Scottish Legal News

Scottish Legal News
Type of site
News
HeadquartersDundee, Scotland, UK
OwnerScottish Legal News Ltd
EditorsKapil Summan
Graham Ogilvy (managing)
URLwww.scottishlegal.com
CommercialYes
Users13,000[1]
LaunchedJune 2008

Scottish Legal News (SLN) is a free online news service for the Scottish legal sector. Established in 2008,[2] its daily content, distributed online and by email, includes a blackletter case law report as well as law firm announcements, such as appointments and promotions; legislative changes; international human rights stories; and events and job opportunities.[3]

A poll commissioned by the Law Society of Scotland in 2012 found that 76 percent of Scottish solicitors regularly read Scottish Legal News.[4] The publication's editorials and surveys of the legal profession, on wide-ranging issues including Brexit,[5][6] lawyers' safety,[7] and major legal reforms,[8] regularly attract wider press attention.

The publication is edited by Kapil Summan and the managing editor is Graham Ogilvy.

References

  1. ^ "Scottish Legal News passes 13,000 subscribers milestone". 10 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Scottish Legal News expansion for press agency". Allmediascotland. 2 June 2008.
  3. ^ "Career opportunities - where and why?". Law Society of Scotland. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Scots e-newsletter tops readership poll among solicitors". Allmediascotland. 11 December 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Scots lawyers 'would back a People's Vote' on Brexit". The Times. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Supreme Court ruling: Boris Johnson must resign or be removed, says SNP leadership". The Times. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Attack on lawyer prompts calls for greater protection". The Times. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  8. ^ "Alex Salmond slammed for branding sheriffs "daft toffs"". The Press and Journal. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2019.