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Dame Elish Angiolini A former Lord Advocate has warned that judges may not see community rehabilitation plans for criminals as a viable alternative to imprisonment.

Nicola Sturgeon First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has laid out plans to introduce new bills to improve security for private tenants, introduce rent controls and abolish the "bedroom tax" as early as possible.

A retired police superintendent has voiced concern that police discretion is being "eroded" after he was fined for parking in a bus stop for less than a minute. Jim Kirkwood, 60, told The Herald that he complained to both Police Scotland and the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (PIRC) a

Nicola Sturgeon The accountability of Police Scotland will be subject to discussion at a summit hosted by the Scottish government later this month, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced yesterday.

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The European court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has held that the rights of clandestine migrants from Tunisia were violated when they were detained after landing on the Italian coast in the midst of the "Arab Spring" in 2011. The case concerned the migrants' detention in a reception centre on the island

A Scots lawyer who failed in his duties under the CML Handbook and at common law to provide material information to lenders in conveyancing transactions has been found guilty of “professional misconduct”. The Scottish Solicitors Discipline Tribunal(SSDT) censured David Clark and restricted his p

Karen Reid The Care Inspectorate has published a report detailing over 100 serious incidents involving offenders on license or under statutory supervision between June 2013 and January 2015.

MBM Commercial partner Cat MacLean  speaks to SLN in this week's Spotlight. What has been your best experience as a lawyer?

Nicola Sturgeon First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will today lay out her government's legislative programme for the last session of the Scottish Parliament before the 2016 elections.

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Martin Fotheringham The Scottish government has been asked to reconsider a key election pledge to maintain an extra 1,000 police officers in order to relieve financial pressure on Police Scotland.

Charles Kennedy Senior figures from across the political spectrum are to take part in a memorial dinner and debate in honour of the late Charles Kennedy