Skip to content
Law Society of Scotland
Search
Find a Solicitor
Contact us
About us
Sign in
Search
Find a Solicitor
Contact us
About us
Sign in
  • For members

    • For members

    • CPD & Training

    • Membership and fees

    • Rules and guidance

    • Regulation and compliance

    • Journal

    • Business support

    • Career growth

    • Member benefits

    • Professional support

    • Lawscot Wellbeing

    • Lawscot Sustainability

  • News and events

    • News and events

    • Law Society news

    • Blogs & opinions

    • CPD & Training

    • Events

  • Qualifying and education

    • Qualifying and education

    • Qualifying as a Scottish solicitor

    • Career support and advice

    • Our work with schools

    • Lawscot Foundation

    • Funding your education

    • Social mobility

  • Research and policy

    • Research and policy

    • Research

    • Influencing the law and policy

    • Equality and diversity

    • Our international work

    • Legal Services Review

    • Meet the Policy team

  • For the public

    • For the public

    • What solicitors can do for you

    • Making a complaint

    • Client protection

    • Find a Solicitor

    • Frequently asked questions

    • Your Scottish solicitor

  • About us

    • About us

    • Contact us

    • Who we are

    • Our strategy, reports and plans

    • Help and advice

    • Our standards

    • Work with us

    • Our logo and branding

    • Equality and diversity

  1. Home
  2. News and events
  3. Legal news

Legal news

Supreme Court rules against Uber in "workers" appeal

19th February 2021 | employment | Employment law
Employment Tribunal justified in finding that drivers were "workers"

MSPs call for urgent views on freedom of expression

18th February 2021 | criminal law , human rights | Discrimination , Human rights , Criminal legal aid
Justice Committee publishes Yousaf's options for hate crime limits

Sentencing Council publishes death by driving findings

18th February 2021 | criminal law | Criminal court work
Research into public attitudes shows feeling of expectations not being met

Discipline Tribunal consults on expenses review

18th February 2021 | professional regulation
Society's abolished table of fees still being used

Court simplified divorce forms change from 1 March

18th February 2021 | family-child law | Family and divorce
Amendments reflect UK withdrawal from European Union

Stephen O'Rourke elected Keeper of Faculty Library

17th February 2021
QC comes top of poll to succeed Mungo Bovey

Irrelevancy of charge shows no probable cause: judge

17th February 2021 | reparation
Rangers-related action to go to proof on whether prosecution malicious

December house prices show strong annual growth

17th February 2021 | property (non-commercial)
Scottish year-on-year rise is highest since March 2015

Trafficked cannabis farm youths held wrongly prosecuted

16th February 2021 | human rights , criminal law | Human rights , Criminal legal aid
UK found in breach of Human Rights Convention on two counts

EU expected to approve data transfers to and from UK

16th February 2021 | europe , human rights | EU / international , Data protection
Announcement predicted this week to assist business transfers

Lockdown hits SCTS monthly throughput figures

16th February 2021 | criminal law | Criminal court work
High Court trials up to pre-COVID level but total case throughput well down

SMEs offered new bank dispute service

15th February 2021 | banking-financial services , dispute resolution | Alternative dispute resolution
ADR service intended for disputes involving larger SMEs

Scottish child payment benefit begins

15th February 2021 | welfare/benefits | Benefit advice
Eligible parents can get £40 every four weeks

Holyrood "must change post-Brexit approach"

12th February 2021 | europe
Panel calls for legal scrutiny changes after May election

COVID court restrictions are extended

12th February 2021 | civil litigation , criminal law
Safety measures will be in place through March

Controlled Interest Land Register to start next year

11th February 2021 | property (non-commercial)
Regulations approved for operation from 1 April 2022

Seven promoted at Aberdein Considine

11th February 2021 | careers
Associate and six senior solicitors recognised for contributions

Longserving SCCRC chief to retire

11th February 2021 | careers
Gerard Sinclair to step down in September after 18 years

Legal Aid Resilience Fund opens to applications

10th February 2021 | criminal law , civil litigation , practice management
Support available to practices with at least 20% of income from legal aid

Thorntons names Lesley Larg as next managing partner

10th February 2021 | careers , practice management
Craig Nicol to step down on 31 May; latest results see growth despite COVID

Stirling professor launches legal innovation exchange

10th February 2021
Scottish Law and Innovation Network aims to bridge academic-practice divide

TLT targets zero emissions by 2025

10th February 2021 | practice management , planning/environment
Partnership with Carbon Intelligence will provide strategy to achieve goal

Malicious prosecution claims to cost £24m, Wolffe confirms

9th February 2021 | criminal law , reparation
Letter to Justice Committee sets out sums to settle administrators' claims

South Strathclyde idea cuts sentencing diet COVID risks

9th February 2021 | criminal law | Criminal court work
Earlier delivery of reports enables advance consultation and cuts hearings
  • «
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72 (current)
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • »

Additional

  • News and events

In this section

  • Legal news
  • Law Society news
  • CPD & Training
  • Blogs & opinions
  • Events
  • 75th Anniversary

Categories

  • civil litigation
  • criminal law
  • employment
  • obituary
  • careers
  • practice management
  • law society of scotland
  • government-administration
  • welfare/benefits
  • family-child law
  • reparation
  • professional regulation
  • property (non-commercial)
  • insolvency
  • consumer
  • human rights
  • mental health-adult incapacity
  • planning/environment
  • europe
  • information technology
  • immigration
  • education-training
  • executries
  • corporate
  • commercial property
  • agriculture-crofting
  • dispute resolution
  • risk management
  • intellectual property
  • client relations
  • tax
  • licensing
  • banking-financial services
  • trusts-asset management
  • reviews
  • opinion
  • For the public
  • Research and policy
  • Regulation
  • Journal online news
  • interview

News Archive

  • 2023
  • 2022
  • 2021
  • 2020
  • 2019
  • 2018
  • 2017
  • 2016
  • 2015
  • 2014
  • 2013
Law Society of Scotland
Atria One, 144 Morrison Street
Edinburgh
EH3 8EX
If you’re looking for a solicitor, visit FindaSolicitor.scot
T: +44(0) 131 226 7411
E: lawscot@lawscot.org.uk
About us
  • Contact us
  • Who we are
  • Strategy reports plans
  • Help and advice
  • Our standards
  • Work with us
Useful links
  • Find a Solicitor
  • Sign in
  • CPD & Training
  • Rules and guidance
  • Website terms and conditions
Law Society of Scotland | © 2025
Made by Gecko Agency Limited