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Gilson Gray and TCH Law were the first firms to use the new fully digital process for simple procedure cases yesterday morning. The full roll-out of the Civil Online service from yesterday allows parties to submit simple procedure cases, pay court fees, submit supporting documents and respond to any

The average length of custodial sentences in Scotland is at its highest in the last ten years, increasing by 21 per cent since 2008/09, new figures reveal. The Criminal Proceedings in Scotland, 2017-18 bulletin shows the use of custodial sentences under three months has fallen over the last decade,

Iain Mitchell QC has given evidence to a European Parliament committee about a proposed new regulation for the preservation and recovery of electronic evidence. Mr Mitchell, a member of both the Scottish and English Bars, addressed MEPs as chair of the working party on surveillance of the Council of

John Forsyth writes... I was interested by the your recent piece on Peterhead Prison and its mention of the legendary safe-cracker Johnny Ramensky who, among other things, was the last man to be shackled in a Scottish prison.

Professor Alan Watson, who served as professor of civil law at the University of Edinburgh from 1968 to 1980, has passed away. The legal academic, who remained an honorary professor at Edinburgh, died in Athens, Georgia, USA at 85.

A European Union committee will vote tomorrow on controversial copyright proposals ahead of a vote in the Parliament next month. The Committee on Legal Affairs will vote on the report on copyright in the digital single market, which details legislation intended to protect rights holders.

A team of staff from Raeburn Christie Clark & Wallace (RCC&W) embarked on a demanding 75 mile cycle around their branch network in Aberdeenshire over the weekend to raise funds for the firm’s chosen charity, Friends of Roxburghe House, a purpose built specialist palliative care unit in

The total value of the residential sales market in Scotland from 2007-08 to 2017-18 was £161.3 billion, according to the sixth annual Registers of Scotland’s Property Market Report. Published today, the report details the trends in the Scottish land and property market from the pre-

Ampersand is delighted to confirm the date of our all day Summer Clinical Negligence conference this year will be 18th June 2018, to be held at the Raddison Blu Hotel in Edinburgh. Chaired by Douglas Ross QC the speakers and topics are:

The UK government should take rapid steps to end unfair discrimination when it comes to British nationality law, according to a Westminster committee. In their report examining the proposed amendments to the British Nationality Act 1981, the Joint Committee on Human Rights welcomed the governme

In the third of our occasional series looking at Scotland's legal heritage, both grand and obscure, Graham Ogilvy appreciates Sir John Steell's statue of George Kinloch in Dundee. George Kinloch is not the only outlaw in Scotland to be publicly commemorated. Stirling's Wallace Memorial, the obelisk

The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Malta to pay €20,000 to a theatre company and three individuals after unlawfully banning the play Stitching by Scottish playwright Anthony Neilson. Unifaun Theatre Productions Limited, a limited liability company, and four Maltese nationals, Adrian

The Scottish government has launched a consultation on how children and victims of domestic violence can be prioritised in family court cases when parents separate. The role of the courts in cases involving children of separated parents and the law around parental responsibilities and rights will be

The Supreme Court has begun hearing an appeal by a mixed-sex couple who are fighting to have a civil partnersip instead of a marriage. London-based couple Rebecca Steinfeld, 36, and Charles Keidan, 40, lost their case at the Court of Appeal last February following a ruling that said they could not e

All Scottish prisoners should have the right to vote, the Scottish Parliament's equalities and human rights committee has said. The commitee began considering the issue last September after receiving a letter on the issue from Scottish Green MSP Patrick Harvie.