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A company has been fined nearly £16,000 for failing to provide interpreters seven times in an adoption case. Sir James Munby, president of the Family Division(pictured), described Capita’s failure as “lamentable”.

A new legal education programme is set for expansion in Scottish schools. Following the success of the Law Society of Scotland’s pilot programme, schools across the country from Aberdeen to Ayrshire have signed up to take part in Street Law, which aims to bring the law to life in the classroom by

Following the recent news that a baby in France, whose parents had named it “Nutella”, was renamed by a judge as “Ella”, here are some other names that have been banned at some point. Numbers eight and nine are particularly heinous. 1. Mafia No Fear - New Zealand

A father who took out after-the-event (ATE) insurance for a legal dispute with his son cannot recover the premium as part of his expenses, after the UK Supreme Court ruled that it was not a recoverable cost against the unsuccessful party in legal proceedings. A panel of three justices unanimously he

Partners and staff at Shepherd and Wedderburnhave raised over £18,000 for The Yard, a purpose built indoor and outdoor adventure playground in Edinburgh for children and young people with disabilities. The sum was raised by a variety of means over 2014, including bake sales, dress-down days, abseil

Paula Skinner, a partner in the corporate team at Harper Macleod, has been named as one of the UK’s standout lawyers by a legal publication. She is the only lawyer from a Scottish firm to feature in The Lawyer magazine’s Hot 100 2015 – a list compiled after months of research into candidates�

Lawyers have claimed the number of arrests in Glasgow and Edinburgh were down by around 25 per cent before court staff went on strike yesterday.

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A Scottish local authority has had an application for authority to sell ground forming part of the common good to a furniture company refused after a sheriff ruled that the loss of amenity to the local community would not be offset by the proceeds of the sale being invested in the common good fund.

New guidelines put out to consultation today by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) will radically change how victims and witnesses are treated in the courts. The consultation comes in the wake of suicides linked to rape trials.

An American musician has won the right to remain in the country after an immigration judge rebuffed a Home Office attempt to deport him. The UK government was told that Steve Forman (pictured) has a strong case for being allowed to stay in the UK.

Following 11 years of service to the community, the University of Strathclyde Law Clinic has expanded its activities. Collaboration with the Refugee Survival Trust has enabled it to employ Barbara Coll as a part-time supervisor to oversee assistance to asylum seekers.

A mother who wrongfully retained her two children in Scotland has failed to establish that returning them to Ireland would expose them to a grave risk of psychological harm or otherwise place them in an intolerable situation. Lady Haldane held that the defence under Article 13(b) of the Hague Conven

In an extended article for Scottish Legal News, Dean of Faculty Roddy Dunlop KC warns that corroboration has now been effectively abolished in the wake of HM Advocate v PK. For centuries, the requirement of corroboration has been regarded as one of the cardinal principles of the criminal law of Scot

A Scots lawyer who subjected a woman to an 18-month campaign of abuse has narrowly avoided a jail-term. Alexander Hutcheon assaulted, stalked and harrassed the victim as well as demanded sex with her.