Weekly roundup of Scots Law in the headlines including Sheku Bayoh latest — Monday October 27

A review of all the latest headlines from the world of Scots Law including latest on the Sheku Bayoh inquiry, plans to target solicitors in a tax raid, and the 'murder' of a Scottish lawyer in Los Angeles.

Sheku Bayoh inquiry chair resigns over 'bias' claims

Lord Bracadale announced on Tuesday he was standing down from his role as chair of the inquiry into the death of Sheku Bayoh how had been restrained by police officers. It followed calls for the chair to quit two months ago over claims of bias. Mr Bayoh's family now say they feel 'totally betrayed' by the criminal justice system.

• Sheku Bayoh family 'totally betrayed' after inquiry chair quits (BBC)
• Sheku Bayoh's family calls for government lawyer to resign after 'total betrayal' (STV)
• [£] Sheku Bayoh inquiry chair resigns over 'bias' claims' (The Times)
• [£] Questions mount as Sheku Bayoh inquiry left in disarray (The Scotsman)

LLPs to be targeted in Reeves' tax raid

As first reported in The Times, Solicitors and GPs are facing a significant shift in the tax system in Rachel Reeves' November budget as the Chancellor ways up a raid on limited liability partnerships (LLPs), ditching their self-employment status exemption to employers' National Insurance.

• [£] Partners quake as Rachel Reeves’s tax raid looms (The Times) 
• Reeves considering tax hike for lawyers and accountants (BBC)
• City lawyers urge Reeves to consult on 'short-sighted' LLP tax move (Gazette)
• [£] Rachel Reeves’s raid on doctors and lawyers is a stroke of genius (Independent)

And in other news

Legal headlines from across the UK and beyond:

• Island funeral confirmed for Scottish lawyer 'murdered' in LA (BBC)
• [£] Failures at solicitors’ watchdog caused consumers ‘profound harm’ (The Times)
• ICJ orders Israel to allow aid into Gaza and says restrictions breached international obligations (The Guardian)
• When art meets regulation: the evolving landscape of compliance and enforcement (Solicitors Journal)
• ‘The police weren’t interested’: what’s driving the rise in private prosecutions? (The Guardian)
• Professional wedding singer refused to give breath samples to police (Border Telegraph)
• Man and woman charged after £100,000 worth of drugs seized from premises (STV News)
• I’ve seen courts hand children back to their abusers. Today that horror finally ends - Charlotte Proudman (The Guardian)
• Uber at war with black cab drivers as car company demands legal case is thrown out (The Standard)