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The death has been announced of Douglas Risk QC, former Sheriff Principal of Grampian, Highland and Islands. He was 76. Mr Risk was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1966, and was appointed a sheriff in 1977, serving in Lothian and Borders before moving to Grampian, Highland and Islands.

Professor Helen Fenwick (pictured right) and Dr Andy Hayward of Durham Law School provide a critical analysis of the European Court of Human Rights’ judgment in Ratzenböck and Seydl v Austria and its implications for Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan, a British couple seeking legal recognition

Lady Paton A man who was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment after being found guilty of raping a girl and using lewd, indecent and libidinous practices towards the complainer’s older sister has had an appeal against his conviction and sentence refused.

Lord Hughes Primers on scientific evidence are being introduced in UK courts as a working tool for judges.

International lawyers and experts have suggested Brexit is to blame for the failure of a British judge to be elected to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for the first time. Leading legal figures told The Brief that politics had at least partly contributed to Sir Christopher Greenwood's failu

Shona Robison Minimum unit pricing (MUP) for alcohol will come into force on 1 May 2018.

Pictured (L-R): Anne-Marie Chalmers, David Coutts and Janice Jones

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Nicholas Scullion Scullion LAW has expanded with a third office in the West End of Glasgow.

Academically gifted students from less advantaged backgrounds in Scotland will have their aspirations of a legal education realised after Dickson Minto agreed to donate £10,000 to the Lawscot Foundation. As platinum sponsor, the Edinburgh based firm will in essence, fund a Lawscot Foundation bursar

Alexander McCall Smith International best-selling author, Alexander McCall Smith, is teaming up with a nameless 17th century girl to help the fight against modern slavery and people trafficking.

A challenge to the competency of a reclaiming motion which was designed to review not the interlocutor appealed against but an earlier interlocutor has been dismissed. The Inner House of the Court of Session repelled the objection after ruling that there was a “direct relationship” between the t

On 1 December 2017 new legislation will come into force which will mean the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Housing and Property Chamber) will receive applications in respect of private sector rented cases and private residential tenancies. Civil cases relating to the private rented sector will no

The Faculty of Advocates has voiced deep dismay at being exposed to a new “burdensome and financially onerous” anti-money laundering regime. Under UK government plans, an Office for Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering Supervision (OPBAS) will be established within the Financial Conduct Autho

Nicola Sturgeon A new group has been created to advise the Scottish government on the action needed to tackle gender inequality.