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A target date for entirely smoke-free prisons will be announced by the Scottish Prison Service at the launch of a major report into the exposure of prison workers to second-hand smoke. The now-completed Tobacco in Prison Study (TIPS) was led by Glasgow University with input from Aberdeen University.

Donald Cameron Advocate Donald Cameron has been put in charge of election policy for the Scottish Conservatives, The Herald reports.

Scotland’s tribunals that hear appeals against education authority decisions regarding educational support are to be transferred to the Scottish Tribunals system under new regulations currently out for consultation. the Additional Support Needs Tribunals for Scotland (ASNTS) will transfer into the

in the EIA process. The extent of such provision must, however, be tempered with a degree of realism. It should not create an endless process of notification of, and consultation on, every matter which is, or becomes, available to the decision-maker prior to the decision. The process is to inform t

Academically gifted students from less advantaged backgrounds in Scotland are set to benefit from a game-changing quarter of a million pound investment through the Lawscot Foundation. The Law Society of Scotland has donated the proceeds of the May 2016 sale of Legal Post to the foundation; a charity

Gordon Jackson QC A major new event is being added to the nation’s legal and cultural calendar – a dinner hosted by the Dean of the Faculty of Advocates to celebrate all things Scottish.

Ruth Charteris Arnot Manderson Advocates has announced the appointment of Ruth Charteris as second standing junior to the Scottish government an appointment which will run for the next four years.

John Brett (left) and Shane Presley

The Lord Advocate will argue today at the Supreme Court that the Scottish Parliament must be consulted before Article 50 can be triggered. On the third day of the Brexit case, James Wolffe QC (pictured right) will refer to the Sewel Convention as enshrined in law, contrary to UK government lawyers w

A study of Sir Walter Scott’s The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border has been written by Alistair Johnson of the Advocates’ Library and published on the website of the Faculty of Advocates. The work explains how the Minstrelsy, three volumes of collected folk ballads first published in 1802 and 1

Susan O'Brien QC has resigned as chair of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry complaining that the Inquiry's independence was being undermined by government interference -- an allegation also made by Professor Michael Lamb, a senior psychologist resigned from the inquiry last week claiming that interfe

Police have investigated nearly 70 alleged sex offences committed in Scottish prisons in the past five years, The Herald reports. Between 2010 and 2015, officers investigated: six alleged rapes; 45 sexual assaults and 14 reported cases of sexual harassment. All of the victims and accused individuals

The dispute resolution team at MBM Commercial beat stiff competition from CMS, Shoosmiths, and Thompsons to win Litigation Team of the Year at this year's Scott + Co Scottish Legal Awards.

Susan O’Brien QC The public inquiry into child abuse will be the costliest in Scottish history.