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Alison McInnes MSP The Scottish Liberal Democrats are pressing for the age of criminal responsibility in Scotland to be increased from eight to 12.

Lord Malcolm An advocate has successfully appealed against a complaints body’s decision that he provided an “inadequate professional service” in a case in which he was acting as counsel for a pursuer in Court of Session action.

Susan O'Brien QC The appointment of Susan O'Brien QC as chairwoman of a public inquiry into historical child abuse allegations has come under fire from two Catholic charities.

Alison Saunders, director of public prosecutions The decision not to prosecute Lord Janner of Braunstone QC has been reversed amid calls for the Director of Public Prosecutions, Alison Saunders, to resign.

Robert Black QC Professor Robert Black QC has expressed concern about a "culture of unwillingness" at the Crown Office as David Gilroy's murder conviction undergoes scrutiny by the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC).

Robert Sutherland Robert Sutherland of Terra Firma Chambers provides a briefing on the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill.

Justice Secretary Michael Gove More than 100 of Liverpool's criminal solicitors and barristers met this week to discuss their response to UK government legal aid cuts.

Stuart Agnew Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie has announced the secondment of Stuart Agnew to sportscotland.

Simon Allison Simon Allison ponders the age-old question whether you should accept a Facebook friend request from your boss.

Colin Lancaster Colin Lancaster has been appointed as the next chief executive of the Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB), after an open recruitment process.

Digby Brown partner David Nellaney A jury yesterday made the highest award of civil damages for loss of society to the partner of a victim of a fatal accident in Scotland in the case of Claire Anderson and Others v Brig Brae Garage Limited.

The Faculty of Advocates’ pro bono service has forged a link with the national UK charity, the British Polio Fellowship (British Polio) in the hope that it will bring benefits to polio survivors. British Polio has been accepted as an accredited agency of the Free Legal Services Unit (FLSU), enabli

Adam Wagner The website RightsInfo has produced a series on the 50 most important human rights cases “that transformed Britain” translated into “plain-English short stories”.

Views are today being asked for on proposals that will modernise specific aspects of succession law by MSPs on the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee. The Succession (Scotland) Bill is a Scottish Law Commission bill, implementing certain recommendations from their 2009 report.

Rob Gibson MSP The Scottish Parliament's Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee has called for views on the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill.