Thorley Stephenson Solicitors Edinburgh Blog

Police Scotland has announced an ‘unprecedented’ numbers of traffic officers will be deployed across the north of Scotland this summer amid concerns that tourist routes are being affected by careless and inexperienced drivers.

Mark Thorley, Director, speaks to BBC Scotland about The Law Society Scotland’s warning of a crisis regarding the Legal Aid system currently in place. Addressing the need for reform, Mark noted “We need to simplify the system, make it easier for everybody, that's not just lawyers, it makes it easier for the customer as well.”

Short prison sentences of 12 months or less have been branded ‘ineffective’ and are expected to reduce now that MSPs have voted for a presumption against their use.

In the last year, there has been a 70 per cent increase in the number of workplace fatalities across Scotland, the latest figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reveal.

There has been a 33 per cent drop in the number of drivers who have been stopped without insurance in 2018 compared with the previous year, according to new figures from RAC Insurance.