Legal news

Advocate appointed Immigration Tribunal judge
Julius Komorowski to be salaried chamber judge

Roddy Dunlop QC elected Vice Dean
Faculty's treasurer steps up to succeed Angela Grahame

Thorntons' charity wills month raises £75,000
2019 campaign delivers record amount to Cash for Kids

Scott review of mental health law embarks on consultation
Team keen to hear experiences of how present law is working

Tied pub tenants to have more freedom under new bill
Member's bill would introduce code and adjudicator system

Diversions up, payback orders down in 2018-19, figures show
CPO completion rate better for older offenders

Scots funeral support payment to rise in April
Standard rate payment going up from £700 to £1,000

Director appointment at Anderson Strathern
Jemma Richardson joins Residential Property team

England & Wales Law Society's HQ hit by fire
Serious damage to upper floors in weekend blaze; no injuries

UK scores fewest human rights cases per head of population
Annual analysis reveals growth in case backlog at Strasbourg court

Effect of Civil Partnership Bill not yet clear: Faculty
Submission highlights regulation powers among "complex" provisions

Police practices among concerns raised in new human rights report
Commission lists 200 points in report to UN

Human Rights Court judge to deliver Macfadyen Lecture
Tim Eicke to speak on challenges posed by climate change

SLCC proposes 3.5% budget and levy increase
2020-21 budget proposals, and 2020-24 strategy plans, out for consultation

Section 28 no bar to unjust enrichment claim, full bench rules
Ex-cohabitee fails as case based on prescribed contractual right

Ministers adopt Advisory Council gender equality proposals
National standards and lived experience to help shape policymaking

Criminality excluded customs duty time limit, Supreme Court rules
Three year limit automatically disapplied where proceedings likely

Figures show scale of Police Scotland's informant payouts
£1.3m over five years is second highest in UK

Senior associate joins Harper Macleod's Highland team
Peter McLuckie moves to Elgin office from Munro & Noble

Child sex abuse is "special circumstance" for Moorov rule
High Court refuses appeals based on gap between offences

Jump in Scottish Government crisis grant payments
Ministers claim families suffering from UK benefit cuts

Families Need Fathers becomes Shared Parenting Scotland
Sir James Munby to speak at February relaunch

Scots one-two at Supreme Court as Lord Hodge named Deputy President
Second Scots Justice to serve as Deputy to Lord Reed

Later payment not consideration for bankrupt's alienation
Inner House upholds trustee's claim for return