The ''Scots Law Times'' is a commercially published
law reports service and law magazine for
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to th ...
, publishing over 1400 pages of reports each year. Published weekly during court term by
W. Green
Sweet & Maxwell is a British publisher specialising in legal publications. It joined the Associated Book Publishers in 1969; ABP was purchased by the International Thomson Organization in 1987, and is now part of Thomson Reuters. Its British ...
, the ''Scots Law Times'' covers every
Scottish court, civil and criminal, from the
Sheriff Courts to the
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
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(formerly the
House of Lords
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).
Since 2000, the ''Scots Law Times'' reports have been prepared by a specialist legal team working
online
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, with court opinions downloaded from the
Scottish Court Service
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website. Reports of leading cases can therefore be published very shortly after a decision is issued.
The ''Scots Law Times'' also has a news section that contains topical articles, reviews of recent publications, case commentaries, and new rules of court and practice notes.
See also
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List of leading Scottish legal cases
External links
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Online law databases
Scots law
Mass media in Scotland
Legal newspapers
Newspapers published in Scotland
Publishing companies of Scotland
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