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The Scottish Legal Action Group (SCOLAG) today adds its voice to the campaign for an independent public inquiry into undercover policing in Scotland. Media reporting south of the border has found evidence of gross malpractice by undercover police officers. These include allegations of:

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have called for the expansion of throughcare after it was revealed that thousands of people leaving prison have nowhere to live and are having to register with councils as homeless. In the last two years, local authorities received 3,814 homeless applications from peop

Scotland's former police chief, Philip Gormley, who resigned amid bullying allegations, has been appointed an inspector of constabulary – a role in which he will oversee the performance of a number of forces in England. He resigned as chief constable in February while he was under investi

It has recently been announced that solicitor Frances Rooney has moved on from Harper Macleod, where she was head of land registration. Ms Rooney has been a prolific speaker and author on all matters of property law and land registration, with over 50 CPD events and written works to her name, i

HMP Barlinnie is to be closed down and replaced with a new jail, the Sunday Mail reports. Reports state that the Scottish Prison Service has identified three sites as potential new homes for the successor prison and that all that is now required is a final decision from the Scottish government.

With a bill introduced to the Scottish Parliament to reduce the general speed limit from 30mph to 20mph, Louise Gallagher looks at the legal implications of this and other attempts to protect or benefit “vulnerable road users”. Drive through the centre of any major Scottish city or town

Thompsons Solicitors has begun legal action against the Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent De Paul on behalf of clients who said they suffered abuse at the hands of the religious order.  At the end of last week, the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry published its interim report into the abuse suffe

With high street trading continuing to falter, the question of whether a landlord can oblige a tenant to continue trading has once again come back into focus. Here, Jennifer Guy reviews what a keep open clause is, the potential remedies of a breach available to a landlord and the points to consider

Via Judicial Office: Lady Justice Nicola Davies sworn in [...] as the first Welsh woman to be a Court of Appeal Judge. She was the first Welsh woman QC and the first Welsh woman High Court Judge.

Police are searching for thieves who stole a whole vineyard of grapes. The thieves made off with their grape haul by "running a professional harvesting machine over the entire vineyard", police in southern Germany told the Rheinpfalz newspaper.

A man found guilty of repeatedly exposing himself and masturbating in view of his next door neighbour has partially succeeded in an appeal due to a lack of corroboration. Ricky Taylor was given a restriction of liberty order and a community payback order with a period of supervision after being

If the UK and the EU fail to agree the terms of our withdrawal from the EU prior to March 2019, we will find ourselves in a “no-deal” or “cliff edge” scenario, writes Joanna Fulton. The UK government is trying to prepare us for the worst by issuing technical notices.&nbs

High Court judges could receive an extra £60,000 a year if new salary recommendations are accepted. The Senior Salaries Review Body has suggested that senior judges in England and Wales receive pay rises of up to 32 per cent.

Livia Ziegelmeyer has joined Thorntons as a solicitor in the firm's commercial property team in St Andrews. Before joining Thorntons in September 2018, she studied at the University of Coimbra in Portugal before completing her LLM in petroleum law and policy at the University of Dundee.

International law specialist Professor Nehal Bhuta has joined Edinburgh Law School. Professor Bhuta joins Edinburgh as chair of international law from the European University Institute in Florence, where he was professor of public international law.