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A fisherman has been fined for lying to police about being attacked – so that officers would give him a lift home. Matthew McAtasney, 19, claimed to have been kicked and punched in Peterhead last year.

Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP has written to the Lord Advocate to "query the very low numbers of prosecutions and convictions" for the offence of upskirting in Scotland which he believes are "counter-intuitive". The party said that the law has "only been used

Weightmans LLP has reported increased turnover and a drop in profits in the latest financial year. Turnover increased by three per cent to £97.1 million as the firm emerges from its first year following the launch of a new strategy and restructure. 

In response to the possibility of asylum seekers in Glasgow facing homelessness and ‎destitution, emergency Scottish government funding will be given to charities until their legal options have been exhausted. The Destitute Asylum Seeker Service (DASS) is being given £110,000 for the next

The University of Strathclyde Law Clinic has received a £2,880 funding award from SafeDeposits Scotland Trust for a project to educate tenants and homeowners in Glasgow and the surrounding areas. The ‘Housing Advice Under One Roof’ initiative will research the Housing & Propert

Terra Firma advocate Robert Sutherland is set to trek to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro next year to raise money for Team Children 1st, Scotland’s national children’s charity, who help Scotland’s families to put children first, with practical advice and with support in diff

People with "stretched" finances who are ineligible for legal aid are the least likely to instruct lawyers when they have legal problems, ministers have been told. Concern about legal advice costs has led to a spike in the number of litigants in person, the Legal Services Board said in a report to t

A football festival raising money for a programme of musical therapy for children staying in hospital has received sponsorship support from Gilson Gray. The firm will sponsor the Gullane Athletic Football Festival this Saturday, helping to raise funds for the Jess Mackie Memorial Fund and music

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has received the "crystal mark" from the Plain English Campaign for a new leaflet entitled How to make a complaint.    The leaflet – for consumers – explains the SLCC’s process and the steps that someone needs to t

Senators in Argentina have rejected a proposal to overhaul the South American country's restrictive abortion laws. Abortion is currently only available in Argentina where the pregnancy has arisen from rape or where the mother's life is at risk, but lawmakers have been debating legislation allowing f

The BBC is going to court in a bid to force Microsoft help track down the source of a Doctor Who leak. A 53-second clip of Jodie Whittaker as the series' iconic lead character, The Doctor, was leaked online in June.

The Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) has recommended that Police Scotland apologise after an incident last July in which officers pointed firearms at several people and forced a man out of his home at gunpoint in Edinburgh. During a period of about 90 minutes on 22 July last ye

CMS has announced the appointment of Allan Wernham as its managing director in Scotland. He takes lead responsibility for the firm’s three Scottish offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen with an overall team of more than 350 staff and partners.  A partner and real estate speciali