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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 ...
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
This year’s annual Red Mass to mark the beginning of the new legal year in Scotland, takes place on Sunday, 27 September 2015 at noon. The Mass ...
Alistair Carmichael MP Proceedings in the Election Court will be broadcast live for the first time after the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service reached an agreement with ...
A disabled woman who challenged a health board’s decision to cease providing homeopathic treatment has had a petition for judicial review dismissed.
Ross Yuill Defence solictor fees for the new Sheriff Appeal Court based in Edinburgh are so low that they are 'untenable' and will impede access to justice ...
Willie McIntyre Several readers have contacted SLN to raise their concerns about the utterly inadequate legal aid rates of pay proposed for the new Sheriff Appeal Court ...
Eighty jobs have been saved but 42 lost following the news that McClure Naismith appointed administrators on Friday as it was no longer able to deal with ...
Professor Lorne Crerar Harper Macleod has attracted five new partners among ten recruits from fellow Scottish firm McClure Naismith LLP, which entered administration on Friday.
Alison McInnes The Law Society of Scotland has backed calls to raise the age of criminal responsibility in Scotland from eight to 12.
The United Nations (UN) are to investigate the UK government’s welfare reforms following a complaint that there had “grave and systematic” violations of disabled people’s human rights, ...
Sheenagh Adams St Kilda has become the first UNESCO World Heritage Site to be added to Scotland’s land register through keeper-induced registration (KIR).
An Aberdeen man who admitted taking a bus for a drug-fuelled joyride has been sentenced to prison for 33 months. Hans Reid, 26, told Aberdeen Sheriff Court ...
Tim Farron Tim Farron, leader of the Liberal Democrats, has said he is confident that former Scottish secretary Alistair Carmichael will survive an upcoming legal challenge to ...