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Four men caught with significant quantities of cocaine, cannabis and cannabis resin have been jailed. Robert Wright, 55, Terrence Connelly, 31, Brian McCulley, 39, and Peter Ewing, 53, all admitted being involved in the supply of drugs worth a total of more than £1,720,000.

North Antrim MP Ian Paisley has narrowly survived the first ever recall petition held under the Recall of MPs Act 2015. The law, designed to allow voters to trigger a by-election in their constituency in certain circumstances, was introduced as part of the 2010 coalition agreement bet

Pictured (L-R): Lady Wise, Lynda Brabender QC, Lord Brailsford and Ruth Inne ,QC Family law practitioners heard expert analysis of an innovation in Court of Session litigation at a special Faculty of Advocates event.

Women will make up a majority of the judges hearing a case at the UK's highest court for the first time in British legal history next month. Lady Hale, Lady Black and Lady Arden will join Lord Carnwath and Lord Lloyd-Jones in considering whether a 16-year-old

Sir Crispin Agnew QC is speaking at the UKELA (Scotland) Environmental Conference which takes place in Edinburgh on 27 September. Sir Crispin, who is a patron of UKELA, is speaking on a “Personal Reflection” of his 36 years working in Environmental Law. Places are still available an

Colleagues at a city law firm aimed high to help an amputee charity – raising more than triple their original target.

Police have issued a warning to beachgoers not to take home giant bundles of cannabis that have started washing up on Florida's coast. One 61-year-old man has so far been arrested and charged with possession of cannabis over 20 grams for claiming part of the illegal flotsam.

An important proviso has been added by the Faculty of Advocates to its support for legislation which would keep child witnesses out of court in serious criminal cases. The Scottish government wants much greater use of pre-recorded testimony, but the Faculty said it was essential that the evidence of

Plans to merge British Transport Police with Police Scotland may never come to fruition, Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf has said. The merger was scheduled to take place in April next year but has been delayed, with Police Scotland now unable to give a “definitive date” for the merger, Mr

The latest publication of Registers of Scotland's monthly UK House Price Index shows that the average price of a property in Scotland in July 2018 was £152,245 – an increase of 3.2 per cent on July in the previous year and an increase of 1.4 per cent when compared to the previous month.

An academic has suggested that juries be abolished in rape trials, leaving judges to decide cases, The Times reports. Dominic Willmott, a doctoral researcher at the University of Huddersfield, said that doing so would amount to “a massive break with ancient English legal tradition” but t

Thorntons has announced the appointment of Bridget McGuire as a senior solicitor in its family law team. Ms McGuire, who has a wealth of experience, will be based in the firm's Cupar office. She is local to the East Neuk of Fife and is passionate about supporting the local community, schools and bus

Colin Hamilton, a partner at Gillespie Macandrew, has become a solicitor advocate able to represent both individuals and companies in the higher courts. He joins partner John Stirling in giving the firm’s clients access to solicitor advocate services.

CMS Scotland is launching an initiative aimed at helping Scottish-based intellectual property start-ups scale up. Founded over three years ago in London and with programmes across the UK, Singapore and Dubai, CMS equIP operates like an incubator, investing in start-ups through industry int