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A campaigner who challenged a Scottish local authority’s decision to grant planning permission for a new development within a world heritage site has had his appeal dismissed. Simon Byrom raised judicial review proceedings against Edinburgh City Council over concerns about the potential impact of

Amanda Wilson

Philippa Cunniff On International Women’s Day 2018, Philippa Cunniff, partner and head of family law at Gilson Gray LLP, shares her experiences as a woman in the legal profession.

Work has begun on Scotland’s first purpose-built justice centre in Inverness due to be completed late 2019.

The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee has launched a call for evidence as part of its Stage 1 consideration of the Prescription (Scotland) Bill. The bill implements the legislative recommendations contained in the Scottish Law Commission’s Report on Prescription published in July 2017.

Angela Grahame QC Writing for Scottish Legal News on International Women's Day 2018, Vice-Dean of Faculty, Angela Grahame QC, discusses the advances of women at the Scottish bar.

Neil Kennedy MacRoberts has announced that corporate partner, Neil Kennedy will succeed John Macmillan as managing partner from 1st May 2018.

The arbitration clause in the agreement between the Netherlands and Slovakia on the protection of investments is not compatible with EU law as it removes from the mechanism of judicial review of EU law disputes which may relate to the application or interpretation of that law. In 1991 the former Cze

A gun owner whose firearms certificate was revoked because his son is a convicted drug dealer has successfully appealed against the decision. David Cameron, 59, was deemed “unfit” by Police Scotland to be entrusted with the weapon due to his “association” with a person involved in criminal a

Jennifer Love

The UK government is facing calls from opposition MPs to allow the backdated publication of Northern Ireland political donations from January 2014. Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Smith has alleged that the government is "doing the DUP's dirty work" by moving the date of publication from 2014

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Difficulties could be created if Scotland alone in the UK forges ahead with a new system for legal recognition of acquired gender, the Faculty of Advocates has suggested. The Scottish government is looking to introduce a self-declaration system for legal gender recognition, removing the need for app

Maya Foa New analysis of executions in Saudi Arabia by Reprieve shows that since Mohammed bin Salman was appointed as Crown Prince in June 2017, the rate of executions in the Kingdom has doubled.

Daniel Johnson The use of stop and search in Scotland remains higher than in England despite the introduction of a new code, new figures show.