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Nicola Irvine Tackling the poor legal aid rates is a priority for the new Dean of the Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow.

Hamish Lean Hamish Lean details a case in which it was held that the Scottish ministers' rule formalism regarding a subsidy scheme was unjustified.

Twice as many barristers were disbarred last year compared to the previous year, the bar’s regulator has reported.In 2016-17, 19 barristers were sent packing, compared to seven in the year before, the Bar Standards Board’s (BSB) annual report states. However, the number of suspensions declined f

Esme Macfarlane (left) and Joanne Ockrim

Lynda Towers Public law expert Lynda Towers surveys the latest bill on the path to Brexit.

Lady Dorrian The Scottish Sentencing Council is launching a public consultation on its first draft guideline, which sets out the principles and purposes of sentencing for all offences.

Graeme MacLeod takes a look at the Apologies (Scotland) Act.

The UK government has launched a consultation on how a new anti-money laundering supervisory body should operate and be funded. Hosted by the Financial Conduct Authority, the UK government has created a new Office for Professional Body AML Supervision (OPBAS) to improve co-ordination and consistency

Scientists have called on the UK government to introduce laws that would stop women being required to wear high heels at work. Research from Aberdeen University found that the shoes increase the risk of developing musculoskeletal conditions and injury.

Derek Mackay It is unacceptable that police and fire services in Scotland remain the only territorial forces in the UK unable to reclaim the VAT they incur on the purchase of goods and services, Finance Secretary Derek Mackay said today.

The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) is now an accredited Living Wage Employer.

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has published two new guides, aimed at helping reduce complaints from criminal law cases. The first has advice for people on working with their criminal law solicitor. It is aimed at helping to ensure their case goes smoothly and follows previous consu

David Strang Scotland’s chief inspector of prisons has called for jail sentences of less than 12 months to be brought to an end.

Scotland’s Economy Secretary has written to the UK government to call for protection of the Scotch whisky industry following Brexit. Keith Brown (pictured) has called for the current EU definition of whisky to be applied into UK law after the UK leaves the EU.