New Legal Year

Scotland's courts and tribunals will face unprecedented demand in the year ahead, according to Scotland’s most senior judge.  At the opening of the legal year ceremony held in Parliament House yesterday, the Lord President, Lord Pentland said that the status quo is no longer sustainable,

Scotland’s most senior judge has highlighted the importance of the rule of law and judicial independence during a speech at the annual opening of the legal year ceremony. Addressing attendees at Parliament House in Edinburgh, the Lord President, Lord Pentland, stressed that the judiciary must