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A company which claims to have possessed a number of industrial units in a business park for more than 20 years has been granted a full hearing ...

A prisoner support expert has raised concerns about the function of a law aimed at offering more support to prisoners due for release on a Friday after ...

The former head of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has called for the establishment of a parliamentary commissioner for the environment and a dedicated environment court ...

Patients have been left permanently scarred and unable to get compensation because of weak regulation of cosmetic surgery, according to a BBC investigation. The introduction of a ...

Law lecturer Malcolm Combe has announced he is taking up a new post at the University of Strathclyde in December. Mr Combe, a solicitor and senior lecturer ...

The Law Society of Scotland is seeking views from the profession relating to their experiences of representing vulnerable individuals facing criminal prosecution. The Law Society’s Criminal Law ...

The Society of Advocates in Aberdeen welcomed the Press & Journal to its library for an exclusive tour over the weekend. The professional body was founded over ...

Lord Kinclaven shares insights from the MiniTrial legal education scheme, teaching thousands of Scottish pupils about the justice system. Turn back the clock to 2001, when the ...

Legal aid for vulnerable migrant children who have been separated from their parents has been reinstated in England and Wales. Non-asylum immigration matters were removed from the ...

Police are investigating a crowdfunding page aiming to raise £10,000 to hire someone to kill high-profile Brexit litigant Gina Miller. The crowdfunder was anonymously launched on GoFundMe ...

Solicitor Aamer Anwar has criticised police for failing to crack down on Italian football fans making fascist salutes on the streets of Glasgow. Footage of dozens of ...

State-run rehabilitation camps for young smartphone addicts have been established in South Korea. The 12-day programme sees teenagers who struggle to stay off their devices hand in ...

Holmes Mackillop has announced the appointment of Ralph Riddiough and Michelle Rae to the firm's corporate team in Glasgow. Mr Riddiough brings over 20 years' experience in ...

Solicitors David Dickson, Deborah Lovell and Vincent McGovern have been appointed to the Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal (SSDT). The Lord President, Lord Carloway, confirmed their appointments for ...

Solicitor Graeme Di Rollo of Burness Paull examines the Supreme Court's ruling in Shanks v Unilever. This week, the Supreme Court handed down its much anticipated judgment ...