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The Law Society of Scotland has launched a Christmas campaign for its new charity, the Lawscot Foundation today. For every #Baublefest donation made through the Lawscot Foundation Just Giving website or at the Law Society’s Edinburgh office, a new bauble featuring the names of generous individuals

Michael Matheson All of Lord Bonomy’s recommendations on jury research made as part of his post-corroboration safeguards review will be taken forward by the Scottish government, Justice Secretary Michael Matheson has confirmed.

Professor Philippe Sands QC (pictured) has won the Baillie Gifford prize for his book East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity.He said he would share the £30,000 prize with his fellow shortlisted author Hisham Matar and that the pair would be donating the money to a

The Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland published its annual report for 2015-16 today. The report highlights the work of the commission over the past year to "protect and promote the human rights of people with mental illness, learning disabilities, dementia and related conditions."

Laura Dunlop QC Two senior members of the Faculty of Advocates have contributed to a new book to mark the golden jubilee of the law commissions of Scotland and England & Wales.

Last week the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) launched its new civil case management system across all sheriff courts. This paves the way for the introduction of the new Simple Procedure from 28th November 2016 and creates the platform to move towards Civil Online. Civil Online, which w

Sir Declan Morgan Thursday 10 November

The Law Society of Scotland will be hosting the first of a series of Brexit-themed seminars on Thursday 3 November with an expert panel from the Scottish legal profession and academic community. Thursday’s sold out event will combine keynote speeches and roundtable discussions on broad constitutio

The Law Society of Scotland has published its annual plan for 2016/17 featuring 30 key projects aimed at delivering year two of the Law Society’s five year strategy, “Leading Legal Excellence”.The plan outlines projects within each of the Law Society’s five strategic goals to assure, serve,

The owner of a dog which killed another dog has successfully challenged a sheriff’s decision to order the animal’s destruction. The Sheriff Appeal Court ruled that the sheriff made the order on the basis of “irrelevant” factors and failed to take into account the fact that no person was inju

A legal academic has qualified the Scottish government's announcement that it will legislate to pardon those convicted for same-sex sexual activity under offences that no longer exist, saying that the pardon will have “no practical effect”, but that the introduction of a "

Lib Dem MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton The Scottish government has been urged to ensure that proposed pardons for gay and bisexual men convicted of now abolished sexual offences also apply to people in Scotland.

Justice Minister Sam Gyimah The UK government is set to posthumously pardon thousands of gay and bisexual men convicted of now abolished sexual offences, Justice Minister Sam Gyimah has announced.

Law firms are leading the way in a new social mobility initiative run by teacher-led charity Impressive People aimed at raising confidence and aspirations in state schools by highlighting their successful ex-pupils. The charity's director, Patrick Gaffney, explained: "Independent schools routinely h

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