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A Dundee solicitor advocate has been acquitted of a speeding charge following a traffic expert’s opinion that police evidence against him described a physically impossible situation. Kristofer Gilmartin, 33 (pictured), of Norrie and Gilmartin Solicitors, denied driving at 51mph in a 30mph limit ar

Justice secretary Michael Matheson has announced a near £1 million funding package for three leading voluntary organisations working to reduce reoffending in Scotland. The funding will allow Apex Scotland, SACRO and Families Outside to continue to deliver a range of specialist services in 2015/16 f

Ben Bestgen (pictured) discusses the idea of separating share-ownership and the right to vote attaching to shares as well as the advantages and disadvantages of such a system. In Company Lawyer 2015 36(6), pp 67-71, Professor Panagiotis Panagiotou, a Greek attorney at the Supreme Court of Athens and

A key Faculty of Advocates post, convenor of the law reform committee, has changed hands due to the general election. Joanna Cherry QC, stood down as convenor after being selected as a candidate in the election. She has been succeeded by Laura Dunlop QC (pictured).

The future earnings of two people who committed fraud have been seized by the Crown Office under confiscation orders for £1 each. The Crown acquired the confiscation orders against a financial embezzler and a benefits fraudster.

The chief constable of Police Scotland Sir Stephen House has rebuffed claims confidence in the single force is “ebbing away” during questions at Holyrood yesterday over his leadership. MSPs brought Sir Stephen’s leadership into question at a justice subcommittee yesterday at Holyrood, with ind

Brandon Malone (pictured) will be speaking on energy dispute resolution at the Global Law Summit in London next Tuesday in his capacity as one of the co-directors of the International Centre for Energy Arbitration along with co-director, Professor Peter Cameron, who is the director of the Centre for

The Scottish Information Commissioner has saidPolice Scotland was not forced to publish “inaccurate” data relating to its stop and searches of under 12s. The news goes directly against the claims chief constable Sir Stephen House (pictured) made to the police watchdog, the Scottish Police Author

The UK government has admitted that monitoring of privileged conversations between lawyers and their clients over the past five years by MI5, MI6 and other intelligence agencies is unlawful. The news follows the recent court ruling that the mass interception and sharing of personal intelligence data

A group of young lawyers from the Netherlands enjoyed a visit to the Faculty of Advocates and Parliament House, but found they were in for a shock. Library staff had made the guests feel at home by putting on a display of Dutch law books from the Faculty’s collection, and Parliament Hall filled th

The use of electronic cigarettes will be banned in Scottish hospitals in Scotland in the coming weeks. New laws mean NHS boards must ensure their premises are smoke-free by April.

A date has been announced for the establishment of the new Scottish Sentencing Council (SSC). The Scottish government has confirmed that the SSC will be established by October this year with a view to having a first meeting in November.

DNA tests in family courts will be provided across England from later this year, justice minister Simon Hughes (pictured) has announced. This follows two pilot schemes in Taunton and Bristol which were set up following anecdotal evidence that courtroom arguments led to delays in divorce cases, parti

Fraud in Scotland increased by 67 per cent in 2014 compared to the previous year at the same time that fraud levels were falling across the UK according to the latest BDO FraudTrack which examines all reported fraud cases over £50,000 in the UK. The total value increased by £4,074,500 from £6,055

The Crofting Commission has confirmed that it has withdrawn its appeal to the Court of Session in connection with the Scottish Land Court’s decision of 18 December 2014 in the case of MacGillivray v Crofting Commission. That case concerned the Crofting Commission’s policy on decrofting where a c