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Jim Eadie The general principles behind a bill that aims to introduce a new single tenancy for the private rented sector have been given support from a committee of MSPs, though some suggestions for improvements have been recommended.

Simon Allison Simon Allison explains how to avoid making the same mistakes as Obi Wan Kenobi when training your Padawan.

Angela Constance The Scottish government has said it will move to strengthen legislation aimed at improving the inclusivity and transparency of higher education governance.

Members of Compass Chambers will be serving meals instead of legal papers on 31st January as part of the The Big Sunday Lunch in aid of the Child Brain Injury Trust, Scotland (CBIT). Compass is delighted to be co-sponsoring the event which is taking place at The Wee Restaurant in North Queensferry.

A man who murdered a neighbour by stabbing him in the neck has been sentenced to life in prison. Martin Carroll, 28, had earlier pled guilty to a charge of murder. He was jailed for a minimum of 14 years years after being given a mandatory life term.

Officers policing the US-Mexico border seized almost $500,000 worth of cannabis which was creatively disguised as part of a shipment of carrots. Over 2,817 "carrot-shaped packages" were retrieved from a trailer hauled by a tractor coming over the border, US Customs and Border Protection has said.

John Sturrock QC John Sturrock QC reflects on his years as a devil at the bar.

Paul Hilton ESPC has released its annual review of 2015, and a forecast for 2016.

(L-R): Martin Darroch, Glasgow Warriors players Pat MacArthur and Jonny Gray and Professor Lorne Crerar. Harper Macleod has served up a deal with Guinness Pro12 champions Glasgow Warriors to become an official sponsor of the club.

The Scottish Criminal Bar Association (SCBA) has re-elected its main office-bearers at its 2016 annual meeting. Thomas Ross will continue in the post of president, while Claire Mitchell remains vice-president, with Gill Ross as secretary and Craig Findlater as treasurer.

The University of Glasgow has celebrated the success of a business law project involving Diploma in Professional Legal Practice (DPLP) students providing advice to business start-ups. CLASP (Corporate Law Advisory Support Project) sees students providing advice, under the supervision of qualified la

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled in favour of allowing assisted suicide under certain conditions across the country's provinces while giving the federal government four months to draft a law on its use. Previously, the High Court had given the Canadian Parliament a year to decide how and when d

A Scots lawyer who was awarded £150,000 after suing a former client, but later saw the decision overturned after a judge ruled that the initial writ was not validly served because the solicitor had been suspended from practising, has failed in an appeal. Judges in the Inner House of the Court of Se

A crime and justice think tank has called for greater use of electronic tagging to ease the strain on remand wings in Scottish prisons. Over half of all new arrivals to the nation's jails are people placed on remand by the courts.

Craig Nicol Thorntons has announced an increase in both turnover and profits following another successful year.