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Jennifer Broatch and Maria Gravelle look at the provisions of the new domestic abuse legislation. Domestic abuse can describe a multitude of behaviour, from physical violence to exercising total control over a partner’s everyday life. Yet, the current law in Scotland only recognises the physic

Alan Meek analyses the Court of Appeal case of Global Corporate Limited v Dirk Stefan Hale. The original decision of HH Judge Paul Matthews last year in this case had been the subject of considerable adverse comment but has now been overturned by the Court of Appeal.

Thorntons has welcomed an experienced property manager to its team to cover South and West Fife. Gavin Venters, who has 19 years’ experience in property valuations, has been appointed as Dunfermline property manager.

Shoosmiths has been appointed to two full-service lots in England, Wales and Scotland on the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Wider Public Sector Legal Services Panel. Shoosmiths’ partner Kirsten Hewson led the bid in conjunction with partners having public sector experience from across the firm

A dog may be reprieved from a death sentence after the Faculty of Advocates’ Criminal Appeal Service provided free assistance to an animal charity.

Perth solicitor Amanda Millar has been confirmed as the Law Society of Scotland’s next vice president. Ms Millar will assume her new role in May 2019 succeeding current vice president, John Mulholland, when he takes up the reins from current President of the Law Society of Scotland, Aliso

CLT Scotland’s advanced offer for the first event in the Scots Law 2019 Exhibition/Conference Series ends on Wednesday. The event will take place at the Glasgow Hilton on 11th & 12th March and all bookings received on or before Wednesday 19th December will attract an advanced offer price s

More than 7,300 people in England and Wales were referred to the Prevent programme in 2017/18, a 20 per cent increase that includes a sharp 36 per cent in rise in referrals for concerns about right-wing extremism. A total of 7,318 people were referred to the UK's counter-terrorism programme in 2017/

Colleagues at CMS Scotland are celebrating after generating thousands of pounds in donations for this year’s Sleep in the Park fund-raiser staged last Saturday.

Neil Young has claimed victory in his pro-climate campaign against Barclaycard, who were due to sponsor his London concert with Bob Dylan. The music legend announced that the Hyde Park concert would go ahead next summer as an independent event, without backing from promoter British Summer Time (BST)

Section 17 of the Scottish ‘Brexit Bill’ – which requires Scottish Ministers’ consent to certain subordinate legislation – is ultra vires of the Scotland Act, which it would modify, though the bill is not entirely outwith the Scottish Parliament's legislative competence

A Scot wanted by the FBI over an alleged shares scam has successfully challenged a decision by the UK Government to delay the introduction of a possible defence to his extradition to the USA. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that the UK Government was acting “unlawfull

Law firms In the law firms league table, Livingstone Brown Solicitors once again came out on top, though its fees slipped by eight per cent. The figure for 2017-18 was £1,762,000, down on the previous year's £1,924,000.

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has welcomed the Court of Session decision in Gordon Neave v SLCC refusing leave to appeal. The complainer was appealing against the SLCC’s decision that his complaint was time barred.

Dame Elish Angiolini DBE QC today issued a call for evidence on the subject of police complaints. Dame Elish’s Independent Review is scrutinising the arrangements in Scotland for complaints handling, investigations and misconduct in relation to policing.