Legal news

Solicitor wins Supreme Court appeal against lender duty ruling
"Not reasonable" for creditor to rely on misstatement regarding discharge

Society welcomes review call for new legal aid approach
"Much to support" in report, but some caveats

Legal aid review calls for "fundamentally new approach"
Ministers' response to be published "in due course"

Commission publishes law reform annual report for 2017
"Productive" year saw three reports and bills

Is simple procedure working, SCJC asks?
Consultation opens on experience to date

Jennifer Henderson to be next Keeper of Registers
Career civil servant has wide executive experience

Further fall in prosecutions last year, official figures show
Most types of crime down, with 8% drop overall

Harrington succeeds Brown as BLM senior partner
Board member elected to three year term from 1 March

Ministers to push ahead with court fee rises
Minor changes only despite consultation objections

Lawscot Foundation wins European silver
Student support fund recognised in European Association Awards

Appeal court rejects separate divorce treatment of house and land
Ownership separate from whether property was matrimonial

Scotland's new third party rights contract law comes into force
Act simplifies and restates common law

Ministers confirm 50p minimum alcohol price plan
Proposal to be put to MSPs ahead of 1 May start date

Sharp rise in Scots human trafficking cases uncovered
Majority of victims men as labour exploitation dominates

Advice services need better planning, review finds
Recommendations made for providers, funders and policy makers

Judge says divorce should be annulled – but lets parties negotiate
Three months to sort out property issues where wife remarried

Management of Offenders Bill begins Holyrood journey
GPS and other monitoring technology to be permitted

Thorntons makes senior appointment to Montrose office
Graham Taylor joins from Dundee practice

Homicide, family law and personal injury in Commission's Tenth Programme
Law reform body announces agenda for next five years

Air travellers warned over unpaid fines checks
Defaulters risk arrest at airports

Senior banking lawyer joins Shoosmiths in Edinburgh
Liana Di Ciacca hired from CMS as senior associate

No dramatic impact from stop and search changes: interim review
Report on first six months suggests more effective use of searches

Report seeks to enable jury service despite sensory impairments
Courts working group supports reasonable adjustments and measures

Police can be liable for investigation failures, Supreme Court rules
Two of John Worboys' victims had case under Human Rights Convention