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The Scottish Housing Regulator is to investigate Glasgow City Council’s service for people who are homeless after finding that a “significant number of people” are still failing to receive temporary and emergency accommodation when required. Using its powers under the Housing (Scot

Lord Summers’ recent judgement in the case of Peebles Media Group Ltd v Patricia Kelly has no happy ending, describing as it does a situation that is increasingly common in the UK – ‘whaling fraud’. Unlike ‘phishing’ where fraudulent emails are sent to a large num

Ways of assessing judicial potential that do not rely on experience of advocacy in the higher courts are necessary if more women are to join the bench, Lady Hale has said. Delivering the BACFI Denning Lecture 2019 in London, the President of the Supreme Court said that in order to achieve gender par

Community safeguarding charity Sacro has announced the appointment of Annie Mauger-Thompson as its new chief executive. Ms Mauger-Thompson, who was replaced as national director for CIH Scotland by Callum Chomczuk in September 2018, joins the organisation after stints as an interim chief executive w

How is it possible to place a value on part of your body, unique to you and not usually measured in monetary terms? Nicola Edgar explains. This is a challenge faced by personal injury lawyers when advising clients on the value of their claim. If an individual has suffered an injury or accident which

Organisers of the Faculty of Advocates’ Christmas Collection have been delighted by a generous donation of a valuable unique piece of jewellery.

The Hastie Stable congratulated its deputy clerk, Sara Mauriello, for working at the Faculty for 25 years!

Students at Kinlochleven High School discovered more about diversity, equal opportunities and discrimination in the workplace at a special workshop held last Thursday.

A radio show is set to look at a remarkable episode in Scottish legal history. In the 18th century the Douglas Cause was the biggest legal case in Scottish history.

High-tech "spy oysters" have been deployed in oyster parks in a bid to tackle thefts. The fake molluscs contain a tracking device which is activated by sudden movement, meaning that oyster producers can detect and track thieves.

A young woman found guilty of culpable homicide after she “instigated” an attack which led to the murder of her ex-boyfriend has had an appeal against her sentence rejected. Tasmin Glass, 20, was sentenced to 10 years’ detention after she enlisted two co-accused Steven Dickie and C

Anderson Strathern has increased revenue by seven per cent for the year to 31st August 2019 to £24.4 million (2018: £22.8m) with profits up 28 per cent to £8.9 million (2018: £6.9m). Top line growth was supported by increased activity across the commercial, public and private

The Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee has backed the general principles of a bill which will create a Scottish biometrics commissioner, and establish a code of practice for the use of biometrics by the police. However, it is calling for the postholder to be given further powers to keep p

A bill providing for the healthcare needs of alleged victims of rape and sexual offences is to be considered by the Scottish Parliament’s Health and Sport Committee. The bill would allow alleged victims over the age of 16 to ‘self-refer’ themselves to NHS facilities for forensic me

New legislation will make it easier for disabled people to make communal areas around their home more accessible. Disabled people will be given the right to remove barriers to access by creating ramps, widening paths and installing handrails in common areas with the support of a majority of neighbou