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A private members' bill to create a new form of protection order in cases of stalking will be brought before the Scottish Parliament by SNP MSP Rona Mackay. The Stalking Protection Bill had initially been proposed by Mairi Gougeon prior to her appointment as a Scottish government minister.

Professor Alan Watson, who served as professor of civil law at the University of Edinburgh from 1968 to 1980, has passed away. The legal academic, who remained an honorary professor at Edinburgh, died in Athens, Georgia, USA at 85.

Alan McIntosh writes on problem debt ahead of tomorrow's meeting of the Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee. The decision by the Scottish government this week to reject the evidence of Citizen Advice Scotland, Money Advice Scotland, Stepchange and Govan Law Centre over the evidence of Esther McV

The Faculty of Advocates has named Megan Dewart and Michael Way the first winners of The Mike Jones Excellence in Advocacy Prize. Ms Dewart and Mr Way are among the current group of Devils undertaking the Faculty's renowned training programme, which was established in the 1990s by Mike Jones an

Elaine Motion, executive chairman at Balfour+Manson, writes on the significance of language in the Article 50 case currently before the courts. Language is critical in politics and the law, not least in the unfolding political and legal machinations of the Brexit process.

Pinsent Masons has been reappointed as the sole advisor to UK energy company E.ON UK until 2023. It marks the second time that the international law firm, with offices in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen, has been appointed as as E.ON UK's sole legal advisor under a five year agreement. The 2013 deal

A lecture on human rights delivered by London-based academic Professor Philippe Sands QC in Edinburgh has been uploaded to YouTube.

Rebecca Barrass provides an insight on a Court of Appeal ruling into a ‘smash and grab’ construction case. Back in March of this year, we issued an update “Smash and Grab”: where are we now? following Mr Justice Coulson’s decision in S&T (UK) LTD v Grove Development

An 87-year-old man has finished a second set of exams in his bid to become a lawyer. Ibarra Mariano, a retired Filipino police officer, is the oldest of around 8,700 people sitting the bar in the Philippines this year.

The UK government has had an application for permission to appeal to the UK Supreme Court against the decision to refer the question of whether the Article 50 notification to leave the EU can be unilaterally revoked to the Court of Justice of the European Union refused. The Inner House of the Court

The departure of Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III from the position of US Attorney General would normally be a matter for celebration. His appalling track record is everything you might expect from an Alabama lawyer named in honour of two Confederate heroes. But he did at least have the s

The sister of an electrician killed in a preventable incident at work has backed a bid to reform the law around culpable homicide. Louise Taggart, whose brother Michael Adamson was killed in 2005, says Claire Baker MSP’s member’s bill would “plug the justice deficit” and &ldq

Much of Scotland’s land will remain outside the proposed Register of Controlled Interests in Land, whose purpose is to make land ownership more transparent – according to a report by the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee. MSPs also found that there could be gaps or lo

Neil Falconer discusses regulation of the highly controversial video game mechanic known as the 'loot box'. In computer gaming a loot box is essentially an in-game virtual lottery. A box is purchased by a player with real money. The virtual items found within loot boxes may be something highly

Views are being sought on the regulation of success fee agreements – which are ‘no win, no fee’ or 'no win, lower fee' – to safeguard the interests of people considering civil legal action. In May, the Scottish Parliament passed the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Procee