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Lord Wallace of Tankerness A former Advocate General and justice minister has praised the increase in presumption against short sentences.

A man found guilty of having sex with a child who claimed that a sheriff’s decision to refuse to allow him to cross-examine the complainer on medical records which suggested that she had several previous sexual partners has had an appeal against his conviction refused. The Appeal Court of the High

Nicola Sturgeon The Scottish government will introduce a bill to raise the age of criminal responsibility from eight to 12.

A Scottish government’s bill aimed at reversing the autumn 2016 reclassification of housing associations as public bodies has been introduced to the Scottish Parliament. The Housing (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill responds to last year’s decision by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) that Regi

The Law Society of Scotland has launched an online survey to assess the impact of legal aid work in Scotland. The society is encouraging solicitors who carry out any work funded by the Scottish Legal Aid Board to complete a short, confidential questionnaire, providedby Rocket Science UK Ltd, an inde

Murgitroyd, a global intellectual property attorney firm headquartered in Glasgow, has expanded its UK business development team with a new appointment. Kevin Toner (pictured on right), a sales and marketing professional with a career spanning over 30 years, joins Murgitroyd as head of UK business d

Pictured (L-R): Calum Stewart, Emma McGinley and Claire Brown

The Law Society of Scotland is calling for people with an interest in debating to sign up as judges for the Donald Dewar Memorial Debating Tournament 2017/18. At the same time, every high school in Scotland is receiving a written invitation to enter a team or teams.

Watermans' Scott Whyte (centre, right) welcomes the new mascot to SCAA along with SCAA vice chairman Mike Beale (second from left) and crew (from left) paramedic Craig McDonald, paramedic Rich Garside and senior pilot Captain Russell Myles.

, as part of the group on one occasion, when there was no identification of the appellant being a member of the group on another occasion. Following from the submissions on sufficiency, it was said that the trial judge had misdirected the jury as the evidence did not show that the ATM crimes were co

A man whose electronic communications were monitored by his employer suffered a violation of his article 8 rights, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. The case of Bărbulescu v Romania concerned the decision of a private company to dismiss an employee after monitoring

A 59-year-old man who threatened to upload an intimate video of a former partner to the internet has been sentenced after the first conviction under new ‘intimate images’ legislation. Kenneth Robinson, from Northumberland, pled guilty to sending his former partner numerous emails and repeatedly

Terra Firma Chambers is delighted to announce that James Findlay, Stephen O’Rourke and David Parratt have been appointed Queen’s Counsel. Fourteen new appointments have been made by Her Majesty the Queen on the recommendation of the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. This brings the number of silks

Thirteen members of the Faculty of Advocates have been approved by Her Majesty The Queen for “the rank and dignity of Queen’s Counsel”. The list announced by the Scottish government includes James Findlay, who achieves the distinction of taking silk on both sides of the border.

Axiom Advocates is delighted to announce five new silks. The new appointees are Jonathan Barne, Almira Delibegović-Broome, Martin Richardson, David Thomson and Gavin Walker. This brings the number of silks at Axiom Advocates to 26 providing unrivalled expertise in our core areas at the Senior bar.