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Friday 26 October 20186pm - 7pm2018 is the 50th Anniversary of several landmark cases in public law in which Lord Reid presided. Deputy President of the Supreme Court, Lord Reed, will be considering Lord Reid’s approach to judicial lawmaking and assessing how relevant it is to the courts at th

A report on potential financial compensation for victims of abuse in care has been presented to Deputy First Minister John Swinney. The report and recommendations from the SHRC InterAction Action Plan Review Group, in partnership with CELCIS (the Centre for Excellence for Looked After Chil

India's Supreme Court has legalised gay sex, striking down a colonial-era law that banned the practice. Section 377, a 157-year-old law banned “carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal” and was punishable by life in prison.

Six members of Macleod and MacCallum are undertaking a charity cycle in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust today to mark 30 years of Morag MacIntosh and Fiona Campbell practising family law in the Highlands, having both started their traineeships there in 1988. Morag MacIntosh, Fiona Campbel

On Sunday 16 September 2018 in Deuchny woods, Perth, eight intrepid solicitors from BTO will participate in the Spartan Super Race, which is part of the 2018 Scotland Spartan Trifecta, a daunting obstacle race series.

Roy Moore, 71, a former candidate for the US Senate, is suing the comedian Sacha Baron Cohen for defamation after he was the victim of a prank. In a sketch for the show Who Is America?, Mr Baron Cohen pretended he was an Israeli anti-terror expert demonstrating how to use a "paedophile detector".

Police have arrested a man who stole a hearse with a body inside. Forty-year-old Annibal Saúl N admitted to stealing the hearse after discovering the vehicle along with the keys.

Lawyers exasperated with much-vaunted legislation's inability to resolve gaps in the Land Register and its rules on rejections have established a new group to address the issue as "no one seems to be listening" – amid a warning that completion of the cadastral map will "never happen" as the la

Brodies LLP has announced today that it has secured premises in one of Edinburgh’s premier new office developments. The firm will occupy the top three floors (five, six and seven) of the new Capital Square office complex, which is being constructed by BAM, in partnership with Hermes Inves

John Scott QC reflects on his time as a member of the Scottish Sentencing Council. As the advert has now appeared for the next solicitor member of the Scottish Sentencing Council, I thought that it might be useful for colleagues to hear a little about the work of the Council in the last three y

Hindles, a UK firm of patent and trade mark attorneys in Edinburgh, has opened a new office in Liverpool. The office is headed by director Dr Robert Gregory, who has many years’ experience of working with clients in the region.

A cheesemaker is demanding £400,000 in compensation from a council after it lost a court battle against him over the safety of his produce, The Herald reports. Humphrey Errington, 74, can sell his cheese again after succeeding in a legal case against South Lanarkshire Council, which wanted it

Solicitors and non-solicitors have the opportunity to get involved with the work of the Law Society of Scotland, influencing decisions affecting the Scottish legal profession and helping to shape the law. There are currently vacancies on 30 of the Law Society’s diverse range of committees and