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Members of Scottish Ensemble, the UK’s only professional string orchestra, will begin their 2015/16 Shetland season with a programme of duos for violin and viola, performed by husband-and-wife team Jonathon Morton and Clio Gould, at Mareel, Lerwick on 29 September. Mr Morton is the current artist

Final Call for The Tumbling Lassie Ball Sheraton Hotel, Edinburgh, Saturday 10th October 2015. Champagne reception – three course dinner – raffle/auction (auctioneer - Gordon Jackson, QC) – dancing – carriages 1am

A teaching assistant at a school in Manchester who seduced a school pupil and had sex with him 50 times has avoided jail and instead been given a two year suspended sentence and 250 hours' community service. The schoolboy, who cannot be named, had unprotected sex with teaching assistantCaroline Berr

Kenny MacAskill Former justice secretary Kenny MacAskill has been branded a hypocrite after suggesting a statue of early 20th Century republican and socialist leader James Connolly could be erected in Edinburgh.

Police Scotland is investigating two of its officers over allegations that they committed perjury in a case where two football fans were found guilty of offences under the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012. It is the second inquiry by the force's prof

Charles Counsell Around 90,000 employers across Scotland should already be preparing to take up new pension duties before new laws take effect in January, according toThe Pensions Regulator.

Fraser Leslie Scottish law firm Gillespie Macandrew has appointed a new partner and associate to strengthen its expertise within the energy, strategic land and housebuilder sectors.

Michael Matheson Scotland’s chief statistician today published Homicide in Scotland, 2014-15. The publication provides information on crimes of homicide recorded by the police in Scotland in 2014-15.

John Swinney The Scottish government has published draft legislation which would give a statutory footing to the Scottish Fiscal Commission and marks an “important milestone” on the journey to further fiscal devolution.

The findings of Scotland's public spending watchdog suggest some lawyers are lodging “not guilty” pleas against the will of their clients in order to make more money. Audit Scotland's findings imply lawyers are insisting clients go to trial “for the money”.

The legislative provision which makes it an “illegal practice” to make or publish false statements about any candidate during an election campaign can apply to “self-talking” as well as attacking another candidate, judges have ruled. Two judges in an Election Court petition brought by a numb

A motorist who was sued by the mother of a man he killed in a road traffic accident has been partially successful after appealing against the level of damages awarded to the woman. Martha Young, who witnessed the immediate aftermath of the fatal crash in which she later learned her son David had die

A man said to be a leading Mafia boss has been betrayed by his 11-year old son after he became the crime gang's youngest informant. Prosecutors have been working with the boy from Rome as they attempt to break up the 'Ndrangheta, a crime group based in the region of Calabria.

Final Call for The Tumbling Lassie Ball Sheraton Hotel, Edinburgh, Saturday 10th October 2015. Champagne reception – three course dinner – raffle/auction (auctioneer - Gordon Jackson, QC) – dancing – carriages 1am

Lord Kinclaven Pupils from schools across Edinburgh have been cited to attend court this week, and will be given the chance to take the law into their own hands.