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The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) is to increase ‘complaints levy’ charged when its determination committee upholds a complaint of inadequate professional service. The complaints levy is currently £3,500, but for complaints heard and upheld at committee on or after 1

A former administrator of Rangers has begun a £2 million damages action against Police Scotland, alleging it unlawfully investigated his activities at the club. David Grier, 57, claims detective failed to follow legal procedures when they arrested him in 2014 in connection with the sale of the

An outgoing senior judge has said the UK government would be wrong to abolish prison sentences of less than six months. Sir Brian Leveson, the most senior criminal judge in England and Wales, retired from the bench on Friday.

Ryanair could be taken to court by passengers over its "disproportionate" fees of up to £115 that it charges to deal with spelling mistakes on bookings or to print out boarding passes, an aviation watchdog has said. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said the Irish budget airline was failing t

Via Rob Marrs: CMS hosted a brunch for Edinburgh Pride 2019, where the firm became the first to sign The Glass Network's Charter. Pictured above are Drew McCusker, founder of The Glass Network and CMS managing director Allan Wernham.

The US Supreme Court has quashed the conviction of a black Mississippi man in his sixth trial for a quadruple murder in 1996 after finding a prosecutor blocked potential black jurors, Reuters reports. In a 7-2 ruling written by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the court found that the prosecutor's actions w

One of the most prestigious events in the Scottish legal calendar returns this October. The Tumbling Lassie Ball 2019, the largest anti-trafficking fundraising event in Scotland, is a black tie charity ball sponsored by the Faculty of Advocates.

Janette Speed, real estate partner and head of Shoosmiths in Scotland, recently teamed up with her client Bellway Homes to complete a 15-mile hike at Kielder Water in Northumberland in aid of Cancer Research UK (CRUK). 

A man who stole a human skull and kept it for more than a year has been jailed for four months. Lucas Dawe, 20, found the skull exposed within a mausoleum-style tomb in an Anglican cemetery.

An employer which was found to have “victimised” a former employee after sifting out her application for a job has successfully challenged a tribunal’s decision to uphold her claim, after the employment judge “fell fully asleep not once but twice” during the hearing. Th

Planning minister Kevin Stewart said communities will have more say in shaping the future development of their areas after MSPs agreed to a “radical shake-up” of planning laws.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today fined Bank of Scotland (BOS) £45,500,000 for failures to disclose information about its suspicions that fraud may have occurred at the Reading-based impaired assets (IAR) team of Halifax Bank of Scotland. The FCA found that BOS failed to be open

The Scottish government has published legislation to extend the right to vote in Scottish elections to citizens of all nationalities legally resident in Scotland. The Scottish Elections (Franchise and Representation) Bill aims to benefit around 55,000 people and reaffirms the existing voting rights

The Court of Appeal in England & Wales has handed down its judgment in the matter of Howard Kennedy v The National Trust for Scotland [2019] EWCA Civ 648, on appeal from the decision of Sir David Eady, sitting as a judge of the High Court on the Queen's Bench Division Media and Communications Li

Clive Phillips, head of the land & rural business team at Brodies LLP, gives an insight into the rural sector and the challenges it faces. Q) You are a lawyer and farmer – tell us about it?