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Surveyors reported a busy start to the year for the Scottish housing market as both demand and supply levels increased.

Community groups, cultural organisations and education initiatives are amongst the Scottish organisations that will be able to bid for support from a fund aimed at engaging people in tackling the climate emergency. The £275,000 Climate Engagement Fund will support activities such as climate fe

The SSC Society is delighted to invite members to its next event: Artificial Intelligence in Legal Practice: What Every Solicitor Needs to Know” a talk by Nicholas Peter Oprescu-Havriliuc, associate at MBM Commercial LLP. The event will be held on Thursday 26 February at 6pm in the SSC Society

The Community Wealth Building Bill has been passed by the Scottish Parliament. It aims to support investment in communities with councils, health boards and other public bodies focusing on the generation, circulation and retention of wealth in local and regional economies.

Global law and justice is still overwhelmingly shaped by men from a small number of high-income countries, raising concerns about legitimacy, accountability, and whose interests justice systems ultimately serve, according to a report by non-profit think tank Global 50/50,. In her foreword to the rep

The campaign group For Women Scotland has confirmed it has secured almost £400,000 in legal costs following its landmark Supreme Court win against the Scottish government over the legal definition of a woman. The group said a “full and final settlement” had now been agreed with min

The success of community-based sentences in reducing reoffending and paying back to society has been highlighted following the recently announced extra funding for alternatives to custody. Justice Secretary Angela Constance visited Mayfield & Easthouses Development Trust in Dalkeith where people

The Law Society of Scotland is looking for the brightest in-house talent as it seeks nominations for its annual competition, the In-house Rising Star Award. Now in its 14th year, the competition for newly qualified solicitors and trainees is looking for entrants who have made a considerable contribu

Aberdein Considine has appointed Stewart Gordon as a partner in the firm’s Edinburgh office. Mr Gordon joins the firm from Addleshaw Goddard, where he was a managing associate in the infrastructure, projects and energy team and brings more than 10 years’ experience in corporate and M&

A new report argues that an unexpected interpretation of the Scotland Act by the Supreme Court has caused confusion over how laws are made in the UK’s devolved parliaments. The report argues the court’s reading of Section 28(7) of the Act has made it harder for devolved governments to pa

In a fashion faux pas for the books, a UK government minister turned up to a red squirrel conservation conference wearing a dress decorated with pictures of grey squirrels. Baroness Hayman of Ullock, the parliamentary under-secretary of state for biosecurity, borders and animals, has been widely der

Two widows who lost their husbands in the 1994 RAF Chinook disaster have spoken publicly for the first time to back a campaign for a judge-led public inquiry. A total of 29 service personnel died on 2 June 1994 when the helicopter crashed on the Mull of Kintyre en route from Northern Ireland to Scot

The Israeli government is to pave the way for an expansion of Jewish settlements in the West Bank in what has been condemned internationally as the de facto annexation of the occupied Palestinian territory. Sweeping changes agreed by Israeli ministers on Sunday will make it easier for Israelis to bu

Views are being sought on proposed changes to the Code of Practice for how Scotland’s police officers use stop and search powers. The code covers the conduct, recording and oversight of stop and search activity. The Scottish government is legally required to periodically review the code and ha

Raeburn Christie Clark & Wallace has welcomed Amy Young to the firm’s commercial property team. Ms Young brings a broad range of experience in the commercial property sector, including advising on the sale, purchase and leasing of petrol filling stations, acting for well-known supermarket