Legal news
Advocacy service opens for disabled benefit claimants
Support available for people seeking Social Security Scotland benefits
SLCC proposes 5% levy cut in draft budget
Lower complaint numbers, and efficiency savings, prompt second cut
Kenyans win right to sue firm in Scotland
Tea pickers say conditions damaged their health
Council loses £6.5m claim over bin lorry crash
Judge rules that bus firm didn’t provide reference
Gibson Kerr brings operations under one new roof
Move to Randolph Crescent will support further growth
Bill introduced to confirm pandemic reforms
Bill makes permanent some measures and extends temporary justice provisions
LawCare passes 10,000 people helped over its 25 years
2021 figures show stress as fastest growing problem
Sentencing young people guideline applies from today
Court must assess maturity, with rehabilitation as top consideration
Commissions' self-driving regime removes driver fault
Proposed automated vehicles law adopts regulatory, not criminal approach
MSPs seek early action on gender conversion therapy
Report on petition calls for full and comprehensive new law
Courts lift Omicron COVID restrictions
Less physical distancing and more in-person hearings from 31 January
Commission calls for greater role for land taxation
Report sets out potential for supporting net zero and diverse ownership
Omicron hits December criminal court business
Throughput below pre-COVID average levels in all courts
Three appointed to shrieval bench
Colm Dempsey, Kevin McCallum and Nicola Patrick become sheriffs
Solicitor advocate Neil Hay joins Levy & McRae
Criminal defence partner and two colleagues move from MTM
CMS enters pro bono business education student deal
Partnership will help Young Enterprise Scotland expand programmes
Report calls for virtual summary domestic abuse courts
Lord Justice General and Victim Support back review proposals
Disability Law Centre criticises BBC’s The Apprentice
Solicitor hits out at show’s view of disabled people
Government confirms no more delay to new fire alarm law
Minister claims no insurance threat, or penalties for non-compliance
Proposed bill would allow removal of absent MSPs
Consultation running on law to add grounds and processes for removal
Peers seek better partnership with devolved governments
Constitution Committee report calls for greater mutual respect
November house prices continue strong upward trend
Latest official figures show year-on-year rises in all Scottish areas
Court upholds asylum seekers' right to child tax credit
Claim including prior period survived introduction of universal credit
Commission launches tenement owner association project
Minister refers plan for compulsory associations to law reform body