Scottish Law Commission seeks views on improving cohabitation
The Scottish Law Commission has published a discussion paper reviewing cohabitation law in Scotland.
Published 26 February 2020
TLT and Gillespie Macandrew on SSE legal panel
SSE has appointed a new legal panel following a review which began in September 2019. The appointment of the new panel follows SSE’s increased alignment of its wider business strategy to focus on low carbon assets and infrastructure and delivering a low carbon future.
Published 26 February 2020
Wigs and gowns out of fashion at Glasgow Sheriff Court
Sheriffs, summary sheriffs and lawyers at Glasgow Sheriff Court are to stop routinely wearing wigs and gowns in civil proceedings.
Published 26 February 2020
New sensory hearing facilities to support children and young people opens
New hearing facilities for the additional support needs jurisdiction within the Health and Education Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland in Glasgow were formally opened yesterday by May Dunsmuir, Chamber President of the Health and Education Chamber and the Minister for Children and Young People, Maree Todd.
Published 26 February 2020
Laura McBrien appointed director of diploma at Edinburgh Law School
Laura McBrien has been appointed director of the diploma in professional legal practice at Edinburgh Law School.
Published 26 February 2020
Domestic abuse incidents rise by two per cent to 61,000
Police recorded 60,641 incidents of domestic abuse in 2018-19 – a two per cent rise on the previous year, new figures show.
Published 26 February 2020
Kay McFarlane
A successful young solicitor from Ayr who was due to be sentenced for a driving offence has sadly died.
Published 26 February 2020
Prosecutor Karon Rollo visits Kilgraston School
From "parking fines" to "post-mortems", it is "all in a day’s work" for procurator fiscal depute Karon Rollo, who visited Kilgraston School to explain her role to pupils.
Published 26 February 2020
And finally... heavy duty
A respected dance school is facing a lawsuit from a student who says she sustained injuries after being made to lift a "significantly" heavier partner.
Published 26 February 2020
Scottish Legal Views: Elaine Motion on the historic prorogation litigation
"It is as if the prorogation order had never existed", Elaine Motion, chairman of Balfour and Manson, told SLN on the day the Inner House ruled in Cherry that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s prorogation of Parliament was unlawful.
Published 25 February 2020
