Legal news

Court of Session video hearings: practice note issued
Directions given on productions, witnesses and equipment

Society, Faculty back detained lawyers for CCBE award
Egyptian lawyers nominated for CCBE Human Rights Award 2020

English report calls for all-embracing legal regulator
Stephen Mayson recommends single body covering all legal services providers

Legal directors head Blackadders promotions
Six advanced in Aberdeen, Dundee and Glasgow offices

Disclosure Bill passes final Holyrood stage
New law changes requirements on revealing criminal history

Brodies takes tennis support into restart programme
Back to Tennis with Brodies produced with Judy Murray Foundation

Group to lead equality push post-COVID
Ministers set up expert advisory board to tackle disadvantage

First remote summary trial results in acquittal
Fiscal drops drug case after conflicting evidence

MSPs launch inquiry into COVID impact on budget
Call for evidence on priorities and dealing with fiscal volatility

Contact complaints soar in lockdown: Shared Parenting
Parent support organisation reports 81% rise in helpline calls

English Family Court paper sees disruption till 2021
President sets out requirements during "long road" to normal working

MSPs back benefit nominee system, but want safeguards
Stage 1 report calls for more detail in Social Security Bill

Last door shut on Sheridan perjury conviction challenge
Supreme Court refuses permission to appeal in SCCRC decision review

Stronachs names four in promotions round
Three new senior associates among those advanced

Quarantine rules face challenge as they take effect
Airlines claim 14 day rule irrational and disproportionate

Conviction quashed on sheriff's untested view of video
Parties should have been heard ahead of decision

Legal aid rates should rise due to halted business: GBA
Letter calls for general increase to keep firms afloat during shutdown

Member's bill seeks to reform corporate homicide
Claire Baker's measure would allocate responsibility for fatalities

Pinsent Masons goes live with Mindful Business Charter
Wellbeing initiative rolled out across all Scottish offices

Second Innovation Cup winner goes live
Notice to quit calculator works out relevant period

Scottish Building Society reveals mortgage support deal
COVID-19 package prevents risk of losing home for next 12 months

Megrahi family begins further appeal against conviction
Case lodged following Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission reference

WJM launches new look brand identity
"Client service driven" theme to support marketing campaign

Scholarship launched to mark 200 years of Session Cases
Award open to postgraduate students of Scots law in 2020-21