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The average price of a residential property in Scotland has shown an increase of 0.6 per cent during the second quarter of financial year 2016/17 compared with the same period in the previous year, with the highest rise, of 9.7 per cent, being reported in East Renfrewshire, according to figures from

Lawyers have warned MSPs that the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) is understaffed, overworked and that its fiscal deputes are being forced to take domestic abuse and hate crime cases to trial as a matter of policy rather than because of their professional judgement. In submissions

David Strang Scotland's chief prisons inspector has called for greater use of alternatives to short sentences as well as more help for prisoners reintegrating into society upon their release as Scotland's prison population falls to its lowest in seven years.

Michael Matheson The levels of domestic abuse reported to Police Scotland have dropped by three per cent over the past year.

Caryn Penley CMS’s Glasgow operation has completed its move to 1 West Regent Street, a newly completed Grade A property located in the city centre.

Angela Grahame QC More than 50 advocates are preparing to help nurses and midwives who may be facing the trauma of disciplinary proceedings with no-one at their side.

Karen Bradley The UK government has backed down over the implementation of legislation that would see unregulated newspapers pay libel costs in cases that they successfully defended.

Judges have issued their reasons for setting aside the acquittal of a man accused of the 1998 murder of Surjit Singh Chhokar in Overtown, Lanarkshire. The High Court of Justiciary Appeal Court granted an application by the Lord Advocate to bring a new prosecution against Ronnie Coulter after ruling

A man found guilty of assaulting a woman with a block of wood and a separate charge of carrying an offensive weapon in public has failed in an appeal against his conviction. The appellant claimed that he had been charged twice on the same facts and convicted on both charges, which amounted to “dou

The law banning fox hunting in Scotland is unworkable, according to Police Scotland. Fox hunting with hounds was banned in 2002 under the Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act.

Miller Samuel Hill Brown (MSHB) has acquired the licensing division of Lindsays for an undisclosed sum to create the largest legal licensing team in Scotland.

The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) has firmly denied that thousands of witnesses are being called to trials which fail to go ahead – at a cost of £10 million to the taxpayer. The Sunday Post reports that, according to legal insiders, court officials are calling trials to ensure they

Following last year’s record number of firms reporting revenue growth, market challenges have caused growth to slow across the top 100 firms in 2016, according to PwC’s 25th annual Law Firms' Survey. Seventy-five per cent of the top 100 UK law firms reported revenue growth this year, down from 8

Audrey Ferrie Audrey Ferrie offers post-case analysis of the recent ruling in favour of a minimum pricing policy for alcohol in Scotland.

Female lawyers are “more ethical” than men and are less motivated by financial rewards, according to a new report. A group of academics from the UK and US claim that female law students had “a greater propensity to be more ethical”.