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A new member’s bill aims to make it easier to hold large companies and their senior managers liable for workplace fatalities. The proposed legislation would change the law in Scotland by creating two new offences – causing the death of a person recklessly, or by gross negligence. Both of

Morton Fraser has launched an online fixed-price mediation service for employment disputes. The firm hosted the launch of Scottish Mediation's 'Mediation Charter' at its offices earlier this year and sees this as a natural step in raising the profile of mediation in Scotland.

The Scottish Law Agents Society (SLAS) has passed a motion of no confidence in the budget of the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC). SLAS held its annual general meeting on 18 June using Zoom video conferencing.

The Planning and Environmental Appeals Division (DPEA) has conducted its first ever virtual hearing session in a planning appeal. At stake was the scale and extent of education contributions that could be required from housing development in Edinburgh.

A Scottish solicitor has warned the country’s construction industry will face major long-term difficulties without some form of government intervention. Roddy Cormack, accredited specialist in construction law at Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP, is calling on the government to come to an

RSB Lindsays is optimistic that housing demand will return to pre-lockdown levels once business resumes. The firm expects some 600 home viewings in Dundee when the Scottish government allows the market to reopen.

The chief executive of Hong Kong would be able to appoint judges to hear national security cases under a law proposed by Beijing, The Times reports.

7 July12pm Simon Di Rollo QC will take a look at the two recent decisions of the Supreme Court from April on vicarious liability – designed to correct misunderstandings of the lower courts concerning the governing principles of the application of secondary liability.

The surprise sacking of a top US federal prosecutor who played a role in the prosecution of some of President Donald Trump's former allies has caused an "uproar" in legal circles. Attorney General Bill Barr announced on Friday that Geoffrey Berman, the US Attorney for the Southern District of New Yo

The Legal Services Agency (LSA) is hosting virtual meetings to allow lawyers in the social justice sector to connect during lockdown. The next one is at 4pm this Thursday and will include short presentations from the Equality and Human Rights Commission and Shelter Scotland.

A thief who approached police officers to ask for a lift home while still carrying stolen goods has been jailed. Gary Gibson, 32, grabbed a bizarre range of items while raiding a home in Stobswell, Dundee in March.

The High Court of Justiciary has allowed an appeal against conviction for charges of rape and indecent assault on the ground that the two charges were too materially different to mutually corroborate one another. Aadam Mohammed was originally tried for three charges, two of rape and o

No measure will be implemented to address Scotland's backlog of criminal cases that would compromise fair trials, the Lord President has said. Lord Carloway said he will "not contemplate any measure to aid recovery which might compromise the basic principle of a fair trial" in dealing with the backl

Lawyers have said there is a case for complainers in sexual offences cases to be given their own legal representation when applications are made to lead evidence of bad character or sexual history so they can make submissions on whether such an application should be granted in order to prevent "re-v

New powers and measures to align devolved Scots law with those in the European Union after the end of the Brexit transition period have been published. The UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Bill will allow or provide for continuity of provision that would otherwise be los