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Few will have envied James Wolffe QC the position he has found himself in as Lord Advocate during recent Holyrood events. This week he found it necessary to powerfully reassert the independence of the Crown Office in the wake of a call made by Labour’s new Scottish leader, Anas Sarwar, for the

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In light of recent events at Holyrood that have prompted the Lord Advocate to assert the independence of the Crown Office, Scottish Legal News is asking readers if it is time for the office of Lord Advocate to be reformed? Do you think the Lord Advocate's role should be split into two new ones funct

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The president of the Law Society of England and Wales is stepping aside less than halfway through his one-year term due to the re-emergence of allegations of misconduct, which he denies. The High Court in London ruled that the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) was wrong to dismiss a complaint b

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The number of cases concluded between September and December last year almost matched the rest of the year combined, new figures from the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) show. The figures detail further progress in court recovery in the quarter preceding the second Covid-19 lockdow

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Dear Editor, In relation to the recent spate of Douglas J. Cusine articles, I am troubled by this foray into the blatantly political for an article featured in Scottish Legal News. Quite clearly the lines can blur between political and legal, especially when it comes to our legislature. Nonetheless,

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The presidents of the law societies of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland have condemned the military coup in Myanmar. The Tatmadaw, the armed forces of Myanmar, seized power at the start of February, detaining government leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other prominent members of her party.

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A campaign has been launched to help children and young people recognise the signs of online harms including child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSE). The CSEthe Signs initiative aims to raise awareness among those aged 11 to 17 and their parents and carers of what constitutes CSE, and where they c

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A mysterious artwork painted on the former Reading Prison is speculated to be a Banksy piece depicting its most famous inmate, Oscar Wilde. The mural shows a prisoner rappelling down one of the prison's exterior walls using paper from a typewriter as a rope.

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Correspondence published by the Scottish government show that it continued its doomed legal case against Alex Salmond despite its lawyers explaining that it would lose. The documents indicate that a senior lawyer was "very concerned indeed" about the October 2018 case, with counsel for the governmen

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The definition of what constitutes a defamatory statement has been set out in legislation for the first time under reforms passed by the Scottish Parliament. The Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Bill aims to simplify and modernise defamation law, while ensuring that a better balance i

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