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A six-strong team from Holmes Mackillop Solicitors is set to take on the Kelpies Challenge – a one-of-a-kind 1.5-hour assault course set high within the heads of the world-famous Kelpies to raise funds for St Vincents Hospice. Sunday 26th October will see Carole Johnston, Mark Joseph, Hannah M

The Scottish government is consulting on proposals to modernise the law on compulsory purchase. The proposals would update laws dating back almost two centuries, making them "more useful for public bodies", while also being "fairer to property owners".

Police Scotland have backed Ash Regan MSP's plan to criminalise buying sex.  Ms Regan’s members bill would make buying sex a criminal offence, with those convicted facing fines of up to £10,000 and possible jail sentence.

This book presents an extensive analysis of the judgments delivered in the UK Supreme Court during its first 10 years (2009-2019). Detailed statistical data is provided of how each of the justices voted in a range of different contexts, including cases involving the state, socio-economic underdogs,

The Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry is to work with The Postal Museum on its upcoming Legacy Project. Created alongside those affected, the Legacy Project will mark the Horizon scandal in history and "ensure its effects cannot be forgotten".

More people impacted by drugs have received support after the Scottish government funded 225 community-based projects across the country. The National Drugs Mission Funds distributed almost £13 million in grants in 2024-25 through the Corra Foundation. In 2024-25, there were more than 51,000 i

Thorntons has welcomed 19 new trainee solicitors.

Justice Secretary Angela Constance has said the 'not proven' verdict, which is to be abolished, is "widely misunderstood". Thomas Ross KC demonstrates that indeed it is, especially by her.  Haggis, square sausage and the 'not proven' verdict – cultural appropriation being what it is &ndas

Freeths has announced record financial results for the year ending 31 March 2025, reporting another year of impressive double-digit growth. Turnover rose by 14.8 per cent to £166.8 million, an increase of £21.5m compared to the previous year and overall profit climbed to £59.4m, an

A worker employed by a charity who stole thousands of pounds from vulnerable and disabled care home residents has been sentenced.  Margaret Burnett, 69, stole the money from five residents at a Leonard Cheshire home in Edinburgh between January 2014 and August 2016. 

The Law Society of Scotland has warned of significant risks for criminal justice after MSPs voted to approve untested changes to Scotland’s criminal court system. The final vote on the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill concluded this afternoon, with 71 MSPs backing the leg

A sheriff has reversed a child contact order made in June 2024 at the request of the child’s mother after an incident at her house in which the father punched the door of her house while trying to force his way inside, having determined that the relationship between the parties was too degrade

More than 6,000 sex offenders in the north of England will be offered chemical castration drugs to suppress their libidos under plans to expand an existing prison trial. Justice secretary David Lammy said a pilot already running in four prisons in the southwest would be extended to 20 prisons across

A parliamentary inquiry has strongly backed the Law Society of Scotland’s calls for the Scottish government to urgently increase civil legal aid fees and pursue reforms to restore access to justice. The Report on the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee inquiry into Civil Legal