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Aileen Campbell New statistics released today show that Scotland’s drug-related deaths continue to particularly affect an ageing group of drug users.

Liam McArthur The Scottish Liberal Democrats have called for a review of the Judicial Complaints Reviewer post following an admission from the previous incumbent that only a "poor" service could be offered.

Jodi Gordon A Scots lawyer acting for motorcyclists who have lost limbs in road traffic accidents is calling on the courts to standardise their approach to compensation claims for prosthetics.

A couple from England have been granted a court order to adopt two Scottish children despite the children’s parents opposing the applications. The siblings were taken into care following concerns about their well-being while in the care of their parents and had been living with their natural mothe

Police have been left baffled after receiving reports that someone apparently broke into an apartment and cleaned it. The apartment's resident contacted police after coming home from a trip to find the entire apartment had been cleaned.

Gavin Dewar Arnot Manderson Advocates has this week welcomed Gavin Dewar to the stable. Mr Dewar called to the bar in 2013 and since then he has been widely instructed by solicitors across a range of public law cases including judicial review and human rights related cases. He has gained an enviable

Gillian Thompson  

An annual sheep race in Moffat has been cancelled because of licensing issues. Organisers said that it was with “deep regret” that they had decided to cancel the event.

Professor Mark Elliott

Less than a month after a warning by Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, that the English legal system was facing a ‘ticking time bomb’ in its failure to recruit judges, Scottish Legal News can reveal that Scotland too is facing such a crisis with top qu

A “bogus workman” who was sentenced to seven months' imprisonment after pleading guilty to attempting to obtain money by fraud has had his custodial term reduced following an appeal. The Sheriff Appeal Court ruled that the sheriff erred in law by failing to apply any discount.

Peterhead Sheriff Court (Google Street View) Solicitors have hit out at court chiefs' plans to stop using a north east court for jury trials.

Scott Whyte

Will Kerr Modern slavery and human trafficking (MSHT) in the UK is far more prevalent than previously thought, according to the National Crime Agency (NCA).