Legal news
![](/media/spldo0uj/icon-j-wh.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922400000)
Major expansion as Strathclyde Law Clinic takes on asylum role
Funding obtained for additional supervisors as student numbers grow
![](/media/spldo0uj/icon-j-wh.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922400000)
Smith party representatives agree first principles
Proposals not to be conditional on agreement for other parts of UK
![](/media/spldo0uj/icon-j-wh.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922400000)
Bankruptcy figures show further decline
Company as well as personal insolvencies now showing fall
![](/media/spldo0uj/icon-j-wh.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922400000)
IBA offers draft human rights guidance
Advice for business lawyers and bar associations on UN Guiding Principles
![](/media/spldo0uj/icon-j-wh.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922400000)
MacRoberts hires two construction and projects partners
Rod Munro and Craig Bradshaw join from MMS
![](/media/spldo0uj/icon-j-wh.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922400000)
Crown Office reviewing stalking laws after "mental health" case
Claim that justice denied as sheriff unable to make order
![](/media/spldo0uj/icon-j-wh.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922400000)
Warning for law firm employees who move with client records
Paralegal committed data protection offence by taking sensitive details
![](/media/spldo0uj/icon-j-wh.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922400000)
Welfare fund helps 100,000 Scots households
Figures released for first 15 months of scheme
![](/media/spldo0uj/icon-j-wh.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922400000)
More associate moves in Edinburgh
Shoosmiths and Lindsays make hires for capital offices
![](/media/spldo0uj/icon-j-wh.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922400000)
Lord President permits laptops; court tightens personal injury practice
Permission no longer required to use laptop or tablet in court
![](/media/spldo0uj/icon-j-wh.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922400000)
Society calls for rethink of MPs recall bill
Amending existing law would be "more constitutionally appropriate"
![](/media/spldo0uj/icon-j-wh.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922400000)
SLAB to fund additional money advice services
Sixteen new projects designed to help relieve child poverty
![](/media/spldo0uj/icon-j-wh.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922400000)
Carrier bag charge in force from today
Minimum 5p levy for single use bags – with a few exceptions
![](/media/spldo0uj/icon-j-wh.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922400000)
Brodies signs construction specialist
Juliet Haldane joins from Miller Construction
![](/media/spldo0uj/icon-j-wh.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922400000)
New Scottish Land Court chairman installed
Sheriff Roderick John MacLeod QC becomes new chairman following retirement of Lord McGhie
![](/media/spldo0uj/icon-j-wh.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922400000)
Scottish Civil Justice Council makes new appointments
Lord President appoints Jacqueline Harris and Paul Reid as solicitor members
![](/media/spldo0uj/icon-j-wh.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922400000)
Lord Advocate chairs human trafficking summit
UK-wide summit opens at the Scottish Parliament
![](/media/spldo0uj/icon-j-wh.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922400000)
Police reviewing weaknesses in CCTV evidence processes
Concerns raised over delays causing court postponements
![](/media/spldo0uj/icon-j-wh.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922400000)
Bonomy post-corroboration review publishes safeguards consultation
Exceptions and new jury majority rules among possible measures
![](/media/spldo0uj/icon-j-wh.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922400000)
Stronachs makes employment partner hire
Eric Gilligan joins from Brodies
![](/media/spldo0uj/icon-j-wh.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922400000)
Promotions round at Lindsays
Three new senior associates and one associate confirmed
![](/media/spldo0uj/icon-j-wh.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922400000)
Faculty of Advocates elects new officers
Kirsty Hood becomes clerk; Peter Gray QC to chair Faculty Services Ltd
![](/media/spldo0uj/icon-j-wh.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922400000)
Neuberger raises question of UK written constitution
"Powerful arguments" why might be good idea, Supreme Court President says
![](/media/spldo0uj/icon-j-wh.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922400000)
Edinburgh Legal Walk gets a second outing
21 October date for event in aid of free legal advice clinics