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The average price of a property in Scotland in September 2022 was £191,941, an increase of 7.3 per cent on September 2021 but a 0.9 per cent decrease compared with the previous month.

The Upper Tribunal for Scotland has ruled that the First-tier Tribunal erred in questioning the validity of a guarantee agreement between a private landlord and the parent of her tenant in an undefended action by the landlord for payment. Appellant Alice Woro sought payment from respondent Ian Brown

The Supreme Court will deliver its judgment in the latest independence case next week. The Scotland Act 1998 allows the Lord Advocate to “refer to the Supreme Court any devolution issue which is not the subject of proceedings” (para 34 of Schedule 6 SA).

A lost dog has been found after it walked into a police station. Rosie, who was scared by a firework on 3 November, walked into Loughborough Police Station the same day.

The world’s first code of practice governing the use of DNA and other biometric data in a criminal justice setting comes into practice in Scotland today. The Scottish Biometrics Commissioner, Dr Brian Plastow, consulted extensively across the criminal justice sector while drawing up the detail

Abuse victims are turning their back on a Scottish government redress scheme amid a catalogue of delays, failures and broken promises, Digby Brown has said. Redress Scotland, which launched a year ago, was designed to provide one-off payments of between £10,000 to £100,000 as well as non

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have revealed that Police Scotland spent almost £5 million on settling legal claims in the 2021/2022 financial year and warned that police leadership will need to ensure that such claims are kept to a minimum. Justice spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP highlighted th

Gor­don Jack­son KC has been given a five-month ban from practice for naming complainers in the Alex Salmond trial while he was on a train. Mr Jackson has, however, been given permission to appeal the decision of a Faculty of Advocates committee.

Dentons has netted close to £8,000 for two employee-nominated charities at its annual fundraising ball in Glasgow – the first time the event has been held since 2019 due to pandemic restrictions. Attended by more than 100 Dentons employees from across Scotland, the masquerade ball held a

An Employment Tribunal judge has struck out a claim by a former employee of an Edinburgh game developer after ruling that her conduct during proceedings, in which she had alleged the respondent’s solicitor had abused and harassed her, had been unreasonable. Michelle Donnelly raised the claim a

In October 2022, the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI), David Neal, published an 84-page report which looked at various aspects of indefinite leave to remain applications (ILR) which were processed between September 2021 and February 2022. Given the Home Office pledge to

This week is Adoption Week 2022 in Scotland. It is an annual event, which celebrates adoption, and is funded by the Scottish government. The theme of this year's event is "adoption: the connection with past, present and future families." Adoption allows individuals a unique pathway to parenthood, an

The Association of Pension Lawyers held its annual conference at the Radisson Blue in Glasgow last week. The three-day conference, which featured a range of speakers covering hot topics in the world of pensions, was organised by Shane O’Reilly, a partner at Norton Rose Fulbright.

Dear Editor Over 20 years ago a consultation was announced by the then Scottish Executive entitled "Strengthening Judicial Independence." Judicial Independence was not at that time in need of any "strengthening". The real purpose of the exercise was to be found in the alternative title of the consul

A call centre boss from Aberdeen has been disqualified as a director for four years after failing to pay more than £1.1 million in taxes and not submitting tax returns for his two companies. Liam McCreadie, 26,  was the sole director of the two companies that both traded as a call centre