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A judge’s decision not to make a finding of contempt of court against a company which allegedly failed to comply with court orders allowing the recovery of certain documents has been successfully challenged on appeal. Judges in the Inner House of the Court of Session held that the Lord Ordinary �

Alan Miller Human rights campaigners are calling for consistency in the interpretation of “solitary confinement” for prisons, detention centres and children's secure accommodation.

Lord Keen of Elie QC Disputes under the major UK government services contract can now be resolved in Scotland, the Advocate General for Scotland Lord Keen of Elie QC announced today.

Robin Mitchell Shoosmiths’ real estate team has advised long-standing client, global doughnut company, Krispy Kreme UK, on the opening of its largest UK store at Braehead, just outside Glasgow.

The Scottish government’s Land Reform Bill requires strengthening in key areas to deliver on its radical ambitions, according to a report by the Scottish Parliament’s Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment committee (RACCE). The committee highlighted a range of issues in its report on the

Harper Macleod has continued its strategy of developing its own talent by announcing the promotion of two new associates. Donna Cooper (pictured right), who is based in the firm’s Edinburgh office, has been promoted to associate in the firm’s energy & natural resources team, while Glasgow-ba

Council enforcement officers are due to fell a hedge which neighbours have been feuding over for three decades after the owner refused to cut it down herself. Residents in the village of Buchylvie, near Stirling, won their battle in June this year when government officials ordered that the excessive

A man who complained about blanket interception of communications in Russia has won his article 8 case at the European Court of Human Rights. The Grand Chamber held unanimously there had been a violation of article 8 – the right to respect for private life and correspondence.

India's highest court is to hear an appeal next year seeking to ban jokes about the country's minority Sikh community. Harvinder Chowdhury, a Sikh lawyer, said thousands of websites ridicule Sikhs, who number some 25 million, as “stupid, naive and foolish”.

Simon Allison Simon Allison discusses the perils of the office Christmas party including the alcohol-induced Public Display of (office) Affection.

From left: Victoria Russell, Sarah Mitchell and Nina Taylor Nina Taylor, director in Lindsays family law team, was one of a team of business mentors who volunteered their time to be involved in the ambitious leadership training project offered to the management team at St Vincent’s Hospice by Stir

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) agreed or awarded £400,000 from law firms in compensation, fee refunds and reductions for Scottish consumers in the past year according to its Annual Report. This was during the period from 1st July 2014 to 31st June, when it also received 1,009 new c

Michael Matheson Only 5 per cent of Scots opt to drive after consuming alcohol on an evening out while 82 per cent believe that drink driving is unacceptable.

The leader of a Glasgow-based organised criminal gang concerned in the acquisition, adulteration and onward supply of heroin to associates in Edinburgh, who was sentenced to more than 13 years imprisonment, has failed in an appeal to have his custodial term reduced. The Criminal Appeal Court ruled t

The Law Society of Scotland has confirmed the outcome of its review into the handling of the case of Christopher Hales. Mr Hales was suspended by the Law Society in 2011 and subsequently prosecuted before the Scottish Solicitors’ Discipline Tribunal (SSDT) where he was struck off for misconduct in