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Solicitors are not being threatened by other will-writing service providers in the wake of deregulation in 2011, new research carried out by Will Aid suggests. Although there are slight year-on-year fluctuations in the percentage of people using a solicitor to write their will, the proportion was hi

Sean Humber Some prisoners in the UK may be able to challenge a blanket ban on prisoner voting after the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on the French case Thierry Delvigne v Commune de Lesparre-Médoc and Préfet de la Gironde.

Aileen Campbell The Scottish government has published a report setting out progress made in protecting children from abuse and sexual exploitation over the past year.

Charles McGregor An Edinburgh man who attacked a partner at Clyde & Co with a knife in an attempted robbery in April has been convicted of the attack, according to The Scotsman.

A motorist who was jailed for six years and banned from driving for eight years after being found guilty of causing death of a “close friend” by dangerous driving has had an appeal against sentence refused. The Criminal Appeal Court dismissed claims that the period of imprisonment and the period

Frank Mulholland The Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland will appear before MSPs today to answer questions about the lawyer involved in the Michelle Thomson property row.

The number of people being searched by Police Scotland officers has fallen by more than three-quarters compared to last year, new figures have shown. According to the latest figures, a total of 20,916 people were searched in June-July 2015, down from 84,144 over the same period in 2014.

Advocate General Pedro Cruz Villalón An Advocate General of the European Court of Justice has backed the UK government in a legal case against the European Commission over the administration of a "right to reside" test for EU migrants.

Neil Stevenson The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission(SLCC) has welcomed the results of a case which saw Lord Drummond Young support the SLCC's view that there must be a "realistic prospect of success" and that prompt resolution of a matter is relevant.

An agreement that allowed technology companies and others to send personal data from the EU to the US has been declared invalid by the European Court of Justice (ECJ). Following the opinion of Advocate General Yves Bot, the court has ruled that the Safe Harbouragreement did not eliminate the ability

Lord Hardie Around six million documents will be considered as evidence by the Edinburgh Trams Inquiry, it emerged today at a preliminary hearing.

Dr Cyrus Tata With the Scottish government consulting on an extension of the presumption against short prison sentences, Dr Cyrus Tata looks at the reasons behind the appeal of imprisonment.

Sheenagh Adams Keeper-induced registration (KIR) could play an important role in completing the Land Register by 2024, according to a new consultation launched by Registers of Scotland (RoS).

Lord Gill The former Lord President is to give evidence to a Holyrood inquiry over the creation of a judicial register of interests.

Lord Hope Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the international financial centre in Abu Dhabi, has announced the appointment of Lord Hope of Craighead as Chief Justice of Abu Dhabi Global Market Courts.