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A man, known as 'Victim D', who suffered abuse at the hands of his mother as a child is suing a victims’ charity over missed compensation, The Herald reports. Victim D’s mother was jailed for five years in 2011 for subjecting her son to abuse in the 1970s and 1980s.

Solicitors in Dunbartonshire have explained why they joined their colleagues across Scotland in withdrawing from the Scottish Legal Aid Board’s police station duty scheme. On Thursday, new laws will come into force entitling anyone who faces police questioning to legal advice, regardless of whethe

Colin Hulme

A new video featuring one of the first Scottish law students to be awarded Lawscot Foundation funding and mentoring support has been launched. Eight students, who all started law degrees at Scottish universities in 2017, are the first to have received financial and mentoring support from the charity

Kate Frame The police complaints watchdog has revealed that it was nearly overwhelmed by cases involving senior officers.

Karen Nicol, a senior associate at MacRoberts is under the SLN Spotlight this week.  

Andy Wightman

A lawyer has criticised his colleagues for breaking ranks and enlisting in the legal aid police station duty scheme in Angus, The Courier reports. Mike Ferrie, Dean of the Society of Procurators and Solicitors of Angus, said the boycott of the scheme “required total support and trust between Angus

A man found guilty of domestic abuse offences despite his former partner denying that she had been assaulted has had an appeal against his conviction dismissed. The appellant claimed that the sheriff erred in repelling a defence submission of “no case to answer”, but the Appeal Court of the High

Pictured: Hannah Chalmers and Liam MacDonald

Scotland should allow for the adoption of adults, according to a campaigner hoping to change the law.

A gun owner whose firearms certificate was revoked because his son is a convicted drug dealer has successfully appealed against the decision. David Cameron, 59, was deemed “unfit” by Police Scotland to be entrusted with the weapon due to his “association” with a person involved in criminal a

Meena Bahanda Meena Bahanda, principal consultant (legal) at HRC Recruitment, looks the employment hurdles women still face in the legal profession.

Philippa Cunniff On International Women’s Day 2018, Philippa Cunniff, partner and head of family law at Gilson Gray LLP, shares her experiences as a woman in the legal profession.

A father and daughter who were seeking leave to appeal a tribunal decision but failed to turn up to court because they got the date of the hearing wrong have had their application dismissed. A judge in the Inner House of the Court of Session refused the application having considered the papers and n