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Dear Editor, Each day we read about new aspects of the UK government’s Illegal Migration Bill presently going through Parliament. We are now told that “exempting children arriving in the UK on small boats from detention would create a 'pull factor' and would put minors at risk”. Th

The Council of Europe's Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) has expressed deep concern over the UK's Illegal Migration Bill and its lack of compliance with core elements of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings. GRETA stress

Researchers have released a short film featuring testimonies from victims of domestic abuse and stalking. The animated short is informed by a Glasgow Caledonian University study of women's experiences of the Scottish criminal justice system after reporting stalking and coercive control.

The Sheriff Appeal Court has refused an appeal by the tenant of student accommodation in Edinburgh who sought to overturn a decree of absolvitor on the ground that the case was conducted unfairly. Appellant Mark Doran raised a Simple Procedure action against his landlord, SC Causewayside Ltd, seekin

Thorntons has announced the appointment of seven newly qualified solicitors following their successful completion of its two-year traineeship. The newly qualified solicitors have joined the firm’s commercial litigation, wills, trusts and succession, family law, corporate business and personal

Innes & Mackay has been named the best estate agency in the north of Scotland for the second year in a row. The historic firm of estate agents and solicitors picked up the 'Best Estate Agent' award once again at Scotland’s Business Awards’ Inverness final.

Brian McConnachie KC has been fined £8,000 following a professional misconduct ruling against him over phone messages he sent last year. The Discipline Tribunal of the Faculty of Advocates upheld an appeal against the decision of a Complaints Committee and held that Mr McConnachie was gui

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has today laid its budget for 2023-24 at Holyrood. The organisation has confirmed that, following "two years of cuts, rebounding complaint numbers and rising energy, staffing, legal and court costs", the levy will rise by nine per cent to just below pr

The Law Society of Scotland has today launched the Profile of the Profession, its major census of the Scottish legal profession. Conducted approximately every five years, the survey offers an in-depth view of the make-up of the profession and the experiences of its members on a variety of important

William Hill Group has fined £19.2 million over social responsibility and anti-money laundering (AML) failures, avoiding a ban after the regulator considered a licence suspension.

UK-based event ticketing platform, Citizen Ticket, has announced the appointment of former Skyscanner executive Carolyn Jameson as its new chair. Ms Jameson's two decades of leadership experience within the global technology sector includes six years as chief legal officer at Skyscanner where she pl

A man from the Scottish Highlands has been jailed for the rape and sexual assault of young girls in the Philippines. Gary Campbell, 59, from a remote village in Sutherland, was traced by cybercrime investigators through online payments he made to foreign accounts.

Bookings are now open for the Faculty of Advocates’ 15th World Intellectual Property Day Conference. The annual event, which is free to attend, will be held in person at the Mackenzie Building in Edinburgh and online via Zoom on Friday 21 April. In keeping with previous years, it is expected t

Deputy chief constable Malcolm Graham has been appointed as the constable member of the Scottish Sentencing Council. DCC Graham, who replaces DCC Will Kerr OBE, joined Lothian and Borders Police in 1995. He headed up the force’s criminal investigation department and was ACC for major crime and

New rules which won't ap­ply north of the bor­der will mark the most sig­nif­i­cant change to pro­cure­ment law and prac­tice for a gen­er­a­tion, writes Wendy Ni­col­son. The Cabinet Office has issued its latest update on the UK government&rs