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An annual sheep race in Moffat has been cancelled because of licensing issues. Organisers said that it was with “deep regret” that they had decided to cancel the event.

A series of workshops with representatives from the legal profession and consumer groups will get under way this month to help shape the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service's move to Civil Online through a web-based portal. With the expected commencement of the Simple Procedure (Special Claims) Ru

The Scottish Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) contributed to the stagnation of the Scottish property market in July, according to RICS. The latest RICS residential property survey reported a decline in the number of new instructions last month.

The Scottish Solicitors’ Discipline Tribunal (SSDT) found former solicitor, David Nightingale, guilty of professional misconduct last month in connection with acts of dishonesty in relation to client funds, in the course of his work at a Coatbridge-based firm. Mr Nightingale has not been on the ro

The Scottish Government is wrong to maintain application fees for bankruptcy, writes Alan McIntosh of Govan Law Centre. The Scottish Government’s decision to reject calls by Govan Law Centre for a fee waiver for consumers wanting to go bankrupt, is not only disappointing, but ultimately likely to

A plumbing company has won permission to appeal a high-profile employment ruling to the Supreme Court. Pimlico Plumbers is appealing the decision of the Court of Appeal in London that it should have classed Gary Smith as a "worker" rather than self-employed.

Morton Fraser chairman Maggie Moodie (pictured), is making 'agile working' the focus of her three-year term at the firm's helm. Agile working is the practice of allowing employees to work where, when and how they want to, so long as doing so does not affect service or productivity.

Courts across England and Wales are asking visitors to sip from any bottles they have in order to prove they do not contain acid, following a spate of attacks over the past few months, The Times reports. The test is intended to prevent attacks against lawyers, judges, defendants, witnesses, jurors a

A police officer who used the force helicopter to spy on people having sex has been jailed for a year. Over the course of the three-week trial, Sheffield Crown Court heard that 51-year-old Adrian Pogmore was "a swinging and sex-obsessed air observer".

The Crown Office came under fire from judges this week after it failed to acknowledge something had gone "seriously amiss" when one of its prosecutors made a "substantial and prejudicial departure from good and proper practice" at a rape trial – but one advocate has told Scottish Legal News that t

A barrister has claimed that Article 50 has not been triggered because the UK never made a constitutional decision to leave the UK. David Wolchover said the letter from the UK giving the rest of the EU notice of its intention to leave the bloc was without legal effect.

An organisation advocating assisted dying has called on Scotland's law reform body to consider the practice in its next programme. Friends at the End, a UK membership organisation campaigning to change the law to legally allow assisted dying in Scotland, has urged the Scottish Law Commission to incl

The National Trust for Scotland (NTS), which threatened legal action against a business over its use of the name ‘Glencoe’ has struck a more conciliatory tone after stating it would like to find a "mutually-agreeable solution". Lawyers for the charity, which owns the majority of the glen, asked

Parliament House: The Hidden Gem exhibition in the 17th century Parliament Hall is back for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The free exhibition provides an intriguing look back through Scotland’s legal and political heritage telling the remarkable story behind Scotland’s highest courts.