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Adrian Mahoney Falkirk Council is to call for equitable funding for CCTV services across Scotland after it was forced to cut CCTV monitoring in Justice Secretary Michael Matheson's own constituency.

The UK's third-largest trade union is facing legal action from its own members, who say the union did not reach an agreeable settlement over an equal pay dispute with a local authority. Hundreds of low-wage women workers at North Lanarkshire Council are looking into negligence claims against the GMB

A postman in Cupar who was fired following allegations that he stole mail has been reinstated by an employment tribunal. David Mitchell, 57, was dismissed last December after 27 years with Royal Mail. His bosses accused him of stealing greeting cards containing money and gift vouchers, but failed to

Developers whose plans for a six-turbine wind farm near Glen Affric were refused have launched a legal challenge in the Court of Session against the Scottish governmentplanning reporter's decision.

Susan O’Brien The statutory national public inquiry into historical abuse of children in care begins today.

New rules comes into force today making it easier for victims of anti-competitive behaviour, such as price fixing or market sharing, to get redress. The Consumer Rights Act 2015 gives extensive new powers to the UK’s specialist competition court, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT).

A father-of-two who claimed his wife abducted their children and “wrongfully removed” them from Australia to Scotland has had an application for their return to New South Wales refused. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that the the father had “acquiesced” in the mother’s wrongful remo

Proposed changes in the law of succession could reduce the number of cases where children of the deceased inherit a share of the estate, the Faculty of Advocates has suggested. In its response to a Scottish government consultation paper, which followed a report by the Scottish Law Commission, the Fa

Justice Secretary Michael Matheson Traffickers face life in prison under a new law approved by the Scottish Parliament yesterday.

Lorna Jack, chief executive of the Law Society of Scotland The Law Society of Scotland has issued a statement after it emerged a staff member linked to scrutiny of Michelle Thomson MP's property dealings was a leading pro-independence activist.

The Scottish Legal Action Group (SCOLAG) has endorsed the Scottish government’s planned removal of the three year limitation period in respect of actions for damages for personal injuries for in-care survivors of historical child abuse but believes that it should not be limited to “in-care survi

Angela Haig, leader of Henderson Loggie’s professional practices sector group The latest annual legal practices benchmarking review conducted by Scottish accountants Henderson Loggie, in conjunction with the other seven members of the MHA association of independent accountancy firms around the UK,

Data protection legislation of a member state may be applied to a foreign company which exercises in that state, through stable arrangements, a real and effective activity the European Court of Justice has ruled. The Data Protection Directive provides that each member state is to designate one or mo

Families in the Highlands are stealing food to feed themselves, a senior police officer has said as official new figures show a sharp rise in food theft. Chief superintendent Julian Innes, Police Scotland’s divisional commander for the Highlands and Islands, said shoplifting had "seen a spike this

David Menzies Directors who act inappropriately now face a tougher disqualification regime, as David Menzies explains.