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Eilidh Wiseman Following publication of a paper by the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) entitled A New Model for Summary Criminal Court Procedure, Eilidh Wiseman, president of the Law Society of Scotland, welcomed the proposals, saying they could “change the face of summary court pract

Lesley Murphy

The Scottish Civil Justice Council (SCJC) has considered a paper produced by member Brandon Malone in relation to improving Scotland’s offering as a seat of commercial dispute resolution, its latest newsletter reveals. Mr Malone told Scottish Legal News that "Scotland is already a very good venue

Pictured (L-R): are Claire Maguire, Deirdre Curley, Brian Inkster and Evonne Morrison.

Lady Dorrian A man who was jailed for the statutory minimum term of five years after being caught in possession of firearms at a Scottish airport has had an appeal against his sentence rejected.

Aamer Anwar Solicitor Aamer Anwar has announced he is in the running to become Glasgow University’s next rector.

Parents who challenged a permanence order made in respect of their child have had their appeals against a decision of the Inner House unanimously allowed by Justices in the Supreme Court. These appeals arise out of an application by West Lothian Council (“the local authority”) for a permanence o

The Faculty of Advocates has added its voice to calls for support for survivors of abuse who may choose to go to court under proposed changes in the law. The Limitation (Childhood Abuse) (Scotland) Bill aims to exempt cases seeking damages for historical childhood abuse from the general three-year p

Amanda Wilson Amanda Wilson compares the different types of legal relationship available to couples following a case in England last week on civil partnerships.

Cat Maclean MBM Commercial's Cat Maclean is to assist in a Westminster inquiry into the use of alternative dispute resolution for financial disputes, along with other experts including former Master of the Rolls, Lord Dyson.

Pictured (L-R): Heather McKendrick, Lyndsey Thomson, careers and outreach coordinator, Liz Campbell, executive director of education training & qualifications

Lord McCluskey One of Scotland’s most respected legal figures, crossbench peer Lord McCluskey, is to retire from the House of Lords on grounds of poor health.

Cat Maclean In this year's SLN Annual Review, MBM Commercial’s Cat Maclean (pictured), who secured victory for her client, Mr Carlyle, at the Supreme Court in a bank dispute case in 2015, looks at the state of third party litigation funding in Scotland – without which her client could not have h

Simon Williams

The UK Supreme Court will sit in Edinburgh later this year, the first time that the UK’s highest court has sat outside London. Several appeals will be heard over up to four days in June, with at least five of the Supreme Court justices sitting over the course of the visit. The list of cases to be