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The UK Supreme Court ruled yesterday the letters written by the Prince of Wales to government ministers can be published.

At the recent annual general meeting of the Sheriffs' Association, the representative body for sheriffs, the following were elected as officer bearers. Sheriff Colin Pettigrew (Paisley Sheriff Court) was elected President.

The Scottish parliament's justice committee has issued a call for evidence as it prepares to consider the Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Bill. The bill’s policy objective is to reform and modernise the law governing the holding of fatal accident inquiries (FAIs) in Scotland, and

Deputy first minister John Swinney MSP was the special guest at a seminar on taxation in Scotland, and his contribution on topics ranging from the launch of Revenue Scotland to the importance of a progressive tax structure was welcomed by the audience in the Laigh Hall, Parliament House, Edinburgh.

A bright yellow clad team of six volunteers from Lindsays’ Edinburgh office took two hours out of the office last Friday to raise almost £700 handing out daffodil pins in the city’s West End.

Back row from left to right – Rachael Etheridge, Marketing Executive; Frances Muir, Client Cashroom Supervisor; Lindsay McCulloch, Associate; Adelle Seaton, Senior Solicitor; Scott Hunter, Associate; Alan Dean, Senior Tax Manager; Lyndsay McGregor, Senior Solicitor; Don Macleod, Senior Associate;

A man found guilty of repeatedly stabbing another man after an argument in a pub turned into a fight in the street has partly succeeded in an appeal against his conviction and sentence. The Criminal Appeal Court ruled that a “miscarriage of justice” had occurred as the jury were denied the oppor

The findings of the Penrose Inquiry, which looked at the contamination of NHS blood supplies between 1970 and 1991, were published yesterday in Edinburgh.The inquiry recommended that anyone who received a blood transfusion before 1991 should be tested for Hepatitis C but concluded there were few thi

Police Scotland has been criticised for holding back serious crime figures until after the general election. Statistics covering drug, gun, race and domestic abuse offences were due to be published over the coming month but will now be held back until the autumn.

Brodies LLP was last night named "UK National/Regional Law Firm of the Year" at the Legal Business Awards in London.

Chartered psychologists Dr Richard Cosway (pictured right) and Dr Hugh Koch (pictured below) discuss key factors to be borne in mind when assessing psychological trauma. Guidance given for the instruction of experts to give evidence in civil claims clearly endorse the overriding duty of experts to h

Jill Robbie

A change to the Community (Scotland) Empowerment Bill agreed by the local government and regeneration committee last week encourages public bodies to promote and facilitate participation with people and communities in decision making and budget setting. The move follows huge participation in last ye

The Court of Appeal has handed down a judgment which could result in members of the public being denied access to legal representation when they are accused of wrongdoing. In a judgment the Law Society described as “deeply disappointing” the Court of Appeal rejected legal challenges brought by t

At an international conference in the Philippines on human rights and the internet this week a coalition of digital rights organisations launched the “Manila Principles on Intermediary Liability” – a set of guidelines on protecting online freedom of expression around the world. The principles,