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Barry McKeown Maclay Murray & Spens LLP (MMS) has become the new host partner of the Edinburgh Ethical Finance Roundtable series, following a year in which the firm acted on more than £200 million of Shariah-compliant real estate activity in the UK.

The case for major reform of the law on compulsory purchase is “strong”, the Faculty of Advocates has submitted to the Scottish Law Commission. According to the commission, current legislation is largely out of date and not fit for purpose.

A number of asylum seekers at Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre are being locked up for too long according to a report by prison inspectors. In one case a detainee had been there for more than two-and-a-half years, which if given as a sentence in a Scottish court would require a sheriff and a jury

A Court of Appeal judge has warned that judges could become reluctant to chair government inquiries if they are second guessed by MPs on select committees. Beatson LJ, who is drafting guidelines on what judges should be allowed to say on the government's legislation and policy, said there are MPs wh

People from across Scotland are being asked for their views on legislation which will introduce a new criminal offence of ill-treatment or wilful neglect of adults as well as restrictions on the sale of e-cigarettes and the establishment of no smoking areas in hospital grounds. MSPs on the Health an

SNP MPs have given their support to a push for the devolution of abortion laws to Holyrood amidst concerns it would lead to cross-border abortion tourism. In May the Scottish government dropped its demands for the powers to be transferred but three pro-life MPs from other parties have supported the

Chairman, Murray Shaw Gillespie Macandrew LLP has confirmed a 2 per cent increase in turnover to £9.8 million in the year to 28 February 2015.

From left: John Fearn from Asbestos Action, Dianne Foster from Asbestos Action and Fraser Simpson from Digby Brown Solicitors Asbestos Action, a charity who supports sufferers of asbestos-related disease, their families and carers, held their 13th annual conference last week in Dundee, with the them

The Faculty of Advocates has declared its opposition to statutory jury directions about a complainer’s delay in reporting a sexual offence or lack of physical resistance.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has unanimously ruled that banking data, irrespective of whether it contains sensitive information, is protected under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) in a case in which San Marino judicial authorities seized the banking documents of four Ita

Police Scotland have gained the power to hand out formal warnings to speeding drivers which do not lead to penalty points, a fine or conviction.

Judges have ruled that relatives of those who died in the Lockerbie bombing should not be permitted to pursue an appeal against the conviction of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the only person convicted of blowing up Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie in December 1988 and killing 270 people. The relatives of

People buying or selling property in Scotland would be better protected if the regulation of estate agency was devolved to the Scottish Parliament, the Law Society of Scotland has said. The regulation of estate agency across the UK is covered by the Estate Agents Act 1979.

The Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) has today published its adjudication on the Daily Telegraph’s story regarding the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon's meeting with the French Ambassador. The adjudication has upheld a complaint on behalf of the First Minister and has found that the

Lord Wallace of Tankerness Lord Wallace of Tankerness, Liberal Democrats Lords leader, has warned that he will oppose any attempt to weaken the Human Rights Act and added that he could not comprehend why ministers would want to abolish it.