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Elaine Motion EMMS International celebrates its 175 years anniversary this month and it has been doing so in style. It held the Big Birthday Ball which took place on 26 November in the Roxburghe Hotel. It was a fantastic event which raised over £30,000 for great causes in Malawi, Nepal and India in

Judith Robertson A Scottish human rights body has produced a series of case studies profiling how communities in Scotland are using human rights to tackle poor housing, challenge poverty and improve health.

A recruitment company for HGV drivers whose managing director punched one of the firm’s salesmen on a Christmas night out will not be held liable for the employee’s injuries. A High Court judge has ruled that there was “insufficient connection” between the director’s employment and the ass

James Wolffe QC The Lord Advocate has asked judges in the Brexit case the reason for enshrining the Sewel Convention in law if it were not to become a “provision that the courts can address”.

Simon Rubinsohn House sales in Scotland will continue a downward trend into 2017 due to a lack of stock while prices are expected to rise over the next three months, surveyors have suggested.

Michael Matheson Police finances will come under the Holyrood spotlight again when the justice sub-committee on policing questions Justice Secretary Michael Matheson.

Eilidh Whiteford An SNP MP has presented a bill to Parliament calling on the UK government to "take all reasonable steps as soon as reasonably practicable to enable the UK to become compliant with the Council of Europe convention - the Istanbul Convention - on preventing and combating violence again

Pictured (L-R): Simon Massey, Valerie Harty, Patricia Jackson and Derek McCulloch

A witness in an assault trial who was found in contempt of court for “prevaricating” has had a petition to the nobile officium of the High Court of Justiciary refused. Ria Kenyon had given a statement to police in which she said she saw the accused punch the complainer, but in her evidence she w

The Lord Advocate will argue today at the Supreme Court that the Scottish Parliament must be consulted before Article 50 can be triggered. On the third day of the Brexit case, James Wolffe QC (pictured right) will refer to the Sewel Convention as enshrined in law, contrary to UK government lawyers w

Kenny MacAskill Some Scottish care homes should be converted into specialist prisons for elderly inmates, according to a former Justice Secretary.

Perran Jervis Scotland is one of just four regions identified by the UK's top 100 retailers as still having potential for more shops alongside the South West, the West Midlands and London according to a report by TLT and global retail research agency Conlumino.

Dundee Sheriff Court (Photo credit: Google Street View) A sheriff has pointed to the “very definite association between Buckfast and violence” after sentencing a man who smashed a bottle of the drink over a boy’s head at a birthday party.

Claire Rowe UK law firm Shoosmiths, which has a presence in Edinburgh, has announced it is expanding into Northern Ireland through a merger with Belfast firm McManus Kearney, our sister publication Irish Legal News reports.

John MacMillan Armed with only a sleeping bag each, John MacMillan, MacRoberts managing partner and Laura Wilson, the firm’s marketing director will brave a cold December Night to help raise vital funds for some of Scotland’s most vulnerable people.