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Plans to allow experienced mental health tribunal members to remain in post beyond pensionable age have been praised by the Faculty of Advocates. As part of a new tribunals system, the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland (MHTS) is to transfer to the Scottish Tribunals and become the First-tier Tribu

The new chair of the independent body for complaints about the Scottish legal profession has called for radical reform of the regulatory and complaints landscape in Scotland. Speaking at an event held at Queen Margaret University’s Consumer Dispute Resolution Centre, attended by complaints exp

Morton Fraser has played an integral part in the multi-million pound acquisition of Scotland’s biggest privately owned plant hire operator. AB 2000, which is based in Glasgow and has a turnover of approximately £30 million a year, has been acquired by Quattro Group, a supplier of equipme

Thorntons has welcomed Corinne Ward to the firm as a solicitor in its intellectual property team. Based in the Dundee office and joining from Dentons, Ms Ward has experience in intellectual property dispute resolution; drafting commercial contracts; the protection and commercialisation of intellectu

Claims that England could become the "maintenance capital" of the UK after an artistocrat's estranged wife was granted permission to bring her claim for a slice of his £5 million fortune in England – despite the pair having lived most of their married life in Scotland – have b

Dr Robert Brett Taylor and Dr Adelyn L M Wilson summarise a judicial review case, currently at avizandum, challenging the lawfulness of a decision to allow administration of abortion medication in the pregnant woman's home. Section 1(3) of the Abortion Act 1967 allowed the Secretary of State to appr

Jessica Weir, a banking and finance solicitor at Brodies has been elected president of the Scottish Young Lawyers’ Association for 2018-19 following its AGM last night. The executive committee now comprises Jessica Weir as president, Ayla Iridag (Clyde & Co) as vice president, Graham

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has announced how it intends to work with the profession to eliminate unfair treatment of female barristers.

The UK government is planning to strengthen its position on Brexit through a series of appointments to the House of Lords, The Guardian reports. Around 10UK government to strengthen Brexit position through Lords appointments peers will join the chamber, as well as three 

On 11 May we ran an article entitled 10 Essential Steps to Renewing your Law Firm’s Professional Indemnity Insurance. We would like to clarify that the arrangements for professional indemnity insurance differ north and south of the border. The Master Policy Insurance provided by the Law Societ

In the third of our occasional series looking at Scotland's legal heritage, both grand and obscure, Graham Ogilvy appreciates Sir John Steell's statue of George Kinloch in Dundee. George Kinloch is not the only outlaw in Scotland to be publicly commemorated. Stirling's Wallace Memorial, the obelisk

The Crown Office's failure to notify complainers of decisions not to prosecute and its "lack of progress" on developing systems to learn from complaints have been criticised by the prosecution watchdog. The Inspectorate of Prosecution in Scotland has today published a report on the operational effec

Drivers accused of ‘minor’ road traffic offences should retain the right to go to court if fixed penalty notices are introduced in Scotland. The Law Society of Scotland has responded to a Scottish government consultation on whether the Road Traffic Offenders Act should be amended to give

The Scotsman has published a full obituary of Professor Joe Thomson, who passed away on 12 May at the age of 70. “Professor Joe Thomson, who has died just six days after his 70th birthday, was one of the leading legal scholars of his generation. He inspired hundreds of students with a unique s