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Humza Yousaf has been appointed Justice Secretary as part of a reshuffle by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Mr Yousaf takes over from Michael Matheson and will head up the delivery of new hate crime laws following the recent publication of Lord Bracadale's report recommending new stat

A new type of land register recording all applications of community bodies to buy land or property which is abandoned, neglected or causing harm to the environmental wellbeing of the community, where the owner is not willing to sell that land, has gone live. The Register of Applications by Community

This was the question that the presenters of Edinburgh Law Seminars’ Contract Law Update 2018 answered in the annual roadshows which took place in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and the Western Isles last month. The sessions considered developments in the law in both Scotland and England. Issues

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has said it is to focus on improving efficiency and proportionality. Its 2018-19 operating plan details the implementation of new complaints regimes for ‘Alternative Business Structures’ – which will see non-lawyer ownership of law fi

Drug dealers in Scotland have seen cannabis profits decline as a result of mass production – which has driven prices down. Gangsters who spoke to academics for new research have complained that the market in the Class B drug is "saturated".

Glasgow Caledonian University Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Pamela Gillies CBE FRSE, has been appointed as a founding trustee of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights UK (RFKHRUK), a human-rights advocacy organisation established to keep Robert F. Kennedy's legacy alive. Led by human-rights acti

DWF’s Scottish projects team has advised West Midlands Combined Authority (“WMCA”) on the insourcing of the operation of the West Midlands Metro to wholly owned subsidiary, Midland Metro Limited. Working closely with WMCA's in house legal team, DWF advised on the public service con

In the latest edition of his podcast Pod’s Law, Julius Komorowski and Lindsey Reynolds, senior solicitor for the Equality and Human Rights Commission, discuss the recent decision in AA v Secretary of State for BEIS in which Lord Tyre ruled that Employment Tribunal claimants can raise parallel

Online voting is now open to elect the Law Society of Scotland Council member for Dingwall, Dornoch, Elgin, Inverness, Kirkwall, Lerwick, Lochmaddy, Portree, Stornoway, Tain and Wick. Four solicitors are competing for the second seat representing solicitors in the highlands and islands constituency,

The Glasgow Bar Association’s self-proclaimed ‘Golden Generation’ of footballers travelled to Ballymena in Northern Ireland on Saturday 23 June to play a friendly match with Ballymena Utd as part of their ‘Peace & Goodwill Tour’ 2018.

The Polish government is continuing to resist pressure from the EU to protect the rule of law as it presses ahead with controversial judicial reforms.The European Commission reiterated its position – that the Polish reforms have put the country's judiciary "under

CLT Scotland, in association with the University of Strathclyde, has launched the next event in the Scots Law 2018 Convention Series. Taking place at BT Murrayfield on 29th and 30th October, delegates will be able to choose from 10 individual conferences, each providing 6 hours of CPD. Roy Spiers, C

Pinsent Masons has joined a cyber catalyst working group set up by the Scottish government to help businesses protect themselves from cyber attacks. The establishment of the working groups is a key part of the Private Sector Action Plan on Cyber Resilience, which was published yesterday.

Kirsty Glennan, senior solicitor at Burness Paull, writes on impending changes to Scottish land law. Every day on my way to work, I pass a bare and neglected plot of suburban land. It is unremarkable but for one feature: it has a sign bearing the name of a local housebuilder. In 15 years, it has not