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A Holyrood committee has found "serious deficiencies" in the way consultation was carried out around planned changes to the 2021 census. In a report published today, it recommended wider consultation and proposed amendments to avoid the perception that sex is being conflated with gender identity.

From November 2018 to January 2019, the average selling price in east central Scotland rose to £239,709, a 3.6 per cent increase compared to the same period last year, ESPC reports. This is a less pronounced increase than in previous months – in ESPC’s December and November House P

Compensation payments are to be made to the families affected by the baby ashes scandal at crematoria in Fife. Parents were told that their babies were too small for their ashes to be recovered. In reality, however, staff at crematoria in Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy disposed of the ashes anonymously,

Rob Marrs, head of education and Policy at the Law Society of Scotland, explains why it's keen to hear from BAME students, trainees or NQs who have had previous careers prior to studying law. In our recent ‘A blueprint for a more inclusive profession’ we noted that we would: Hold focus g

Legal Hackers Scotland have brought together all the main players for a unique debate on the Independent Review of the Regulation of Legal Services in Scotland. Presentations and debate will be provided by a distinguished panel of speakers: Esther Roberton (chair of the Review); Neil Stevenson (CEO

A former football coach who abused boys was today jailed for four years. Francis Cairney, 83, committed the offences against boys as young as 12 between 1965 and 1986.

Pictured (L-R): Caroline Colliston, Suzanne Tanner, Sally Penni, Rachel Roberts DWF Edinburgh has hosted the Scottish launch of Women in the Law UK in a bid to encourage, inspire and support the next generation of Lawyers.

The Edinburgh Student Law Review (ESLR) is inviting submissions for its 2019 edition. The law review is a platform for undergraduate and postgraduate students from any university to engage with current legal issues and debates.

A decision to prosecute a trainee solicitor for fraud even though she blew the whistle on her colleagues has been defended by officials. Emily Scott was struck from the roll by a disciplinary tribunal despite it acknowledging that she had exposed malpractice at the firm in north Lincolnshire and tha

Shadow Justice Secretary Richard Burgon has won £30,000 in damages from a tabloid newspaper that claimed he had performed with a band which "delights in Nazi symbols". Mr Burgon, MP for Leeds East, launched the unusual libel proceedings against The Sun in connection with a story published in m

A man has admitted that he tried to rob a bank because he wanted to be sent to a prison rumoured to have the best food. William Gallagher, 68, appeared in court in Wisconsin less than a year after leaving prison in New Jersey.

A woman who claims she was raped by a former partner and that she was the victim of domestic abuse is suing her ex-boyfriend for damages in a landmark legal case. The action will be heard in the Court of Session after a sheriff ruled that the case raised important matters of “public

An appeal by Glasgow City Council against a judge’s ruling that a damages action by relatives of some of the victims of the Glasgow bin lorry crash can proceed despite their claims being “time-barred” has been dismissed. The Inner House of the Court of Session h

Graham Bell QC, a former leading figure of the criminal bar has passed away at the age of 81. Mr Bell joined Faculty in 1980 and retired in 2010. He was awarded an OBE in 2011 for services to the legal profession in Scotland.

The case against the UK government’s bulk surveillance powers will be heard by the highest chamber of Europe’s human rights court. The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) will hear a case previously decided by a lower Chamber and brought by Liberty, Privacy Intern