bill starts its journey through the Scottish Parliament. The bill proposes granting a pardon to all men convicted of consensual same-sex acti

No criminal proceedings will be brought over the Clutha disaster,  the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has announced. In a statement, COPFS said that there will, instead, be a fatal accident inquiry.

Creating hate crime legislation “raises numerous potentially contentious issues”, Senators of the College of Justice have said. In a response to a consultation on proposed hate crime legislation, judges said many of the issues are matters for the legislature.

Law graduates experience the highest gender pay gap and the lowest pay shortly after leaving university, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). According to new figures from the CIPD, 80 per cent of women with a law degree earn salaries of less than £30,000 within

Professor Conor Gearty In an article first published on the LSE Brexit blog, Professor Conor Gearty scrutinises the notion of “a happy Brexit” and outlines ways in which the EU Withdrawal Bill will constitute a large transfer of power to the executive branch and may lead to the restriction of ci

Allan McDougall Solicitors has announced the immediate appointment of two new partners in its litigation team. Jackie Raitt (pictured right), who has been with the firm 14 years, is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in personal injury law.