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The Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal (SSDT) has launched a consultation on the question of whether the civil standard of proof should apply in professional misconduct cases. There is no statutory requirement for a particular standard, but the SSDT has always employed the criminal standa

BTO Solicitors LLP has appointed David Gibson as its new chairman, succeeding Alan Borthwick. As part of BTO’s new management structure, the firm has also announced its first chief operating officer. Mr Gibson said: "It is a great privilege to be appointed chairman of BTO. I would like to than

New legislation that criminalises psychological domestic abuse and coercive and controlling behaviour has come into force today. An awareness campaign to increase the public’s understanding of the legal nature of domestic abuse and to encourage victims of abuse to seek help has also been launc

Morton Fraser has made three appointments to its construction team through the recruitment of a team of contentious and non-contentious construction specialists. Sandra Cassels will be joining the firm as a partner whilst Julie Scott-Gilroy and Caroline Earnshaw will join as associates.

Caroline Gillespie reflects on the development of the law on domestic abuse as new legislation comes into force today. Today, the law on domestic abuse changes in Scotland. The Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 is now in force, creating a new crime of engaging in a course of abusive behaviour

An increase in Sheriff Court fees comes into effect today. The increase comes in the wake of a 2.3 per cent increase a year ago, and will be followed by a further two per cent increase next year.

Police could be given new powers of entry and search to apprehend a person unlawfully at large from home detention curfew (HDC) or temporary release as part of proposals to strengthen electronic monitoring. Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf is putting forward amendments to the Management of Offenders B

Govan Law Centre (GLC) has successfully prevented the eviction of a client and his family from social housing after raising an action for interdict against their landlord. GLC was consulted by a man who was facing homelessness because decree for eviction had been granted against his partner for

Via Ledingham Chalmers: "Our LEDS Factor team has only gone and won three awards (best social media, most innovative fundraising idea and overall champions) for our 'out of the comfort zone' project to raise money for Charlie House HQ's #venture2019 challenge.

A charity that helps school pupils challenge bigotry is one of the organisations sharing £530,000 of Scottish government funding to tackle sectarianism in 2019-20. Sense Over Sectarianism supports pupils in Glasgow to recognise and combat bigotry, as well as providing training for teachers acr

Voters on a small Canadian island will have to choose between candidates Matthew MacKay and Matthew MacKay at the ballot box this month. The provincial election vote in Prince Edward Island is set for April 23, but the candidates in the district of Kensington-Malpeque share the same name.

This is the text of a lecture given on 1 April 3000 A.D. by Professor Jonathan Yǔyàn, professor of primitive law at Baffinland University. Michael Upton, advocate, M.C.I.Arb., at the Hastie Stable, has secured a translation from the Chinese, through a wormhole in the space-time continuum. La

Morisons LLP entered administration last week.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has held that Russia did not meet its article 2 obligations while investigating a man's murder by a police officer while he was held in a drunk tank. Aleksandr Alekseyvich Anoshin, 51, was murdered in July 2002 after being stopped by police and taken to a s

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has published responses to its 2019-20 budget consultation, which proposed a shift to a new funding model and moving the focus onto legal businesses rather than individuals. The changes would see business owners pay more of the costs of regulation and