Defence solicitor Matthew McGovern reflects on the Summary Case Management Pilot. Proponents of summary justice reform always end up sounding a bit like proponents of communism or Brexit: the idea ...
Trainees and NQs at Burges Salmon in Edinburgh have received salary boosts. The changes, which took effect at the beginning of September, mean that first year trainees, who were previously on £34,000 ...
Scotland has far fewer judges relative to the population compared to other Council of Europe (CoE) countries, according to a new report. The Council of Europe's European judicial systems CEPEJ ...
The Law Society of Scotland has paid tribute to Scottish solicitor Iain Doran who passed away recently. President of the Law Society of Scotland, Susan Murray, said: “I was deeply saddened to learn of ...
An Edinburgh sheriff has declared that a retired lecturer who disappeared in June 2023 having last been seen at a beach in North Berwick had taken his own life by drowning after his children applied ...