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A goalkeeper who was hit by a football has won a £500,000 payout over the injury. Darren Conquer, 47, ruptured his biceps tendon during a football game in 2003, but the injury was not properly diagnosed until the following year.

A Holyrood committee has expressed discontent after the Scottish government breached parliamentary rules to allow new electronic monitoring devices to be used due to a shortage in the number of tags available to meet demand. The Scottish Parliament’s Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee w

The legality of Police Scotland's controversial 'cyber kiosks', which will be rolled out next week despite the Justice Secretary's expectation they will attract a legal challenge, has been questioned by a civil liberties expert. Dr Nick McKerrell, senior lecturer in law at Glasgow Caledonian Univers

Knowledge about land ownership and plans for land use differ between rural and urban communities, a Scottish Land Commission survey has found. The commission carried out two surveys last year, one for landowners and one for communities, to establish a baseline understanding of the level of awar

The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association (SYLA), in conjunction with the Law Society of Scotland, is holding a roundtable discussion on the issues raised in the recent survey on retention of young lawyers in the Scottish legal profession. The survey found that over 60 per cent of young lawyers survey

The change in regulation of short-term lets could see more properties come to market and help alleviate demand, according to ESPC. After the results of a consultation last year revealed wide support for regulation of short-term lets, the Scottish government announced increased powers for local

Rangers manager Steven Gerrard has succeeded in a legal fight with two sportswear firms who attempted to block his clothing range. Mr Gerrard launched a menswear line in 2018 called SGG Apparel, consisting of polo shirts, hooded tops and jackets.

DWF advised on 68 corporate deals in the first half of the financial year, compared with 61 deals a year earlier, the firm has said. Technology remained DWF's most active business sector with 20 deals advised on but there was also a marked increase in the number of deals completed in the energy and

Thu, 20 February 202017:30 – 20:00 Did you know that the average size of a women’s pension pot at 65 is 1/5 the size of a man’s?

A man has asked a judge to let him resolve a dispute with his ex-wife and her lawyer through "trial by combat" with samurai swords. David Ostrom, 40, told the court that he could secure the Japanese swords within 12 weeks to allow for the trio to "resolve our disputes on the field of battle".

The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Housing and Property Chamber has awarded £18,000 in damages to a tenant who was unlawfully evicted from his Glasgow flat in 2015, the first decision of its kind to come out of the FtT. Dambaru Baral raised the action in September 2018 against his landl

A woman who claimed she was repeatedly raped by her late stepfather is suing the executor of his estate for damages in a landmark case. The woman’s stepbrother, the executor of the estate, argued that the action should not be allowed to proceed because it would not be possible for fair hearing

A man found guilty of the repeated rape of his former partner and her granddaughter on the basis of the doctrine of “mutual corroboration” has had an appeal against his conviction refused. The appellant claimed that the trial judge’s decision to allow a Crown motion to amend one of

The House of Lords Constitution Committee has recommended that a clause to introduce significant new ministerial powers on how courts may depart from CJEU interpretations of retained EU law should be removed from the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill. The committee said this measure is inap

Thorntons has reported a 10.5 per cent growth in turnover for the year to 31 May 2019 to a record £29.8 million, with profits increasing by 22.2 per cent. The 57-partner firm has gone through a series of strategic mergers and acquisitions since 2014 as part of a five year strategy. In March 20