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A very unexpected but welcome surprise greeted a Faculty delegation on a visit to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. The visit co-incided with the hearing before the Grand Chamber of the Jean Charles de Menezes case.

A woman who had a threesome with a couple then claimed she had been raped is having difficulty finding a lawyer and now claims that she is innocent. Hannah McWhirter, 21, was meant to be sentenced at Aberdeen Sheriff Court for wasting police time.

Brodies LLP has appointed Derek Stillie to its sports law practice, bringing to Scotland’s largest law firm his experience as a former professional footballer and specialist knowledge of legal matters across the sporting spectrum. Derek, who joins Brodies as an associate based in the firm’s Glas

A new campaign organisation backed by women's groups and the Scottish Trade Union Congress is calling for tougher laws that make it illegal to buy sex. End Prostitution Now is pressing the Scottish Parliament to introduce laws similar to those in Sweden, where it is criminal to buy sex but the selli

Harper Macleod has announced two new Partners have joined the business, strengthening the firm's Edinburgh operation. Jennifer Jack (pictured, left) has joined from DWF and Sophie Coffey (pictured, right) has joined from Brodies, with both appointments coming as the firm prepares to move from Melvil

A triple murderer's challenge to his life sentence is to be heard again at the European Court of Human Rights. Arthur Hutchinson, who murdered a couple and their son in Sheffield in 1984, claims his whole-life sentence breaches his human rights.

MSPs on the Scottish Parliament’s European and External Relations Committee will today consider the implications for Scotland of the proposed “in-out” referendum and renegotiation of the UK’s membership of the European Union (EU). The committee will hear from a panel of EU experts as MSPs se

New laws to establish a system for opting out of organ donation could be considered next year. Labour MSP Anne McTaggart put her Transplantation (Authorisation of Removal of Organs) Scotland Bill before the Parliament yesterday.

Morton Fraser has congratulated associate, Gail Watt and Rajini Sokhi of FES Ltd for winning the Campaigner Award at the Scottish Renewables Young Professionals in Green Energy Awards held in Glasgow on 28 May. Ms Watt and Ms Sokhi were presented with the award for founding the Women In Renewable En

Edinburgh Solicitors Property Centre (ESPC) has strengthened its marketing team with the appointment of a new PR and content executive. Caroline Young (pictured) brings almost 10 years’ experience of media and corporate communications experience working as an online journalist, press officer and c

Campaigners trying to overturn the election of Liberal Democrat MP for Orkney and Shetland, Alistair Carmichael, have lodged a petition at the Court of Session. Following Mr Carmichael's admission he was responsible for a memo suggesting that Nicola Sturgeon wanted David Cameron to be returned to of

The High Court in London has ordered that a judicial review of the benefit cap and its impact upon disabled people and their carers should proceed to a full hearing, and that this hearing must take place urgently. The secretary of state for work and pensions, Iain Duncan Smith (pictured), unsuccessf

Prosecutors in the sheriff and justice of the peace courts are to be given iPads after a £310,000 pilot scheme. The scheme was trialled in Falkirk, Perth and Lerwick sheriff courts beginning in February 2013 – with the intention of rolling it out across Scotland that year.

What rate should the new Scottish Rate of Income Tax be set at and why?