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Legislation to modernise the governance and scrutiny of burials and cremations has been passed by the Scottish Parliament. The Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Bill will modernise and update 100 year-old legislation – introducing a definition of ashes, standardising forms and record-keeping across

Scottish laws on insolvency have been brought together into one piece of legislation for the first time in a generation today as the new Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill 2016 was passed by the Scottish Parliament. The bill captures all of the amendments made to the primary legislation governing bankruptcy

Professor Stephen Tierney The House of Lords Constitution Committee today published its report in response to the Strathclyde Review, alongside a report from the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee (DPRRC).

Frank Mulholland QC The Lord Advocate, Frank Mulholland QC, has confirmed that he will step down following May’s election.

A man accused of assault and a statutory breach of the peace who was acquitted after a sheriff refused to grant a further adjournment in a part-heard trial will now have to face the charges after the Crown successfully challenged the decision. The Sheriff Appeal Court passed a Bill of Advocation tak

The Scottish government has set out how to meet its potential for “effective, economic and environmentally sustainable” land use. The revised Land Use Strategy sets out policies and proposals for the next five years and beyond. Getting the best from our land is Scotland’s second land use strat

Nicola Sturgeon

Alistair Drummond A recent judgment is a harsh reminder for tenants, say Alistair Drummond and Gavin Deeprose.

Aileen Campbell

New analysis shows that an 8,000 jobs boost follows each one per cent growth in legal services; that £379 million is added to the economy for every one per cent growth in the UK legal services sector and that the sector grew by eight per cent from 2014 to 2015. The first ever investigation of the w

Norman Biggart CBE, former president of the Law Society of Scotland between 1982-83, passed away last week.

A council is to pay thousands of women as much as £100 million following a long-running pay dispute. Around 6,500 staff at Glasgow City Council could share in the windfall after they were paid less than male colleagues despite new wage rules that came into effect in 2007 which were meant to ensure

A “good arguable case” for the purposes of proceeds of crime proceedings in which an enforcement authority is seeking the civil recovery of property obtained through “unlawful conduct” is not necessarily one which has a “good prospect of succeeding”, appeal judges have ruled. The Inner H

Camilla Horneman (right) receives the award