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Advocate and MSP Gordon Lindhurst has again raised concerns about a bill to criminalise parents for smacking their children. Mr Lindhurst has himself prosecuted cases under the current law.

Lord Advocate and former Dean of Faculty James Wolffe QC, has become a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland’s National Academy. Mr Wolffe is among 62 new Fellows, joining an existing fellowship of more than 1,600 individuals who give their time and expertise for free to support t

In what is considered to be a first, a sheriff has ordered indirect contact between a birth mother and her daughter to take place via a Facebook group. Advocate Nicola Gilchrist, instructed by Laura McLean from the Inverness Civil Legal Assistance Office, acted for the birth mother.

Child witnesses could be entitled to have their evidence pre-recorded in the most serious domestic abuse cases, under Scotland’s proposed vulnerable witnesses legislation. The Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Bill, currently being considered by the Scottish Parliament, creates a new rule that c

Turcan Connell has appointed Pete Murrin as a partner in its Glasgow office. Last year, the firm more than doubled the size of its office space in the city with a move across St Vincent Street and at the time signalled its intent to continue to grow its offering in Glasgow, having opened an office t

The UK Supreme Court will sit in Wales for the first time in July 2019. The court will sit in the Ty Hywel building in the National Assembly in Cardiff for four days of hearings from 22-25 July 2019, whilst the Assembly is in recess.

Brodies LLP has been named legal team of the year at the 6th annual Scottish Property Awards.

Robyn Canning and Lewis Campbell have been appointed deputy student directors at the Aberdeen Law Project. Ryan Whelan, chair of the ALP Board, said: “We were again this year faced with the challenge of choosing between an extremely talented pool of shortlisted candidates. That Robyn and

Police have arrested a man who seemed to dip his testicles into another man's salsa in a video published online. The video was allegedly recorded by a delivery driver who was delivering food from a local Mexican restaurant to a customer in the US state of Tennessee.

A private healthcare provider which sued a Scottish health board claiming it was “contractually obliged” to pay for a mental health patient’s continuing care at a hospital in England has had its case dismissed. A judge in the Court of Session upheld an argument by Hi

Governments and organisations which collect people’s data should work together to create good practice standards for managing it, according to the Law Society of Scotland. In its response to a UK Parliament inquiry into whether new safeguards are required to regulate the use of personal data b

The Home Office risks another immigration policy scandal if it does not fix crucial problems with the EU Settlement Scheme, the House of Lords EU Justice Sub-Committee has warned in an urgent letter. The committee has written to Home Secretary Sajid Javid raising concerns about the EU Settlement Sch

Legislation to support the establishment and capitalisation of the Scottish National Investment Bank has been published by the Scottish Parliament. The bill grants the necessary powers to set up the bank which will provide financing for businesses through their whole life cycle and for important inf

A think tank has called for the legislation amending the census regime to include a better question on which languages are spoken in Scotland. Reform Scotland submitted written evidence to the Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee’s inquiry into the Census (Amendment) (S

Two key European Parliament committees have selected Romanian judge Laura Codruţa Kövesi as their top choice for the inaugural European chief prosecutor. The new European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) is expected to be operational by the end of 2020 and will be in charge of investigating,