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A man who was convicted along with another of holding a vulnerable 20-year-old man in servitude has failed in an appeal against conviction at the High Court of Justiciary Appeal Court. The Lord Justice General, Lord Carloway, sitting with Lord Menzies and Lord Drummond Young heard that Joh

A Scottish council is the first in Europe to give its employees who have suffered domestic abuse "safe leave". South Ayrshire Council's policy will give employees up to 10 days' paid leave to allow them to seek help and support.

An elderly Iranian couple have been granted leave to remain in the UK 40 years after they emigrated from Iran, albeit at a cost of £20,000 – which their lawyer has described as “ten years of indentured servitude to the Home Office”. Edinburgh winger Damien Hoyland, 25, had ca

Jonathan Tait explains how firms can safeguard their reputations in the age of social media and fake news. The American business magnate and philanthropist Warren Buffet once said, “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and 5 minutes to ruin it.”

A man has been sent back to prison after breaking into a sheriff's house, for the second time. Michael Houston, 45, broke in Sheriff Maxwell Hendry's home in Glasgow's Kelvinside only weeks after he was released from prison.

The Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers (ARDL) which has more than 800 members throughout the UK is launching a Scotland Seminar Programme for 2019 with the aim of growing the Scottish membership. Professional regulation has been increasing throughout Scotland and the UK over the

Lawyers have paid tribute to the "candour and courage" of people who gave evidence of abuse they suffered in residential childcare, The Herald reports. The comments came as the current phase of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry drew to a close.

International law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has assisted a children's charity to develop proposals for the statutory regulation of social media companies. The NSPCC is campaigning in favour of a new "social media regulator" which could issue fines of up to £20 million to social media compan

A tattooist known as "Dr Evil" admitted causing grievous bodily harm by performing unlawful body modification procedures on clients. Brendan McCarthy, 50, pleaded guilty to three charges of GBH in respect of a tongue-splitting procedure as well as removing an ear and slicing off a nipple.

A businessman who gave £182,000 to a woman he met on dating app Tinder has won a court battle to get the money back. Marcel Kooter, 57, claimed he sent the money to Manuel Radeva, 37, for investment purposes – not as a gift.

A solicitor has had his practising certificate restricted and has been fined and censured for professional misconduct, which included issuing "contrived" fee notes. Thomas Duff, of Robert F Duff & Co Ltd in Largs, was not, however, struck off by the Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal.

A now-deceased lawyer who alleged a breach of his right to freedom of expression suffered a violation of his Article 10 rights, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled. Joaquim Antonio Pais Pires de Lima was a Portuguese national who was born in 1938 and died in 2017. He lived in Cascai

Karyn McCluskey calls for an evidence-led approach towards cutting crime as an alternative to simply building more prisons. I’ve been engaging with lots of great modern studies students and teachers in Scotland. A few students tweeted about their essays on what we should do about the high

The Edinburgh Tax Network, in conjunction with Terra Firma Chambers, will present a seminar entitled “HMRC Representations, Guidance & Legitimate Expectations” on Thursday 28th February 2019 at the Mackenzie Building, Old Assembly Close, Edinburgh. The speaker will be Derek Francis,

The Scotsman has published a full obituary of David Sellar, former Lord Lyon King of Arms who passed away on 26 January at the age of 78. "David Sellar was the gently urbane academic and author who as Lord Lyon became Scotland’s greatest officer of state. Clad in tabard of office, he cut a maj