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Two airline pilot accused of preparing to fly a passenger jet while under the influence of alcohol have had the charges against them dropped following an appeal. Jean-Francois Perreault and Imran Syed challenged the admissibility of the evidence of the proportion of alcohol in their blood after samp

A retired GP falsely accused by a “serial fantasist” of being involved in a paedophile ring has been told he will not be reimbursed £94,000 in legal costs he paid before the case collapsed, The Times reports. Dr Stephen Glascoe, 67, from Cardiff, spent most of his savings on his defence.

Pictured (clockwise): Tom Swan, Lauren McLeod, Elaine Hunter, Stuart Greenwood and Ben Pilbrow

The Law Society of Scotland’s Council is proposing to increase the cost of solicitors’ practising certificate (PC) fee by 2.3 per cent. It is the first increase in the fee in nine years and will mean the PC costs 20 per cent less in real terms compared to 10 years ago, the Law Society said. Soli

Graham Matthews Trainee solicitors in Scotland should receive a pay increase in 2018/19, according to recommendations made by the Law Society of Scotland.

The UK Supreme Court sat in Belfast for the first time this morning to hear Siobhan McLaughlin's challenge to the rules governing the payment of a Widowed Parent's Allowance.

Janette Speed, partner and head of Shoosmiths Edinburgh office, welcomes Jim Gray (consultant for Watkins Jones) to Shoosmiths’ Spring Drinks Event held last night in its Saltire Court offices in Edinburgh.

The High Court in London has ruled that a coroner's "cab rank" policy of dealing with bodies on a first-come, first-served basis was unlawful, irrational and discriminatory. The protocol issued last October by Mary Hassell, senior coroner for inner north London, has now been struck down and quashed.

Lord Justice Singh The High Court has today ruled part of the UK government’s flagship surveillance law, the Investigatory Powers Act, is unlawful – following a legal challenge from human rights campaigning organisation Liberty.

Stephen McGowan (left) with former president Andrew Lawrence, sales and operations director for Scotland at Molson Coors Stephen McGowan, partner and head of TLT's licensing team in Scotland, has been named president of the Benevolent Society of the Licensed Trade of Scotland (The BEN).

Is the law fair to asylum seekers? That is the question posed on the latest episode of BBC Radio 4’s Unreliable Evidence series. Host Clive Anderson asks his expert guests if the law makes it too hard for people to prove they have a legitimate claim to asylum.

Roseanna Cunningham Proposals to reduce plastic pollution through a ban on the manufacture and sale of plastic-stemmed cotton buds in Scotland have opened for public consultation.

Jamie Gardiner An educational initiative teaching school pupils oral advocacy skills is looking for legal tutors.

Thursday, 10 May 2018 from 6pm at SSC Members’ Lounge, Edinburgh As we continue into a new era of technological advancement, with clients increasingly demanding tangible results for the money they are paying their lawyers, an ability to effectively and efficiently work with and lead a team of prof

Roddy Dunlop QC The Faculty of Advocates has responded to criticism by the Society of Solicitor Advocates (SSA) in relation to the Faculty’s submission to the Independent Review of the Regulation of Legal Services in Scotland (the Roberton Review).