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Pictured: Keeper of the Advocates Library, Mungo Bovey, QC (second left) with Lord Pentland (fourth from right) and his guests

A handyman who spent three months is prison has been released after it was discovered the cocaine he was apparently in possession of was plaster. Karlos Cashe was pulled over by a police officer who said they noticed white powder in his car. The handyman said it was simply dry wall residue.

Chris West Gillespie Macandrew LLP has reported an 8.4 per cent increase in turnover, worth £0.88 million in growth over the year.

Professor Lorne Crerar Professor Lorne Crerar, chairman and co-founder of Harper Macleod (pictured), has been appointed to a trio of roles by the Scottish government.

A man found guilty of sexually assaulting his wife “to her severe injury and to the danger of her life” has successfully appealed against his conviction based on the existence and significance of evidence which was not heard at the original proceedings. The Appeal Court of the High Court of Just

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Aileen Campbell Following a public consultation, the Scottish government intends to introduce legislation for a soft opt out system of organ and tissue donation.

Donald Cameron Advocate Donald Cameron has been put in charge of election policy for the Scottish Conservatives, The Herald reports.

Sixty per cent of judges in the UK do not feel respected by the media while the figure is 40 per cent in relation to government - the highest in Western Europe. The results come from a survey by the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary (ENCJ). The organisation also measured judiciaries aga

Marcus Binney Heritage experts and lawyers have expressed their opposition to plans approved last month to add a lecture theatre to the Inner Temple Library.

The Lord Advocate’s appeal to the Supreme Court that the Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary determined a devolution issue in a case involving the extradition of a man convicted of crimes in Taiwan has been unanimously allowed by justices in the Supreme Court who also found that the Appea

David Strang Too many prisoners at HMP Edinburgh face activity and regime restrictions which prevent them from making constructive use of their time, according to a new report.

A 35-year-old man has tried and failed to get out of jail using a famous Monopoly card. The suspect, who was held on drug charges, presented cops with a 'Get Out of Jail Free' card - but it did not have the stated effect.

Plans to prevent the cross-examination of children by unrepresented parties in children’s hearings proofs have been supported by the Faculty of Advocates. The Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration (SCRA) is looking at ways of protecting children and other vulnerable witnesses from being qu