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With 2025 is set to be a pivotal year for employment law across the UK - including here in Scotland - employment law specialists Jillian McLaughlan and Debbie Fellows talk through seven key issues.

Significant changes to the data protection landscape are expected in 2025, thanks to the new Data (Use and Access) Bill, the renewal of the UK/EU adequacy decision and the possibility of new artificial intelligence legislation. It’s crucial to stay ahead of these shifts by considering their implications early.

Women in Law Scotland, a group aimed at promoting gender equality in the Scottish Legal profession, is relaunching. A refreshed committee have been working over the course of the past year to redefine the group’s aims and strategy.

Dr Temitope Omotola Odusanya explores historical and contemporary perspectives, and highlights the continuing struggle for equality in property ownership in Scotland.

Dr Corsino San Miguel PhD, LLB - a member of the AI Research Group and the Public Sector AI Task Force at the Scottish Government Legal Directorate - considers Scotland's innovation past and what the profession can learn for the future.

Joshua King introduces himself to the profession as the new editor of the Journal of the Law Society of Scotland

As solicitors who work in residential conveyancing will no doubt be aware, it is not uncommon for missives to be concluded very close to the date of settlement, if not on the same day. 

Looking through the lens of the hospitality sector, Thorntons’ Jillian McLaughlan and Debbie Fellows reflect on last year’s changes in employment law.  

Would anyone holding or having knowledge of a Will by Ms Michelle Margaret Maitland please contact David Geddes.

In light of the Energy Law Sub-Committee looking for a new convener, we check in with one of its newest members, Shona Watson, to discuss the UK Government’s Clean Power 2030 Action Plan.

Are you aware of the opportunity to tender for the Law Society of Scotland brokerage and administration of the Master Policy 2027-2031?

With practitioners already experiencing sector changes in 2025, it is beneficial to reflect on a selection of the multitude of immigration law and policy developments of 2024.

The Scottish Solictors' Disciplinary Tribunal has issued their latest decision, in relation to Alan Alexander Slessor Wilson.

The ongoing challenge of IP law, reconciling proprietary rights with the imperatives of free expression, innovation, and competition, manifested prominently in 2024, influencing everything from AI data ethics to retail supply chains.

Loretta Maxfield and Cara Collins review the major data protection changes in 2024, including new laws, ICO decisions, marketing, cookies, biometrics, and AI.

The Scottish Solictors' Disciplinary Tribunal has issued their latest decision, in relation to Stephen Richard Lochrie.

The profession has come together to remember former Society Secretary, Kenneth Pritchard OBE.

Alan Barr and Sandra Eden’s Estate Planning & Tax: Wills, Trusts & Executries seminar starts soon.

Ahsan Mustafa interviewed Bilaal and explored the path taken by a solicitor from a large international firm to Parliament House, and what he learned in practice that has helped him at the bar.

The UK Government has made a new right to neonatal care leave and pay effective from 6 April 2025 and is expected to benefit around 60,000 new parents.

Here are five suggestions for risk management resolutions for law firms in 2025, provided by Lockton.

Scotland’s legal aid system is under threat, and with access to justice being the cornerstone of a fair society something needs to be done. The Society are running a #LegalAidMatters campaign and you can show your support by adding your name to the ledger.

The public policy update provides a look back to November and December and the work of the many Society committees. This round-up features the Judicial Factors (Scotland) Bill, the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill, as well as the Making Work Pay consultation and the Scottish Building Safety Levy Consultation.