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A pilot court project in Aberdeen that sees sheriffs tackle the reasons behind persistent offending has been hailed as “pioneering” by Justice Secretary Michael Matheson (pictured). Since ...

Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP has announced the promotion of Martin O’Neill (pictured) to senior associate and Nicola Martin to associate. Mr O’Neill is a member of ...

Charles Livingstone Charles Livingstone, partner in the public law and regulatory team at Brodies LLP, explains the Scottish government's arguments in the Brexit case before the UK ...

Angela Crawley, SNP equalities spokesperson The SNP has called on the UK government to match its commitment to reforming gender recognition laws ahead of a House of ...

Delegates are gathering at an Edinburgh conference today to mark 250 years since the world's first Freedom of Information legislation was introduced in Sweden. The Freedom of ...

Govan Law Centre (GLC) has welcomed the news that the Big Lottery Fund’s Investing in Communities Programme is providing a grant over three years to establish ...

A petition demanding the repeal of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 after it came into force this week has gained more than 144,000 signatures and must be ...

The three-year time limit that prevents childhood abuse survivors from seeking civil damages in court is the focus of a call for evidence issued by MSPs on ...

The Lord Advocate has been refused permission to appeal to the UK Supreme Court after a British businessman wanted by authorities in Taiwan to serve a prison ...

Stephen Gibb Shepherd and Wedderburn has today announced further expansion of its Aberdeen operations through the acquisition of The Commercial Law Practice (CLP), an independent business law ...

Professor Hector MacQueen In the latest phase of its review of contract law in Scotland, the Scottish Law Commission has today published a Discussion Paper on the ...

We are celebrating St Andrew's Day with a Scottish Legal News Quiz. Five lucky winners will each receive a £25 voucher from Marks and Spencer and a ...

David Menzies Scottish laws on insolvency have been brought together for the first time in a generation as the new Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 comes into force ...

A murderer who sought reduction of his conviction to manslaughter on the basis the statutory test for the Scots-derived defence of diminished responsibility requires that the judge ...