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Rediscovering Scotland's tragic High Priestess of the Grotesque She called herself the High Priestess of the Grotesque and she never shied away from subjects other artists would have regarded as untouchable, but since her death 14 years ago, the work of Pat Douthwaite has fallen into the shadows.

An agriculture apprentice who was banned from driving for two years after driving a tractor the wrong way along a one-way road in the course of his employment in a family farming business has successfully challenged the period of disqualification. The Sheriff Appeal Court allowed the appeal against

A trustee company that sought to prevent a financial services group from redeeming enhanced capital notes has had its appeal dismissed by judges in theSupreme Court. BNY Mellon’s appeal was dismissed by a 3:2 majority. Lord Neuberger gave the leading judgment, with which Lord Mance and Lord Toulso

The trial of a company blamed for the death of a six-year-old boy, which has still not commenced five years after his death, will be delayed even further after the presiding sheriff withdrew, citing connections to the company directors. Aidan Yule, or Sands, from Dundee, was found unconscious at the

Professor Martin Hogg The Edinburgh Law Review has been awarded the "BIALL Legal Journals Award 2016" for the quality of its content and advancement of scholarship in Scots law.

Baroness Molly Meacher Two leading UK public health organisations have called for the personal possession and use of all illegal drugs to be decriminalised.

An employee at the Geneva offices of Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the centre of the Panama Papers leak, has been arrested. Last year a whistleblower contacted German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, offering information from the internal files of the law firm. The leak resulted in the resignation

The Scottish Women’s Rights Centre (SWRC) is hosting a seminar and drinks reception on 22 June to celebrate its first anniversary. The SWRC offers free legal advice, information and representation to women survivors of gender based violence. The seminar will consider lessons learned from our first

Ladies raise £10,000 for CLAN - over afternoon tea

In another blow to access to justice in Scotland, Scottish Legal News has learned that the Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) has withdrawn payment of travel and mileage for shorthand court reporters – a decision which, if not reversed, will deprive legally aided parties outwith the central belt of a

The Supreme Court has unanimously allowed the appeal of an unfairly dismissed fingerprint officer involved in the McKie scandal, finding that the original Employment Tribunal’s (ET) interpretation of the relevant legislation leading to a reinstatement order was sound. Lord Hodge, with whom Lady Ha

The man found guilty of the “limbs in the loch” murder has had a claim for damages refused after his confidential correspondence was opened by prison officers. William Beggs was seeking £5,000 compensation after a judge had ruled that his human rights were breached in jail when “privileged”

Calum MacNeill QC Westwater Advocates’ Calum MacNeill QC represented fingerprint officer Fiona McBride in the Supreme Court in a successful bid to restore the decision of an Employment Tribunal to order her employers, the Scottish Police Services Authority (now the Scottish Police Authority), to r

Ahead of next week's Brexit referendum, Scottish lawyers have voted overwhelmingly in favour of Britain remaining in the EU. Of the 528 respondents in a poll conducted by Scottish Legal News, the daily news service for Scotland's lawyers, 78 per cent voted in favour of Remain and only 22 per cent in

Judith Robertson The has submitted a report to the United Nations (UN) setting out ways in which people in Scotland’s economic, social and cultural rights are not being met. The report has been submitted as part of a review taking place this week in Geneva, by the UN Committee for the Internationa