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The Scottish National Party (SNP) has published a manifesto for the General Election that calls for changes to immigration rules in Britain and hits out at the Conservatives' proposed 'snoopers' charter'. Launching the document from Edinburgh today, first minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon said

A former director of a Scottish Championship football team who loaned more than £200,000 to the club has failed in a legal action to recover the money. The pursuer Gerard Nixon, who was a director of the defender Livingston Football Club (LFC) between 2009 and 2013, sought decree of payment of a to

Mike Dailly Govan Law Centre has launched a campaign which it hopes will give a voice to people in the private rent sector and lead to reforms.

Sections of the media have distorted a lecture given by Lord Neuberger, president of the Supreme Court to suggest he called for Muslim women to be allowed to wear a full veil while giving evidence in court. Headlines like "Britain's top judge says Muslim women should be allowed to wear full veil in

Four solicitors have been promoted to partner at Morton Fraser, bringing the number of new partners at the Scottish law firm in the past year to eleven. In recognition and reward for their depth of experience and expertise, Iain Young, David Stewart, Brian Macfarlane and Lucia Clark will take up pos

A landowner who is seeking to challenge a decision to grant consent to plans for a new wind farm near his estate has had an application for a protective expenses order refused. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that, having regard to the petitioner’s financial position, the proceedings would n

Lord Carloway The lord justice clerk has been criticised by an advocate for saying his critics have “transparent self-interest”.

Murray McCall Anderson Strathern’s managing partner has said the firm is considering expanding into Dundee and Aberdeen.

Andrew Mackenzie (left) and Sir David Edward QC

New Sheriffs have been appointed in South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway and Glasgow and Strathkelvin Robert Weir QC (pictured) has been appointed as sheriff of South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway and Joan Kerr has been appointed as sheriff of Glasgow and Strathkelvin.

Lord Malcolm (centre) with the finalists

DLA Piper’s Alistair Drummond (pictured) is set to run the London Marathon later this month, in an attempt to raise £4,000 for the firm’s charity partner,UNICEF. The Edinburgh-based litigation lawyer’s efforts add to a string of fundraising and pro bono work aimed at helping the global charit

John Forsyth John Forsyth discusses the issues surrounding the remit of the Scottish Sentencing Council, which is to be constituted later this year.

Judges from across the UK have explained why they withdrew from a legal conference in Glasgow at which Wikileaks' founder Julian Assange (pictured right) spoke via video link from London. Mr Assange, who has lived in the Ecuadorian embassy since 2012, addressed attendees at the Commonwealth Law Conf

A new alcohol bill at Holyrood has come under fire from licensing lawyers and figures in the trade who say the proliferation of licensing law “beggars belief” and is “a disgrace”. The Alcohol (Licensing, Public Health and Criminal Justice) (Scotland) Bill, introduced on April 1 by Labour MSP