A chance discovery of a centuries-old Scottish court case about a child forced to work as a stage attraction, “the tumbling lassie”, has inspired a group of advocates to raise cash to help fight modern-day slavery. The girl had been “bought” from her mother and used by a travelling showman a
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Chris Harte, chief executive at Morton Fraser Morton Fraser has "seen success on a number of fronts" over the past year, the firm said today as it announced its financial results for 2014/15.
New figures for the three month period between March and May 2015 have revealed that the housing market in East Central Scotland is shifting in favour of the seller as fewer new homes are brought to sale compared with the same period last year. According to estate agents ESPC, while the data shows a
Left to right: Lorna Jack, chief executive, Christine McLintock, president, Eilidh Wiseman, vice president
A Member's Bill intended to deal with irresponsible parking will be introduced at Holyrood today. The law would create an offence for parking on footways and dropped kerbs and would ban double parking.
Lord Neuberger Three of the world’s top judges are set to decide the fate of a group of barons and bishops charged with treason this summer, 800 years after their alleged crime – and people from across the country are being invited to apply to join the public gallery.
Law Society staff are swapping a day in the office for a day running an Edinburgh charity shop to raise funds for Save the Children’s Nepal Earthquake appeal. Six Law Society of Scotland employees will be taking over Mary’s Living and Giving Shop for Save the Children in the heart of Edinburgh
Emma Boffey Cancer Research Racquet, the international group of US, UK & EU legal and business professionals, who love the game of tennis and raise money for cancer research, are hitting Edinburgh on 19 May for their first event in Scotland.
The forthcoming health bill in the Scottish Parliament will include provision to ban the sale of e-cigarettes to under-18s, according to public health minister Maureen Watt (pictured). The Scottish Government has said the move is important in order to "protect children from nicotine addiction", and
Counsel from other jurisdictions must join the Scottish Bar if they wish to appear in Scotland’s supreme courts, judges have ruled, in refusing an application from an English barrister seeking rights of audience. The Inner House of the Court of Session held that the court’s “inherent power”
Female police officers in Scotland have called for the same maternity rights as officers in England who get an extra five weeks of leave. Policewomen in Scotland get 13 weeks leave on full pay after having a child, whereas in England they are given 18 weeks.
Highlands and Islands Airports has been granted a full hearing in its £14 million action for damages against Shetlands Islands Council over alleged “defects” in the local authority’s works to extend the runway at Sumburgh Airport. Judges in the Inner House of the Court of Session upheld a dec
The auction house Christie’s has removed over £1.2 million worth of ancient artefacts after an academic from a Scottish university identified them as being linked to criminal networks in Europe The Scotsman reports. Dr Christos Tsirogiannis (pictured), a research assistant at the University of Gl
The Liberal Democrats said they will introduce legislation to safeguard digital rights within the first six months of a new parliament should they enter government as part of a coalition following the general election next month. The proposed bill of digital rights would aim to ensure human rights a
The chairman of the police body representing rank-and-file officers has described the force’s statistics as “newspeak” and criticised the suggestion that a statutory code would be a panacea for the problems surrounding stop and search. Brian Docherty (pictured), from the Scottish Police Federa
