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The Law Society of Scotland has granted 16 new solicitor advocates extended rights of audience at back-to-back ceremonies at the Court of Session.

The Irish language was spoken during legal proceedings in Belfast's Royal Courts of Justice this week in what language experts say was the first time in nearly 300 years. The First-tier Tribunal (Information Rights) was hearing an appeal brought by Conradh na Gaeilge against a decision by the Inform

Cultural institutions are censoring research, learning and creativity because of the way they police the reuse of digital copies of out-of-copyright artworks and artefacts, a new study has warned. Cultural institutions have created a “mess” by claiming and enforcing new rights over the r

Blackadders LLP has started 2024 by welcoming two new senior recruits to its team in Glasgow. New partner Donna Brennan has joined the private client team and Julie Niven has joined the firm as the head of people and culture and will work across Blackadders’ offices in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aber

Four lawyers from Clyde & Co’s Scottish offices are starting 2024 on a high after securing spaces on the firm’s global exchange initiative. The achievement will give them the chance to spend a week working at one of the firm’s international offices, which this year include Bost

Legislation which would give councils the power to introduce a visitor levy to raise funding for local tourism facilities and services has passed its first vote at Holyrood.

The average Scottish house price reached £194,000 in November 2023, a 2.2 per cent increase compared to the same period in 2022, according to the latest data from the UK House Price Index (HPI).

A man who escaped police custody in the middle of a snowstorm apparently turned himself in less than an hour later to escape the cold weather. Demarkus Davis, 20, allegedly escaped from a police car on the way to a jail in Memphis, Tennessee on Sunday night, when temperatures were as low as -10°

Govan Law Centre (GLC) has accepted instructions from two clients aggrieved by the closure of the Kirkton Community Centre and Library in Dundee. Proceedings for judicial review are being raised in the Court of Session against Dundee City Council (DCC).

The Post Office "failed in its duty of revelation" to the Crown Office, Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC told Holyrood yesterday as she apologised to victims of the Horizon scandal. Ms Bain, who blamed the Post Office for failures that led to victims being prosecuted, appeared before MSPs to answer que

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has accused ministers of “lazy digital hygiene” as a freedom of information request published on the Scottish government website revealed that cameras made by the Chinese firm Hikvision are still in use in six core government properties

In December 2023, the Human Rights Consortium Scotland (HRCS) published a research report written by Dr Kasey McCall-Smith entitled The Benefits of Incorporating the UN Convention against Torture and other forms of Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment into Scots Law. This report focused on the gaps

The Scottish Sentencing Council’s new sentencing guideline on death by driving offences comes into effect today. It is the country’s first ever offence guideline and the first time that the council has set out guidance to help courts select a specific type and level of sentence. It also

Shoosmiths has announced Kirsten Hewson as its new chair. She will take over from longstanding chair Peter Duff on 1 April 2024.

A conspiracy theorist who accused the government of setting forest fires to make people believe in climate change has admitted setting more than a dozen forest fires. Brian Paré, 38, forced hundreds of people to evacuate their homes and destroyed hundreds of hectares of forest by setting the