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The Tayside property market has picked up with a strong final quarter following reduced confidence in the wake of the Brexit vote. The Tayside Solicitors Property Centre (TSPC) in Dundee reported annual sales amounting to £397 million – with the average property price for last year dropping 0.6 p

A businessman is suing a Scots lawyer over the solicitor’s allegedly “negligent” advice in the purchase of a petrol station and car wash. A judge in the Court of Session allowed a proof in the action by Sajjad Soofi against Jeffrey Dykes of Glasgow solicitors’ firm Dykes, Glass and Co, over

A Canadian judge who wore a Donald Trump "Make America Great Again" cap in his courtroom the day after Trump's election victory has been removed from the bench.Justice Bernd Zabel of the Ontario Court of Justice received flak for wearing the pro-Trump hat in court on 9 November last year, with a num

Muslim parents in Switzerland whose daughters were refused an exemption from compulsory mixed swimming lessons by authorities suffered no violation of their article 9 rights (freedom of thought, conscience and religion), judges in the European Court of Human Rights have unanimously ruled. The court

Peter Duff Morisons Solicitors foresees higher turnover this year after it saw no gains in the year to March 2016.

Neil Stevenson In December 2016, the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) was successful in defending three “leave to appeal” cases in the Inner House of the Court Session. The cases related to three complaints made to the SLCC, raised by two different complainers.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) will be delivering a Grand Chamber judgment in the case of Hutchinson v the United Kingdom on 17 January 2017 in a case concerning the complaint by a man serving a whole life sentence for murder that his sentence amounts to inhuman and degrading treatment a

Tickets for a superb evening of food and dance in aid of charities fighting slavery and trafficking are going fast – the deadline for booking your place at the Tumbling Lassie Ball is this Sunday, 15 January! The Ball, preceded by a free seminar, will return for its second year on Saturday 28 Janu

Chelmsford Crown Court (Photo credit: Google Street View) A judge who responded in kind to a defendant who called her a c*** has been cleared of misconduct.

A mother found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to three months' imprisonment after breaching court orders that she facilitate contact between her son and the child’s father has successfully appealed against her conviction and sentence. The Inner House of the Court of Session ruled that t

Michael Matheson The proportion of drivers stopped by police who were found to be over the limit during the festive period has risen from 2.8 per cent to 3.3 per cent in a year.

Elisabeth Scharfenberg, a member of the German parliament, said local authorities could pay for sex workers, who are increasingly being asked to work in the country's care homes. Sex work, while legal in Germany, is regulated by a strict legislative framework.

Court of Session judges have commented on poor management of child contact and residence issues in a case in which a mother’s conviction for contempt of court was overturned.Lord Glennie stated in his leading judgment: “The passage of time can have irremediable consequences for relations between

John Sturrock QC I was delighted to read my friend Angela Grahame QC’s article recently. As the recently elected Vice Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, Angela is bringing a freshness and agility of thought to her work in that role. And, as a regular tweeter, she is also bringing a contemporary joi

Oliver Mundell The number of sick days taken by Crown Office staff has soared by 20 per cent over the past six years, new figures show.