Legal news
Ministers consult on new parking offence scheme
Views sought on grading of offences including under new Act
Replacement legal aid support fund open to applications
Firms have until 18 August to apply for share of £6.7m support
Five organisations named for extra human rights funding
48 bodies in total to benefit from new Equality and Human Rights Fund
Islands bond to support new settlement put out to views
Scottish Government plans £50,000 funding for up to 100 families
Inner House affirms strict latent damage time bar rule
Sheriff erred in holding pursuers lacked sufficient knowledge at outset
Legal counsel joins SWA as senior lawyer retires
Laura Lee moves to Scottish Whisky Association's Legal team
Property team appointments at Anderson Strathern
Jemma Richardson promoted to partner as new manager joins team
Burness Paull offers legal career pathway
Scheme to help disadvantaged students
Alcohol may not affect witness recall, new study finds
Mild to moderate intoxication made recollection no less accurate in tests
Commission extends homicide reform response deadline
Comments on discussion paper remain open until 15 October 2021
Faculty deprecates Johnson "left-wing" lawyers slur
Interview remarks deplored as renewed attack on rule of law
South Africa allows patent to AI inventor
First success for team seeking recognition for non-human creators
Excluding juries from sexual cases "abhorrent": Lenehan
Criminal Bar President warns of risk of undermining justice
MPs call for urgent legal aid reforms south of border
Justice Committee report highlights significant issues similar to Scotland
Solicitor fined for copying statements to accused client
Breach of undertakings to Crown involved sensitive sexual matters
TLT unveils 2025 strategy as it reports 11% 2021 growth
Firm targets £140m-plus revenue in four years' time
Property associate hire for Balfour+Manson
Sylvia McCullagh joins from Gilson Gray
More support in force for siblings in care
Siblings should now have support to stay together where appropriate
Ministers plan new style energy performance certificate
Consultation opens on relabelled and additional ratings
CMS promotes five in Scotland to of counsel
Three in Edinburgh and two in Glasgow advance to senior role
NQ and trainee hires as DWF expands Scottish presence
Five solicitors and six trainees start in Edinburgh and Glasgow
Scottish Legal Aid Board to improve equality approach
Legal agreement is signed to help end discrimination
Justice Secretary will consider sex crime legal reforms
Call to improve Scotland's conviction rates for rape
Inner House widens gin trade mark interdict on Lidl
Interim order protecting Hendrick's mark upheld and applied to England