It has been another busy and productive month for the BPS Policy and Public Affairs team. Here’s what the team has been up to.

A law requiring all new buildings over a certain size to include swift bricks has been passed in Scotland. Swift nesting ...

Ruskell’s amendment was backed by the Scottish Government and MSPs from across the chamber to make swift bricks mandatory for ...

The Scottish Government has made a major offer to increase legal aid fees in a bid to end a long running dispute with solicitors, The Herald ...

The lawyers are arguing that the detention of Avtandil Kalandadze is unlawful under the European Convention of Human Rights.

David Lyons, 74, will payback less than £130,000 as that was all Crown lawyers could recover at this time.

Venessa MacLeod has told how the long-lasting trauma has led her to back legislation which would criminalise the “punters” ...

A LAW banning folk from feeding seagulls could be introduced in Scotland – if a newly launched campaign is successful. The call for tougher controls over bird numbers comes after a number of attacks ...

The police, fire service and prison service had all asked for extra funding to strengthen their numbers and resources.

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The Law Society of Scotland said it is encouraged by the strong multi-party support for legal aid voiced by MSPs during a debate in Holyrood. The need for urgent action was repeatedly stressed on ...

‘We oppose this law because it is disproportionate and undemocratic,’ the bishops said in a Jan. 6 statement. ‘The Catholic Church does not condone harassment or intimidation, but that was not the ...