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Young people, particularly young women, experienced the highest level of stalking and harassment in the last 12 months according to a new survey. The Scottish Crime and Justice Survey (SCJS) 2014/15: Sexual Victimisation and Stalking presents statistics on adults’ experiences of sexual victimisati

Katie Williams Innovation and entrepreneurship are being stifled by "unfair" employment covenants which prevent professionals and skilled workers taking up new jobs, according to employment specialist Katie Williams.

Voting closes tomorrow for this year’s Law Society Council elections and solicitors working in Glasgow and Fife are being encouraged to make the most of their vote. Twelve candidates are standing for the seven seats that represent the Glasgow and Strathkelvin constituency and the Cupar, Dunfermlin

Helena Kennedy QC Chinese police will potentially be able to crackdown on not-for-profit organisations who are a thorn in the authorities' side after new rules are brought in next year.

A motorcyclist who had his leg amputated following a late night road traffic accident in which he crashed into a milk tanker that was lit up “better than a Christmas tree” was more to blame than the driver of the other vehicle, appeal judges have ruled. The pursuer Adam Wagner was awarded more t

Kenny MacAskill The former Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill has claimed terrorists from Libya, Syria, Iran and Palestine were behind the 1988 Lockerbie Bombing and that his opposite number at Westminster, Jack Straw, admitted oil interests were the reason for a prisoner transfer agreement with Liby

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The Herald has published a full obituary for Sheriff Principal Ronald Ireland QC who passed away last month at the age of 91. He was best-known for heading up a 1988 fatal accident inquiry at Aberdeen Sheriff Court into the explosion on the North Sea oil Rig Ocean Odyssey.

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Pictured (L-R): Derek Flyn, Angus Mackay, Evonne Morrison, Martin Minton and Brian Inkster

Josh Steeples McEwan Fraser Legal has opened a new office in Marble Arch, London.

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has instructed the Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) to carry out an independent investigation into the circumstances leading up to a fatal road crash in Edinburgh last Thursday. A 33-year-old female pedestrian was treated a

The Society of Solicitor Advocates has published its May newsletter, which includes commentary from the outgoing Lord Advocate, Frank Mulholland QC, Kenneth Maciver QC and Iain Paterson on the new Sheriff Appeal Court. It also lists the new solicitor advocates who were granted rights of audience in

An environmental charity which is challenging plans for a wind farm development in Invernesshire has had an application for a protective expenses order refused following an appeal. By a majority of two-to-one, judges in the Inner House of the Court of Session refused the appeal for a PEO after rulin

Professor Eric Clive Writing for Scottish Legal News today, distinguished legal academic Professor Eric Clive discusses the consequences Brexit would have on family law.