As a (non-legal) retired newspaper journalist with a deep interest in the Scottish courts from my early days, I find the Scottish Legal News bulletin a superb way of keeping up to date with developments, cases, appeals and other news – much of which is, sadly, never reported today by the print media.

Court reporters continue to do their best, but space in newspapers is tighter than ever and only a fraction of the process appears. I discovered recently that the number of Sheriff Court cases, in Edinburgh for example, has rocketed from my own reporting days and this comprehensive output is a good way to follow the ‘inside story’ of the work knowing the content to be accurate and reliable.

Thank you for making the material available to readers and students outside the profession.

JB McGuire