Scottish Legal News

Scottish Legal News
Type of site
News
HeadquartersDundee, Scotland, UK
EditorsKapil Summan[1]
Graham Ogilvy (managing)
URLwww.scottishlegal.com
CommercialYes
Users17,000[2]
LaunchedJune 2008

Scottish Legal News (SLN) is a free online news service for the Scottish legal sector.

Established in 2008,[3] 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.[4]

A poll commissioned by the Law Society of Scotland in 2012 found that 76 percent of Scottish solicitors regularly read Scottish Legal News.[5]

The publication's editorials and surveys of the legal profession, on wide-ranging issues including Brexit,[6][7] lawyers' safety,[8] and major legal reforms,[9] regularly attract wider press attention.

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

References

  1. ^ "About". Scottish Legal News. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
  2. ^ "SLN daily circulation hits 17,000". 19 December 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
  3. ^ "Scottish Legal News expansion for press agency". allmediascotland.com. Allmediascotland...media. 2 June 2008. Archived from the original on 2021-06-14. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
  4. ^ "Career opportunities - where and why?". Law Society of Scotland. Law Society of Scotland. 5 April 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-10-19. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
  5. ^ "Scots e-newsletter tops readership poll among solicitors". Allmediascotland.com. Allmediascotland....media. 11 December 2012. Archived from the original on 2024-12-13. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
  6. ^ "Scots lawyers 'would back a People's Vote' on Brexit". The Times. 22 January 2019. Archived from the original on 2024-12-13. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
  7. ^ "Supreme Court ruling: Boris Johnson must resign or be removed, says SNP leadership". The Times. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-11.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  8. ^ Horne, Marc (2018-07-25). "Attack on lawyer prompts calls for greater protection". The Times. Retrieved 2025-05-19.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  9. ^ "Alex Salmond slammed for branding sheriffs "daft toffs"". The Press and Journal. Aberdeen Journals Ltd. 2015-06-25. Retrieved 2025-05-19.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)