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A sheriff has dismissed the appeal of a council against the decision to refuse it consent to close four schools. Highland Council wanted to close Edinbane, Dunvegan, Knockbreck and Struan primaries and build a new one at Dunvegan on Skye.

The Scottish ministers have appointed 128 members to the Social Security Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland. Ministers made their recommendations for appointment on the basis of a report by the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland.

Harper Macleod has advised the new owners of a longstanding dentistry practice in East Kilbride. Avondale Dental Practice has been treating patients in East Kilbride for 80 years, and has now been acquired by Liam McLaughlin, who has taken over the from the previous owner of 23 years, Dr Mairi Macle

Time is running out for the Scottish government to meet a UN environmental justice deadline according to scrutiny by the Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland (ERCS), which brings to light a "series of failings" in reforming access to justice in Scotland. Scotland has been repeatedly found in bre

People across Scotland are being invited to have a say on how crofting is reformed. A programme of meetings will take place from 3 July to 15 August, stretching from Oban to Shetland.

Proposals to ensure that every school pupil in local authority or grant-aided schools can attend a course of residential outdoor education are to be scrutinised by the Scottish Parliament’s Education, Children and Young People Committee. If passed, the Schools (Residential Outdoor Education) (

Individuals could spend more time under community supervision as part of their prison sentence, a consultation has proposed. Views are being sought on changing the point of release under licence conditions for people serving a custodial sentence of four years or more, which would "provide a more man

An Edinburgh sheriff has granted a parental order recognising a 72-year-old man and his deceased wife as the legal parents of a child born in the USA in 2020 as the result of a surrogacy arrangement. The first petitioner applied for an order in terms of section 54 of the Human Fertilisation and Embr

A consultation is seeking views on reducing trauma for bereaved families of child homicide victims caused by the publicity arising from such cases. Justice Secretary Angela Constance published the consultation after hearing from bereaved families about the impact of ongoing news and social media cov

The Scottish Parliament’s Social Justice and Social Security Committee has opened a consultation to consider the impact of the Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017. The Act aims to measure, tackle and report on child poverty in Scotland. It set out specific targets that seek to virtually eradicat

Dear Editor, My local newspaper, The Courier and Advertiser, has reported this week of a case at the High Court in Dundee in which a young woman admitted stabbing her partner during a struggle with a kitchen knife and causing his death.

Burges Salmon has advised Clean Energy Cap Ltd (CEC), a private-wire renewable energy company, on an investment from True Green Capital Management LLC (TGC), a renewable energy-focused private equity firm. An Edinburgh-based Burges Salmon corporate energy M&A team advised on the transaction, led

The Inner House of the Court of Session has granted decree of absolvitor in a reclaiming motion by an environmental consulting firm sued by multiple persons due to its involvement in a Motherwell housing development built on contaminated land on the basis of res judicata. Pursuer Laura McCluskey was

With weeks to go before new legal obligations are imposed on employers to take “reasonable steps” to prevent the sexual harassment of employees through the Worker Protection Act 2023, HR teams are being urged to prepare for the changes. Employment law specialists at Aberdein Considine wi