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A new prison for the Highlands is to arrive six years late and cost more than four times its original estimate. The cost of HMP Highland has risen from £92 million, the figure given in 2020, to £209m – quadruple the original figure of £52m.

Holyrood’s Net Zero, Energy & Transport Committee has launched a call for views to support its scrutiny of the Scottish government’s Land Reform Bill. The bill sets out reforms which aim to change the pattern of land ownership in rural and island communities and impose new requiremen

A popular careers clinic aimed at encouraging women who are considering becoming advocates will be hosted by the Faculty of Advocates again this year. The Women at the Scottish Bar Careers Clinic received positive acclaim when it was launched by the Faculty of Advocates last year. Participants took

The Crown Office has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a fatal accident inquiry into the death of Archie Donald. Three-year-old Archie died at the Royal Hospital for Children at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Campus, Glasgow on 20 November 2019.

Perth | 27 April | 10am - 3pm | 3 hours' CPD On April 1 the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 came into force. There will be new challenges for Christians seeking to express their faith in the public square.

The mayor of a small Italian island is offering free goats to anyone who can remove them from the island. Alicudi, a tiny island off the coast of Sicily, is said to be overrun by wild goats — with around 600 goats to 100 human residents, CNN reports.

Thomas Mitchell has been promoted to partner at RTA LAW LLP. Jodi Gordon, RTA LAW staff partner, said: Thomas has been working with the firm for over ten years and dedicated his career to representing vulnerable road users.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has signed onto a new international multilateral agreement with the Global Cooperation Arrangement for Privacy Enforcement (Global CAPE) to cooperate in cross-border data protection and privacy enforcement. As part of the Global CAPE, the ICO will be

Scottish salmon is to gain a new protected geographical indication (PGI) by the end of this month, following a decision by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). The strict geographical designation will be "the coastal region of mainland Scotland, Western Isles, Orkney, and

A social housing solicitor from Shakespeare Martineau has become qualified in Scotland. Ellis Pugh advises social housing providers, charities, social enterprises and other not-for-profit and for-profit organisations on matters including corporate governance, mergers, restructuring, collaborative wo

A deal has been struck to fund legal cases of people who fall foul of Scotland's new hate crime laws. The Free Speech Union (FSU), a UK-wide organisation, has signed a deal with Levy & McRae to deal with cases arising from the controversial Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021.

The Tumbling Lassie committee is delighted to welcome you to an evening talk with Richard Blake, on the life of John Grant, who was the chief justice of Jamaica from 1783 to 1790. Grant was born in Invernesshire. He travelled as a young teenager to Nova Scotia, and then on to Jamaica. His manuscript

Join Edinburgh Law School for an Alumni & Friends Discussion with Professors Jo Shaw, Salvesen chair of European Institutions and head of Edinburgh Law School, and Niamh Nic Shuibhne, professor of European Union Law, to explore the question: ‘Do the fundamentals of EU law still matter?&rsq

Five members of a notorious serious organised crime gang who ran a massive drugs trafficking empire in Inverclyde have been jailed for a total of 31 years and eight months. Lee Docherty, 37, Ian Millar, 39, Brendan Gillan, 32, his father Daniel Gillan, 60, and Christopher McKellar, 44, pled guilty t

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Israel strike that killed 106 people in Gaza ‘apparent war crime’: Probe