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David Bartos and Dr Gillian Black have been appointed commissioners of the Scottish Law Commission. Mr Bartos brings a wealth of practical experience in commercial property litigation covering a wide breadth of landlord and tenant disputes together with a deep knowledge of property and contract law.

Scottish conveyancers have greeted huge increases in loan-to-value deposits required by mortgage lenders with dismay. Britain's mortgage lenders have dramatically increased their loan-to-value deposits for house purchases with Halifax and Barclays among those seeking 40 per cent down-payme

Raeburn Christie Clark & Wallace (RCC&W) has promoted Allan Mackenzie to associate solicitor. After graduating from Aberdeen University in 2006, Mr Mackenzie completed his traineeship with a local firm and in 2012 joined a local residential and commercial property developer. He joined RCC&am

Weightmans has opened a new private client practice in Scotland with the appointment of family law specialist Noel Ferry to its Glasgow team, expanding its cross-border offering.

Convictions for rape and attempted rape increased by 43 per cent in Scotland in they ear 2018-19, new figures reveal. The number of proceedings for these crimes increased by 32 per cent to 324 proceedings in 2018-19, and the conviction rate was 47 per cent.

The Lord Advocate has said that domestic abuse cases will continue to be prosecuted vigorously and fairly during the coronavirus pandemic. This comes one year after the introduction of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018, which criminalised coercive and controlling behaviour towards a partner or

Edinburgh Law School's Dr Guido Rossi has been awarded the Robert Feenstra Prize for the best article published in the Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis / Revue d'Histoire du Droit / The Legal History Review during the years 2017-2019. His article, entitled The barratry of the shipmaster in early

Bloomsbury Professional, the Scots law and tax publisher, has produced a brand new online service for all Scots law students who are currently in lockdown with exams looming.

In the first in a series of jurisprudential primers for Scottish Legal News, Benjamin Bestgen reflects on philosophical thinking. When I studied philosophy, one of the typical remarks from well-meaning people with little knowledge of the subject were pointers to Rodin’s sculpture The Thinker a

A man arrested after a high-speed car chase allegedly told officers he was teaching his dog how to drive. Officers said they found a pit bull behind the wheel of the car when it eventually came to a halt, but the dog's 51-year-old owner was steering.

The Scottish government is attempting to give ministers the power to allow solemn trials to be conducted without juries and to "dismantle in one fell swoop more than 600 years of legal principle" in a move described as a "knee-jerk reaction" at best and something "far more sinister" at worst. The Sc

Scotland’s first purpose-built justice centre in Inverness opens today.

A proposal to make civil partnerships available to different sex couples will strengthen equality and advance human rights in Scotland, according to a Holyrood committee. The Scottish Parliament’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee has published its stage 1 report on the Civil Partnership (

The Lord President has appointed Robin Macpherson as temporary auditor of the Court of Session for 12 months from 1 April 2020. Mr Macpherson, an experienced litigator and solicitor advocate, will also become auditor of the All Scotland Personal Injury Court and the Sheriff Appeal Court, effective f

Gilson Gray has merged with Dundee property firm, Wallace and Co Property Management. The addition of Wallace and Co Property Management will see the transfer of local property experts Elaine Wallace, Pauline Traill and Derek Tyson to the Gilson Gray property services team.