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The laws of access and rights and responsibilities are the subject of a new book by law lecturer Malcolm Combe. Scotland has unique and progressive rights of access to land for the public. With a landscape internationally renowned for its beauty and diversity and attracting increasing visitor number

The Scottish Debt Arrangement Scheme has jokingly had its acronym, DAS, compared with a famous washing powder (Daz), the idea being it washes away debts, which is appropriate. Like many a washing powder, it has been through numerous re-launches, with each promising to be better than the last, writes

Ireland has voted to scrap its constitutional ban on blasphemy just a day after the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found that Austria's blasphemy law does not violate freedom of expression. In a referendum on Friday, 65 per cent of Irish voters backed a proposal to remove Arti

The 83rd annual general meeting of the Stair Society will be held in the Mackenzie Building, Old Assembly Close, Edinburgh on Saturday 17 November 2018, courtesy of the Faculty of Advocates. The business part of the meeting will take place from 10.30 to 11.00 am, after which tea and coffee will

Alison Saunders, the outgoing Director of Public Prosecutions, has warned that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not have the resources to cope with the demands of modern trials. On the eve of her exit from the CPS, whose budget was slashed by a quarter during her leadership, Ms Saunders reve

Via law lecturer Emma Jackson: "It’s been a fantastic week for some of our HND Legal Service students at City of Glasgow College!

A prize for excellence in advocacy in the name of the late Lord “Mike” Jones is to be awarded for the first time next month. An event at Parliament House, Edinburgh, will feature a moot involving teams of two from junior members of the Faculty of Advocates and devils, as well as a lectur

Members of the legal profession and the judiciary are being invited to a special event examining what new research into childhood adversity means for the justice system. The family law team at Harper Macleod have teamed up with Children 1st, Scotland's national children's charity, for a screening of

A fundraising night hosted by Gilson Gray has raised more than £100,000 for two of the nation’s best-loved children’s charities.Gilson Gray hosted its annual ‘GRACE Banquet’ at Prestonfield House to raise funds for both Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity and G

A man named Jerry Anus has been arrested on drug possession charges for the second time in a month. Anus, 39, was pulled over after driving by a police car without dimming his front lights.

A father who bought a show-jumping pony for his daughter but later sued the seller after claiming that the gelding was taller than advertised has had a court ruling in his favour overturned following an appeal. Richard Mawson raised an action for “breach of contract” and “misrepres

Appeals to the UK Supreme Court should not require certification by the High Court of Justiciary that the issue raises a point of law of general public importance, a review chaired by the Lord Justice General has concluded. The review group has published its report following a consultation

Lord Hodge has expressed his doubt that complex financial crimes are best tried before a jury instead of a tribunal or court of specialists. The UK Supreme Court justice made the remarks in a speech in Shanghai on "The involvement of the public in the criminal process in the United Ki

Andrew Lyon has been announced as the new head of financial services at TLT. Mr Lyon has been at the firm for 11 years and leads the financial services disputes and investigations team in London.

Rodney Whyte looks at the gains made by LBTT and what needs to be done to maintain them. As a specialist in land acquisition and housebuilding, it was encouraging to note that revenue from the Land and Building Transaction Tax (LBTT) in the last full financial year rose by 12.8 per cent to £54