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A human trafficking victim whose application for accommodation as a homeless person was rejected by a Scottish local authority has had a legal challenge against the decision dismissed. A judge in the Court of Session upheld the decision by Aberdeen City Council to refuse her application on the groun

Ways in which Scottish public services can help asylum seekers facing destitution are to be investigated by MSPs on Holyrood’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee. The committee is asking people to submit their views on what more can be done to tackle the issue. It will be holding a series of ev

Angela Grahame QC The Faculty of Advocates’ arbitration service, due to launch with two pilot cases in May, has received a mixed response from solicitors.

The number of traineeships available for aspiring solicitors in Scotland continues to rise. According to a Law Society of Scotland report, the number of training contracts started in practice year 2015/16 was 549, representing an increase of two per cent on the previous practice year. This is the sa

Denise McKenzie

Two QCs were among the speakers at a JUSTICE Scotland/Equality and Human Rights Commission event which explored “The Human Rights Implications of Brexit on EU Migration”. Mungo Bovey and Kenneth Campbell gave talks with Dr Jan Culik and Maria Fletcher, senior lecturers at the University of Glasg

Heather McKendrick Pupils from schools across Scotland are getting ready to debate the use of performance enhancing drugs in professional sports in the second round of the Donald Dewar Memorial Debating Tournament.

A lawyer who allowed defendants to pay their fees in marijuana has been suspended from practice for a year.James Mecca was caught in a policed sting operation after an informant reported that she'd paid Mecca earlier in marijuana, and he had offered to represent her again for the "same old, same old

Katy Wedderburn Katy Wedderburn takes a look at the year ahead in employment law.

Pictured (L-R): senior partner Jack Robertson and chairman Colin Graham with Ella Dunn

A man found guilty of sexual assaulting a woman who claimed there was insufficient evidence to corroborate her account of lack of consent has failed in an appeal against conviction. The High Court of Justiciary Appeal Court refused the appeal by Craig Wilson after ruling that the evidence of distres

The Herald has published a full obituary for James MacGillivray, a former procurator fiscal for Lochaber, who passed away on November 25, 2016, at the age of 87.​

Representatives from the law societies in each of the four legal jurisdictions in the UK and Ireland met in Belfast today.

A drive for greater involvement in the work of regulatory bodies has paid dividends for six members of the Faculty of Advocates who have become external counsel for the Nursing and Midwifery Council. The NMC was an early target of the drive, with around 80 advocates signing up for specialist trainin