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Lauren Brown looks back at the long summer of 1597 when Scotland was swept by witch-finding fever. Between March and October 1597, Scotland was gripped by witchcraft hysteria. Around 400 people were tried for witchcraft and 200 are believed to have been executed. The number of people accused was dou

A motorist who was found guilty of driving while using a mobile phone after filming the aftermath of a road traffic accident from behind the wheel of his van has seen a decision to quash his conviction upheld following an appeal. Ramsey Barreto was found guilty of a contravention of section 41D

Minimum unit pricing (MUP) for alcohol has been implemented effectively, with compliance high amongst licensed premises in Scotland, according to a study published today by NHS Health Scotland. MUP came into force on 1 May 2018 and requires all licensed premises in Scotland to set a floor price of 5

It is with great sadness that we report the death of Professor Tom Campbell who passed away on Saturday at the age of 81 in Canberra, Australia. Tom was one of the University of Glasgow’s most distinguished graduates and also one of its most distinguished professors. He took his first degree a

The Scottish Women’s Rights Centre (SWRC) has today launched a new specialist legal service to provide legal information, advice and representation to women who have experienced sexual harassment at work, in further education or online. This is a unique service in Scotland made possible by fun

Earlier this year the UK government consulted on crowning HMRC with a promoted ranking in the insolvency of corporates and individuals. This month, it has published the draft 2019-2020 Finance Bill containing the legislative provisions that will bring this coronation into law. Michael Thomson explai

The Inner House of the Court of Session has again considered the vexing issue of notice requirements, write Gillian Craig and Josh Grieveson. Facts

This year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe will see staff at Edinburgh Law School take to the stage and Old College become one of the city's hundreds of venues. For the second year in a row, Dr Smita Kheria, senior lecturer in intellectual property law, will perform her show No copyright, no problem? as

A new free exhibition by National Records of Scotland (NRS) reveals the hidden histories of prisoner-patients of the Victorian era. Opening today, Prisoners or Patients? Criminal Insanity in Victorian Scotland uses never before displayed records and photographs to reveal tragic stories of crime, tre

Suspected sex offenders should remain anonymous until charged so long as they have a reputation to protect, Justice Secretary Robert Buckland QC has said. The new Lord Chancellor, who backed a campaign by Sir Cliff Richard and Paul Gambaccini to impose a ban on revealing the names of people arrested

A man charged with car theft was arrested again after allegedly showing up to court in another stolen car. The 34-year-old was arrested just after attending court in a town near Adelaide, Australia on a charge of illegally using a motor vehicle.

A Hebridean crofting couple who raised an action for damages after a neighbours’ bull strayed onto their land and impregnated their pedigree cow have had their claim dismissed. Bernard and Kathleen Allen, from Great Bernera on Lewis, went to court to pursue a reported £20,000 i

DWF Group plc, with offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow, saw revenue growth of 15 per cent in a "milestone year" which saw it become the largest listed full-service legal business on the London Stock Exchange. In an inaugural results statement, the group said revenue was up by 15 per cent, or 12.5 per

Andrew Foyle reasons that new case law on calling up notices has simply raised more questions for lawyers in search of answers. In 2010 the Supreme Court ruled that in every case where a secured creditor seeks possession of a property following a monetary default, a calling up notice must be served.

Academics have called on the Scottish government to uphold sex-based protections in the Equality Act 2010 and to facilitate open debate on sex and gender identity issues in a paper that claims democratic policy-making has become vulnerable to ideologically-driven lobbying, namely from transgender ri