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A report by the Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) has found that officers who pursued a stolen car before it was involved in a high speed collision were not trained or authorised to do so. The one mile pursuit, which took place in the early hours of Thursday 22 November 2018 bet

More than 100 survivors of the Grenfell tower fire are taking legal action in the US against companies they believe are to blame for the disaster, the BBC reports. The lawsuit is targeting cladding maker Arconic, as well as insulation maker Celotex and Whirlpool, a fridge supplier.

Aberdeen law graduate Hanifi Baris faces life imprisonment for the second time in less than a year, The Press and Journal reports. On 4th July 2018 he was arrested in Istanbul and charged with “posting items of criminal content” on his Facebook and Twitter accounts.

Aberdein Considine has been awarded a top honour at a UK legal award ceremony.

Two men allegedly tried to use a blowtorch to break into an ATM – but instead welded it shut. The Florida men were apparently trying to break open the machine, on Okaloosa Island, Fox News reports.

A British citizen wanted by authorities in Taiwan to serve a prison sentence after he was found guilty of negligent manslaughter following a drink-driving accident has successfully appealed against an order for his extradition. Zain Dean was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment after bei

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have today called for recognition of the "emergency" in Scotland’s prisons as new figures revealed the total number of assaults in prisons increased by 41 per cent last year. Data acquired by the party through a freedom of Information request also showed that the

Advocate Paul Harvey reflects on the third of Lord Sumption's Reith Lectures, in which the former Supreme Court justice takes the ECHR to task. These are unsatisfactory times for lawyers who wish to engage in public debate. The law, like so many other specialist disciplines, is not always fairly and

TLT has secured a provisional licence for the proposed Ardgowan Distillery & Estate in Inverkip, at a hearing of the Inverclyde Licensing Board on 6 June 2019. The Ardgowan Distillery & Estate will be a multi-million pound project creating a brand new distillery and wider tourist destination

A well-known Angus solicitor has been struck off after the Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal found him guilty of professional misconduct. John Fleming Hamilton, 62, known as Ian, was the sole partner in Maclean and Lowson, a Forfar-based firm.

The Fuel Poverty (Target, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill 2019 is expected to receive Royal Assent this summer after the legislation passed stage 3 at Holyrood yesterday. The bill introduces a new statutory target for reducing fuel poverty so that by 2040 no household is living in fuel pove

Plans to update and improve the law on surrogacy have been welcomed by the Advocates’ Family Law Association (AFLA). Proposals for change were published in a joint consultation by the Scottish Law Commission and the Law Commission of England and Wales.

Everyone in the UK will have the legal right to request a decent and affordable broadband connection from March next year, Ofcom has confirmed. The communications regulator is implementing the UK government's "universal broadband service", a safety net that will give eligible homes and businesses a

During recent renovation work at the historic library of the Society of Advocates in Aberdeen, the picture of a mystery man was uncovered.

Glasgow law firm Dallas McMillan has fostered close links with the Polish community in Scotland, whom it has served for more than 15 years. Speaking to SLN, the firm explained how this relationship began and why Polish workers are particularly vulnerable. As a Glasgow-based firm, Dallas McMillan ini