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An increase in Sheriff Court fees comes into effect today. The increase comes in the wake of a 2.3 per cent increase a year ago, and will be followed by a further two per cent increase next year.

Police could be given new powers of entry and search to apprehend a person unlawfully at large from home detention curfew (HDC) or temporary release as part of proposals to strengthen electronic monitoring. Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf is putting forward amendments to the Management of Offenders B

Govan Law Centre (GLC) has successfully prevented the eviction of a client and his family from social housing after raising an action for interdict against their landlord. GLC was consulted by a man who was facing homelessness because decree for eviction had been granted against his partner for

Via Ledingham Chalmers: "Our LEDS Factor team has only gone and won three awards (best social media, most innovative fundraising idea and overall champions) for our 'out of the comfort zone' project to raise money for Charlie House HQ's #venture2019 challenge.

A charity that helps school pupils challenge bigotry is one of the organisations sharing £530,000 of Scottish government funding to tackle sectarianism in 2019-20. Sense Over Sectarianism supports pupils in Glasgow to recognise and combat bigotry, as well as providing training for teachers acr

Voters on a small Canadian island will have to choose between candidates Matthew MacKay and Matthew MacKay at the ballot box this month. The provincial election vote in Prince Edward Island is set for April 23, but the candidates in the district of Kensington-Malpeque share the same name.

This is the text of a lecture given on 1 April 3000 A.D. by Professor Jonathan Yǔyàn, professor of primitive law at Baffinland University. Michael Upton, advocate, M.C.I.Arb., at the Hastie Stable, has secured a translation from the Chinese, through a wormhole in the space-time continuum. La

Morisons LLP entered administration last week.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has held that Russia did not meet its article 2 obligations while investigating a man's murder by a police officer while he was held in a drunk tank. Aleksandr Alekseyvich Anoshin, 51, was murdered in July 2002 after being stopped by police and taken to a s

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has published responses to its 2019-20 budget consultation, which proposed a shift to a new funding model and moving the focus onto legal businesses rather than individuals. The changes would see business owners pay more of the costs of regulation and

The White Rabbit’s plaintive cries in Alice in Wonderland also struck a chord over the question of lateness and the consequences of this in the reported Scottish case of Anji Mannas v Chief Constable of the Police Service of Scotland, writes Mark Hastings. In Mannas, the pursuer was a passenge

April is always a busy time of year for employers, and April 2019 will be no different. Jamie Meechan outlines some of the key changes to look out for. EU Settlement Scheme

A police watchdog has recommended that Police Scotland ensures all officers undertaking or commanding firearms operations are reminded of the legal basis for their powers, and of the need to explain and justify using such powers on an emergency basis following an incident with a man wielding a

A judge in the Court of Appeal has said it "beggars belief" that a woman would falsely claim to have been raped and sexually assaulted 15 times in order to claim victim compensation, as her appeal against conviction was rejected. Jemma Beale, 27, was described as a "serial liar" who in part made up

The annual derby match between Robert Gordon University (RGU) and Aberdeen University saw students pit their wits against each other in a lively legal debate – with RGU taking home the shield for a fourth year in a row. Sponsored by Brodies LLP, the Granite City Moot took place in front of She