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A schoolboy who was sentenced to 12 months’ detention for slashing a fellow pupil with a knife during a fight in the school canteen has successfully appealed against a sheriff’s decision to impose a custodial sentence. The Criminal Appeal Court ruled that while the circumstances of the c

The UK government has been criticised for launching another appeal in the Article 50 legal case. The Court of Session has made a referral to the Court of Justice of the European Union on the question whether the UK Parliament can revoke Article 50 TEU with the permission of the EU's other member sta

A policy allowing the Home Office to request patient data from the NHS to target people for deportation has been abolished following a legal challenge. The agreement gave the Home Office access to confidential patient information to aid immigration enforcement.

Slater and Gordon has appointed Hayley Johnson as a senior associate to its Edinburgh employment team. Ms Johnson has over a decade of employment and public policy experience garnered throughout her time with Eversheds, Brodies, the Scottish Parliament and, most recently, Th

Macdonald Henderson has appointed Stacy Campbell as commercial property director. Ms Campbell joins the firm from Lindsays, where she held a similar role.

Human rights commissions on both sides of the Irish border have called for a new UK-Ireland treaty to protect the smooth operation of the Common Travel Area (CTA) after Brexit. The joint committee of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission has

Aberdeen University PhD candidate David Lorimer has written an article analysing the probabilities of success for criminal cases brought to civil court. It briefly examines potentially influential factors such as corroboration and criminal intent, and the implications of cases like Coxen and Goodwil

Pictured (L-R): Maralyn Boyle, Maggie’s Partnerships Manager Scotland; Jackie McFarlane; Jenni Guy; Seonaid Cochran Five intrepid explorers from Brodies LLP will be taking on the Arctic to raise funds for Maggie's Cancer Centres in a 70km trek.

SLN reflects on one of Scotland's most famous miscarriages of justice as a new play – Oscar Slater - The Trial That Shamed A City – opens at the Òran Mór in Glasgow this week, running until Saturday. Book your tickets here. On 6 May, 1908, Jewish immigrant Oscar Slater

A convicted fraudster escaped jail – for a while – by booking a flying lesson and asking the instructor to let him off in France. Jamie Colwell, 51, hatched the scheme to flee the UK after he and his father, Brian, were convicted of a £1 million VAT scam.

A man found guilty of the repeated rape of a former partner who claimed he was the victim of a “miscarriage of justice” based on “fresh evidence” that the complainer had sent a message to police stating that she had put “an innocent man in jail” has had his appeal

Gillespie Macandrew has announced the appointment of commercial property lawyer Andrew Yule as legal director. Mr Yule, who has over 15 years' experience in commercial property, joins the firm following a directorial position at Burness Paull.

Hundreds of Scottish prosecutors and case workers have been given counselling for "vicarious trauma" after working on abuse cases, The Times reports. According to information released by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) in response to a Freedom of Information request, nearly 50

A private members' bill to create a new form of protection order in cases of stalking will be brought before the Scottish Parliament by SNP MSP Rona Mackay. The Stalking Protection Bill had initially been proposed by Mairi Gougeon prior to her appointment as a Scottish government minister.

Professor Alan Watson, who served as professor of civil law at the University of Edinburgh from 1968 to 1980, has passed away. The legal academic, who remained an honorary professor at Edinburgh, died in Athens, Georgia, USA at 85.