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Proposals to strengthen academic freedom in colleges and universities are to be examined by the Scottish Parliament’s Education and Culture Committee as it scrutinises the Higher Education (Governance) Scotland Bill. The bill expands the current definition of academic freedom to cover the freedom

Views are today being asked for on proposals that will modernise specific aspects of succession law by MSPs on the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee. The Succession (Scotland) Bill is a Scottish Law Commission bill, implementing certain recommendations from their 2009 report.

Graham Ogilvy, editor of Scottish Legal News Spare a thought for your English colleagues this week who had to listen to the first pronunciamento from their new Justice Minister, Michael Gove.

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

A convicted criminal who was refused audience with Scottish judges on the matter of privately prosecuting the Lord Advocate is to to appeal to the UK Supreme Court. Russell Stirton, 54, sought the permission of the Criminal Appeal Court in Edinburgh to privately prosecute Frank Mulholland QC.

Marks & Clerk in Scotland has received separate accolades from two intellectual property (IP) publications. The Scottish operation of the UK IP firm has been re-awarded “Gold” status in the annual IAM Patent 1000 rankings while Managing Intellectual Property has placed it in the top tier for

Laura Hay (pictured) provides an update on the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Bill. The bill was passed by the Scottish Parliament after a Stage 3 debate on 17 June. The commencement date has still to be announced. Extension of Community Right to Buy

Officials at the Home Office have accepted that a woman who has a Scottish mother; has lived in Scotland for nearly 30 years and who is married to a Scot is British. Crystal MacIver, 44, was threatened with deportation because of an administrative bungle made 28 years ago.

Manufacturing firms based in Scotland are at less risk of insolvency than manufacturers based south of the border, according to new analysis. A report published by insolvency trade body R3 shows the proportion of Scottish manufacturers with a heightened risk of insolvency falling in every month sinc

Scottish Secretary David Mundell The Scotland Bill introduced to take forward the recommendations of the Smith Commission will be amended substantially by the UK government in the Autumn.

The number of debt cases being considered by Scottish courts has continued to fall for the fifth year in a row. There were 35,400 debt cases raised in 2013-14, a drop of 46 per cent since 2008-09.

A major consultation has been launched on the consumer fund available to clients who fall victim to dishonest Scottish solicitors. The Law Society of Scotland has launched its three month consultation on the Scottish Solicitors’ Guarantee Fund following the completion of an independent review by K

Lloyds Banking Group has been ordered to reveal legal advice it received in the run-up to its takeover of Scottish bank HBOS during the 2008 financial crisis. Mr Justice Nugee, in a pre-case hearing at the High Court in London, ruled in favour of the Lloyds Shareholder Action Group, who have demande

David Bell Bryson, the Scottish pensioner convicted in Bulgaria of murdering an 11-year old boy, plans to appeal his conviction after losing a retrial last month. Mr Bryson, 75, was convicted of the 2012 murder of Stanislav Mirchov in January 2013, but successfully appealed to the Supreme Court of C

Marie Rimmer The Crown Office has said it will today re-raise the case against an MP accused of kicking a woman at a polling station on the day of the Scottish independence referendum.