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Proposed hate crime legislation could lead to police officers determining free speech and thereby devastate the legitimacy of the police service, according to the Scottish Police Federation, which represents the police rank and file. The SPF made the comments in its consultation response to the Hate

An election for the office of Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Advocates is expected to be a two-way contest between Lynda Brabender QC, and Ronnie Renucci QC.

An oil company has admitted regulatory failings which led to the discharge of crude oil into the North Sea. BP Exploration Operating Company Limited (BP) pled guilty to a contravention of Regulation 3(1) of the Offshore Petroleum Activities (Oil Pollution Prevention and Control) Regulations 2005 at

Highland Perthshire law firm, J. & H. Mitchell W.S., has announced that partner Sarah Brown has been accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in charity law. Currently, there are only nine other accredited charity law specialists in Scotland.

A call to double the time limit for bringing Employment Tribunal claims is "not necessary", a lawyer has said. Solicitors in England have pressed ministers to extend the time limit, amid concerns that swift action is needed to resolve the growing backlog of cases.

More than 150 people in Digby Brown are challenging themselves to walk a 1,443-mile virtual loop of Scotland’s Courts – in just 24 hours.

The Next 100 Years, the successor project to the First 100 Years, has opened its annual Inspirational Women in Law Awards for nominations. The Next 100 Years is dedicated to achieving equality for women in law and the awards, which are in their fifth year, are an opportunity to recognise women who a

The head of a convent has been ordered by religious leaders to give up a £100,000 Mercedes bought with charitable donations. Mother Superior Feofaniya, based in Moscow, bought the expensive Mercedes-Benz S-Class sedan in 2016.

The owner of six coffee shops in Edinburgh who received reduced support under the Scottish Ministers’ grant scheme for hospitality businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic has failed to challenge the decision of the Scottish Ministers to give smaller additional grants to businesses wi

Scottish Legal News is saddened to report the sudden death over the weekend of Sheriff Richard Davidson. Richard Davidson, 72, served as Sheriff in Dundee for almost 20 years up to 2016 before serving as sheriff in Fort William and Portree up to his retirement four years ago. Prior to his shrieval a

​There are major flaws in proposed hate crime legislation, according to the Law Society of Scotland. In its submission to the Scottish government’s call for views on the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill, the Law Society has said there were flaws which could prevent the bill from a

Investors remain interested in the Scottish commercial property market despite the coronavirus crisis, a lawyer has said. Derek Nash, partner at Lindsays, said that demand was “robust” throughout the crisis and that the trend towards working from home did not mean the end of the office.

Over the past three months, independent charity Crimestoppers has received a record number of reports from the public across Scotland on domestic abuse, drug dealing and child harm and neglect. In response to lockdown across Scotland, the charity ran a series of public awareness campaigns to highlig

Brian McConnachie QC has reflected on the success of the first trial since lockdown in Glasgow, saying we must "ensure that trial by jury survives the pandemic as it survived [the] World Wars". Mr McConnachie tweeted that while it was "odd at first to see an empty jury box" it quickly became "incons

An enthusiastic graduate who has unfortunately been made redundant is seeking a role in Edinburgh or West Lothian. Damon Allan was awarded a first class LLB (hons.) degree in 2018 from the University of Edinburgh, with an Erasmus year at Universiteit Leiden, in the Netherlands. He received his diplo