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A decision by the Sheriff Appeal Court to remit a case of a man convicted of a road traffic offence to the sentencing sheriff to alter the disposal and impose a competent sentence was not within its powers, appeal judges have ruled. The High Court of Justiciary Appeal Court held that the Sheriff App

Aidan O’Neill QC Two ex-pat Britons have failed in their High Court bid for the right to vote in the EU referendum in June.

Addi Shamash Following the announcement that corporate insolvencies in Scotland fell by almost 10 per cent in the final quarter of last year, Addi Shamash, corporate restructuring partner in HBJ Gateley’s Aberdeen office, said while parts of the Scottish economy were enjoying strong growth, severa

Sir Tom Hunter The Hunter Foundation has teamed up with some of the UK’s leading European scholars to produce a free ebook to answer voters’ questions before the EU referendum on 23 June.

Jamie McNeill Demand for middle to high end residential property in Edinburgh city centre and the surrounding areas has taken a dramatic upturn since the start of 2016, reports property consultancy, CKD Galbraith.

Personal insolvencies in the fourth quarter of 2015-16, which include both bankruptcies and protected trust deeds (PTDs), dropped 13.3 per cent from the same period in the previous year according to new figures from the Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB). The number of personal insolvencies in Scotland

Neil Stevenson Experts from a range of professional regulators came together at the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) this week to discuss sanctions in professional regulation – actions taken when an individual doesn’t meet their professional obligations. They were joined by representa

A former senior judge has criticised the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd’s proposals to allow more arbitration awards to come before the courts. Writing in The Times, Lord Saville of Newdigate, a retired law lord and Supreme Court justice, said the proposed change would be a "wholly re

A man detained in the state hospital after killing his wife, who subsequently raised an action for reparation against a health board over a doctor’s alleged failure to admit him to a psychiatric unit the day before he stabbed his spouse to death, has failed in a bid to recover documents he claimed

A mentally ill Nigerian asylum seeker who was detained pending deportation and who sought a declaration that a period of her detention was unlawful, in addition to damages, has had her appeal to the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed – as the court also declared R (Francis) was wrongly decided. A

The European Court of Human Rights has held, unanimously, that there was a violation of article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment) of the European Convention on Human Rights in the case of convicted murderer, James Clifton Murray who complained he was serving a life sentence without a

Hamish Patrick Shepherd and Wedderburn has acted alongside Allen & Overy on the £6.1 billion securitisation of residential UK mortgages by US investment firm, Cerberus Capital Management ─ the largest residential mortgage-backed securitisation (RMBS) since the financial crisis hit in 2007.

A solicitor has pleaded guilty to stealing more than £21,000 from his law firm as a result of “financial difficulties”. At Edinburgh Sheriff court Paul O’Donnell, 34, from Glasgow, pleaded guilty to embezzling £21,485 from Thorley Stephenson between 2012 and September 2014.

One of the most complex and lengthy litigations ever brought in the Scottish courts has finally concluded after 87 days in court. SSE brought the £130 million claim against Hochtief, the design and build contractor, after a pressurised water tunnel at the Glendoe Hydroelectric Scheme, near Fort Aug

Lesley Sawers Lesley Sawers has been appointed the EHRC commissioner for Scotland.