Solicitors employed on the Scottish Legal Aid Board’s emergency helpline have backed strike action over changes to shift patterns, The Scotsman reports. Sixteen solicitors working on the Solicitor Con ...

The Law Society of Scotland and the Scottish Association of Law Centres have jointly written to a parliamentary committee ...

A sheriff has revoked the appointment of the attorney of a woman with Alzheimer's disease after finding that he had used her money for his own interests and misled his co-attorney in respect of rental ...

First Minister John Swinney is to bring together voices from across Scotland to focus on actions that can help prevent youth ...

One of the world’s foremost experts in forensic investigation will deliver a public lecture at the University of Dundee later ...

A trainee lawyer who was mocked and beaten by police following an anti-globalisation protest in Italy in 2001 suffered a ...

The Sheriff Appeal Court has refused an appeal against a sheriff’s decision that two residential landlords were not in breach of occupiers’ liability legislation as a result of their tenant’s children ...

A man who coated pheasant carcasses in rat poison to bait and injure other legally protected wildlife has been ordered to carry out 135 hours of unpaid work. Clive Burgoyne, 38, of Forfar, carried out ...

Four men convicted of bribery and corrupt practices over the awarding of NHS contracts worth £6 million have been imprisoned ...

Harper Macleod has advised on the sale of The Golden Lion Hotel, one of Scotland’s oldest and most culturally significant ...

A city's ban on yoga classes in public parks and beaches has been rubbished by a court. The US city of San Diego’s ban on ...

The Scotsman has published a full obituary of Lord Ross, who passed away on April 26 this year. "Donald Ross held a succession of the highest offices in the Scottish legal system of which he was a ...