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Tim Shallcross A Scottish town has topped a table that ranks mobile phone use amongst drivers in the UK, The Herald reports.

Legislation should be passed to make pitch invasions at football matches a criminal offence according to a new report on the incident at the Scottish Cup Final this year. The Scottish Football Association (SFA) commissioned Sheriff Principal Bowen QC to produce the report, which asks whether invadin

Derek Hamill Gilson Gray has played a crucial role in facilitating the latest fan-led takeover at a Scottish football club.

Derek Mackay The Scottish government has asked the UK government to reform laws allowing for a Scottish business vehicle to be used in criminal activity.

The owners and publishers of the now defunct News of the World, which was ordered to pay £200,000 in damages after the former MSP Tommy Sheridan won a defamation action against the Scottish edition of the newspaper, have had an application for a new trial refused. Judges in the Inner House of the C

Michael Sheridan questions the sense of the Scottish government's court fee proposals. The Scottish government has issued an inquiry entitled Consultation on Scottish Court Fees. This document asks how court fees should be increased in order to achieve full cost recovery.

In the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town in the middle of Festival season, a fabulous and funky fundraising concert took place recently to raise money for the Child Brain Injury Trust’s Scottish Child & Family Support Project. Ticket holders enjoyed a wide range of uplifting soul and gospel hits

Colin Souter has written a response to a September 5 article by solicitorBrian Inkster. The views expressed below are not those of shareholders at Upper Coll Common Grazings or of Scottish Legal News. As the Grazings Constable for Upper Coll, I took over under difficult circumstances, after the form

The Guardianship Court at Edinburgh Sheriff Court (and the associated AWI User Group) now has a dedicated web page for applications lodged at that court under the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000. It can be accessed via the Scottish Courts website at http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/the-courts

Edinburgh-based legal historian Karen Baston’s monograph Charles Areskine’s Library: Lawyers and Their Books at the Dawn of the Scottish Enlightenment has been nominated by publisher Brill for the De Long Book History Prize Charles Areskine might be better known to legal scholars as Lord Tinwald

David Bone Harper Macleod has advised on the financial close of a £78m investment in a Scottish windfarm.

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Graham Reid It will be interesting to see whether the recent fine of £5 million on the operator of Alton Towers has any influence on the future approach to be taken by Scottish courts in health and safety sentencing, writes Graham Reid.

Ross Harper remembers Ross Harper, as author of this biography, certainly needs no introduction to Scottish lawyers given the number of legal roles, both in Scotland and at the International Bar Association, which he undertook during his lengthy career. That career included academia and the judiciar