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Lord Matthews At the High Court in Glasgow today Lord Matthews sentenced Ronnie Coulter to life imprisonment for the murder of Surjit Singh Chhokar with a punishment part of 19 years and eight months.

A man whose evidence was crucial in securing the conviction of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al-megrahi for the Lockerbie bombings has died. Tony Gauci, 75, is thought to have died naturally in Malta on Saturday.

David Liddell A plan to establish “fix rooms” in Glasgow for drug addicts to inject safely under supervision is likely to get the green light.

Stephen Donnelly Arnot Manderson Advocates has announced that stable member Stephen Donnelly has gained a dual qualification, becoming a member of the bar of England and Wales. This brings added depth to the stable’s existing cross-border expertise, with Iain Mitchell QC, Kenneth Campbell QC and A

The latest edition of the Scottish Civil Justice Council’s newsletter is now available. This edition includes a listing of newly appointed committee members, and information on Rules relating to Serious Crime Prevention Orders in Scotland; payment of shorthand writers in sheriff courts and sequest

The extension of the period of validity of existing state aid must be regarded as the alteration of that aid and, therefore, as new aid, the Court of Justice of the Europen Union has held. In 1960, DEI, a public electricity company, entered into a contract with Alouminion, a Greek company specialise

Eric Gilligan Eric Gilligan looks at what Friday's Uber case means for the gig economy.

Pictured: (L to R): Fiona Murdoch (project worker, MSTCL), Sarah Higgins (MMS), Chloe Watson (MMS), Natasha Meikle (MMS), Laura Smith (MMS) and Carole Macartney (chair, MSTCL).

The owner of a dog which killed another dog has successfully challenged a sheriff’s decision to order the animal’s destruction. The Sheriff Appeal Court ruled that the sheriff made the order on the basis of “irrelevant” factors and failed to take into account the fact that no person was inju

Well-known defence solicitor Martin Lavery has died aged 60. Mr Lavery graduated LLB (Hons) from Glasgow University in 1977. He served his apprenticeship with Wm McGlynn and Co, Glasgow and after periods in Moffat and Coatbridge he entered into partnership with his good friend Vinny Smith now Sherif

A solicitor has been fined £8,000 by the Scottish Solicitors’ Discipline Tribunal after being found guilty of professional misconduct in relation to the purchase of a property. The Tribunal found that Euan Maxwell Terras was guilty of professional misconduct in respect of his acting in the purcha

The High Court in Belfast has refused two landmark judicial reviews challenging the UK government's ability to activate Article 50 and withdraw from the European Union, our sister publication, Irish Legal News reports. The judicial reviews were brought by victims' campaigner Raymond McCord and a cro

David Morgan David Morgan looks at the question of employment status in the gig economy.

Ministers have been urged by the Faculty of Advocates to remove a “blot on the landscape” of Scottish arbitration law. The Faculty said that a section of the Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010, dealing with statutory arbitrations, has still to come into effect.

An artisan Scottish cheesemaker whose products were removed from the shelves following an E.coli outbreak is bringing a judicial review against Food Standards Scotland in a bid to defeat claims it was the source of the outbreak. Errington Cheese’s products were recalled in September following alle