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Graham Ogilvy When Lord Hewart, the liberal Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales for much of the 1920s and all of the 1930s, issued his famous ...

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced an end to employment tribunal fees as she revealed the Scottish government's legislative programme yesterday. She promised to draw on new powers ...

Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland QC The Scottish government will introduce legislation to create new domestic abuse offences and criminalise the distribution of "revenge porn", First Minister Nicola ...

Heather Nisbet Heather Nisbet discusses some basic contract elements for overage or price top up arrangements in property deals in the first half of her two-part blog ...

Joan Aitken A lorry driver has had his professional license revoked for 20 years after an inquiry heard of his reckless manoeuvres on one of Scotland's most ...

Nicola Sturgeon First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has laid out plans to introduce new bills to improve security for private tenants, introduce rent controls and abolish the "bedroom ...

A retired police superintendent has voiced concern that police discretion is being "eroded" after he was fined for parking in a bus stop for less than a ...

Nicola Sturgeon The accountability of Police Scotland will be subject to discussion at a summit hosted by the Scottish government later this month, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon ...

The European court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has held that the rights of clandestine migrants from Tunisia were violated when they were detained after landing on the ...

A Scots lawyer who failed in his duties under the CML Handbook and at common law to provide material information to lenders in conveyancing transactions has been ...

Karen Reid The Care Inspectorate has published a report detailing over 100 serious incidents involving offenders on license or under statutory supervision between June 2013 and January ...