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The Scottish Legal Complains Commission (SLCC) has opened the consultation on its budget and operating plan for 2022-23. The consultation proposes a five per cent reduction in the levy for solicitors, advocates and commercial attorneys. This is the second year running the SLCC has proposed a reducti

To those of us who dealt daily with the law of prejudice to criminal court proceedings, the claim by the Metropolitan Police force that the publication of the Sue Gray Report might prejudice their criminal inquiry into alleged breaches of the Covid Regulations is surprising, to say the least. The pr

The Aberdeen Law Project has launched a scheme to provide people with little or no income with business attire to wear for job interviews. The ‘OutFit Like’ scheme sees ALP partner with Aberdeen Cyrenians, who will store donated clothing and refer potential service users to the scheme.

The declining provision of civil legal aid has been a "disaster" for Orkney and risks turning it into a legal aid desert, a lawyer has told Scottish Legal News.

A personal injury sheriff has awarded £119,250 in damages to a woman after finding that she was raped by a man she met on a night out in Dundee and that he could not have reasonably believed she had consented to sex. The pursuer, AB, averred that she had not consented to sexual intercourse wit

The next edition of CLT Scotland’s Scots Law Series will be taking place online during March with delegates able to choose from 8 individual conferences. Roy Spiers, CLT Scotland’s Director of Programmes, said: “The past two years has demonstrated the resilience of the legal profes

"A veritable maze" was how Professors Gretton and Reid described the enforcement provisions of standard securities. It is for that reason that the Scottish Law Commission's (SLC) discussion paper on the reform of the law of heritable securities is a very welcome publication, writes Andrew Scott

An octogenarian motorist stopped by police who told officers he didn't have a driving license had been driving for over 70 years without one. The man, born in 1938, told police in Nottingham that he had been driving since he was 12 years old with no license and no insurance, the BBC reports.

Professor Alan Miller, of Strathclyde Law School, is to chair a "national collaborative" established to inform Scotland’s National Mission on Drug Deaths. Professor Miller, an expert in human rights law, will head the collaborative, which has been formed to ensure that the experience and right

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Top Human Rights Watch investigator allegedly hacked with Pegasus spyware | The Guardian

Wednesday 9 February 2022 at 6pm This event will provide an introduction to animal law, examples of how the law has been used to better the lives of animals and give you information on how you can get involved with the work A-Law.

Burges Salmon’s corporate finance team has advised Edinburgh based consumer brand investor Inverleith Limited Partnership on the majority acquisition of Eden Mill, a St Andrews based contemporary premium gin and single malt scotch whisky brand and distiller. Inverleith LLP invests in consumer

Hundreds of Kenyans will be allowed to take legal action at the Court of Session against one of the world's major tea producers. Current and former employees of Finlays, whose roots lie in 18th century Glasgow, allege they suffered severe health problems as a result of working on farms operated by J

Staff from Digby Brown have raised £48,000 in aid of seven local causes.

Gillespie Macandrew completed new build plot sales worth over £250 million in 2021, representing almost 10 per cent of all private new build house sales in Scotland. The firm’s total plot sales reservations reached 1,471 against 822 the previous year, which included a period of standstil