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Govan Law Centre (GLC) has launched a crowdfunder to provide legal services for women who are homeless. GLC is aiming to raise £5,000 to get the project started with a view to ultimately raising £20,000 to provide a more holistic, integrated service.

Police Scotland has abandoned plans to roll out controversial 'cyber kiosks' which would allow them to harvest data from mobile phones. Concerns were previously raised over their use in Edinburgh and Stirling, where they were tested without any human rights assessment.

The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the case of Sean Connelly to the High Court of Justiciary. In accordance with the commission’s statutory obligations, a statement of reasons for its decision has been sent to the High Court, Livingstone Brown Solicitors and the Cr

A housing association which provides accommodation exclusively for Orthodox families has defeated an application for judicial review by a mother and her young son over its allocation policy. The High Court dismissed a claim, which had been brought by a non-Jewish family in Stamford Hill, protesting

Glasgow University Diploma students Grainne Duffy and Eilidh Collins were awarded first prize in the Scottish finals of the Brown-Mosten International Client Consultation Competition last Friday.

Some of Scotland's leading solicitors, advocates, campaigners and human rights groups will take part in a student-run law conference at Edinburgh University this month. ‘Justice for All’ will examine the relationship between law and the common good, as well as considering opportunit

A group of activists who were prosecuted under terrorism legislation after taking action to halt a deportation flight will be spared jail. The "Stansted 15", members of a group called End Deportations, appeared before Judge Christopher Morgan in Chelmsford Crown Court for sentencing today.

A court celebrated its achievements over the past year by publishing a video on social media portraying one of its judges as the famous videogame character Mario. The three-minute video sees "Super Mario Mr Judge" smashing bricks representing various law enforcement milestones, including handling ov

A mother-of-five who failed to participate in legal proceedings in which her local authority applied to adopt her youngest child has had an appeal against a sheriff’s decision to grant the council’s petitioner dismissed. The Sheriff Appeal Court ruled that the sheriff had suffi

Lesley Gordon reviews the application of Scotland's cohabitation legislation in recent case law.  The number of cohabiting families in the UK has almost doubled in the last 20 years and, in 2006, Scotland led the way by introducing legal protection for cohabitants from unfair situations arising

The use and regulation of fireworks is the focus of a public consultation which aims to ensure everyone can enjoy displays safely. Community safety minister Ash Denham launched the consultation, which asks for views on issues such as whether the sale of fireworks to the public should be banned, and

Police officer numbers have seen a small increase in the last quarter but have decreased over the past year. The key findings of the statistics, published today by Scotland’s chief statistician, are:

A cremation service for the late David Sellar, former Lord Lyon, will be held at the Lorimer Chapel, Warriston Crematorium, Edinburgh, at 12 noon on Saturday 23 February 2019; followed by a Memorial Reception at 2pm at the Playfair Library, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh.

Olivia Parker, careers development officer at the Law Society, talks about whether employers are really engaged with fair access and highlights some of the pitfalls that are still regularly identified in the traineeship recruitment process. In the three years I’ve been working in our careers t

David Ballantyne has resumed practice, as a member of the Hastie Stable. Mr Ballantyne's experience is mainly in government legal work, having been the Attorney General in three separate countries: Tuvalu 1988-91, Turks & Caicos Islands 1992-98 and the Cayman Islands 1998-2003.