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There are no plans for weekend courts, the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) has said. In an announcement of a strategy to resolve the criminal case backlog, the SCTS said weekend courts formed no part of these plans. 

In its judgment in the case of Gilligan v Ireland, the European Court of Human Rights has unanimously held that there had been no violation of Article 6 (right to a fair trial within a reasonable time) of the European Convention on Human Rights. The case concerned the length of several sets of

The Scottish Police Authority will receive an additional £10 million to invest in modernisation of the police fleet. The funding will enable the purchase of around 235 new ultra-low emission vehicles by Police Scotland and will also help support the replacement of 140 existing petrol

Women, families and children are among those who will benefit from separate funds worth a total of £18 million to improve drugs services. Four schemes are planned for May with the funds coming from the additional £250 million announced by the First Minister to tackle the drug deaths emer

The third annual report of the Scottish tribunals has been published. The report covers the period from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020. It details the work undertaken within the new Scottish tribunals structure.

Between December 2020 and February 2021, the average property selling price in Dumfries and Galloway was £177,319, a 14.9 per cent increase on the same period last year, ESPC reports. Properties in Kirkcudbright boasted an average property selling price of £207,967, while those in the to

A non-binary barrister is thought to be the first whose name appears on a chambers' board with the title 'Mx', The Times reports. Oscar Davies, 26, who is biologically male, identifies as non-binary and prefers to be referred to with pronouns whose lexeme is 'they', but is also content with 'he'.

A virtual conference is to provide a forum for discussion amongst interested parties about how civil business might be conducted once the pandemic is over. The Lord President has asked the Judicial Institute to organise a conference, to be held virtually, to provide a forum for a discussion amongst

Simon Allison discusses employment law issues – but through the medium of Line of Duty. So, at the end of season five of the BBC’s Line of Duty, what have we learned?

Wealthflow's Dr George Callaghan explains why you should add the special sauce of compounding to your financial diet. Imagine the scene: it’s January the second and you have made a resolution to make healthier meals for yourself and the family. After a bit of internet searching, you find spina

Gillespie Macandrew has begun a three-year charity partnership with Alzheimer Scotland and Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity (ECHC). Alzheimer Scotland provides support for those living with dementia and the ECHC supports children and their families in a variety of healthcare settings. The

Taiwanese officials are calling on people to stop changing their name to Salmon. The situation, dubbed "salmon chaos" by local media came about after Japanese chain Sushiro ran a promotion which ended on Thursday offering free food to any customer and five of their friends – if they changed th

A woman whose ex-partner forged her signature on a standard security over her home in Edinburgh has successfully had the document reduced by Edinburgh Sheriff Court. Gillian Pearce stated she was not aware of the security granted in favour of David Myers until two years after its

A renewed attack on trial by jury in Scotland has been met with scorn from lawyers. A "cross-justice" group led by the Lord Justice Clerk, Lady Dorrian, has proposed a pilot of juryless rape trials in what represents the latest attempt to remove juries from sexual offences cases.

The president of the Law Society of Scotland has written to the Lord President to raise concerns over the introduction of weekend courts to resolve the criminal case backlog. In a letter to Lord Carloway, Amanda Millar questioned why weekend and holiday courts were being considered without consultat