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It has emerged that the chair of the police watchdog, who earned £90,000 last year, submitted claims of hundreds of pounds to attend the funerals of victims of the Clutha helicopter disaster. Vic Emery, the Scottish Police Authority’s chair (pictured), made the claims for expenses to attend the f

Edinburgh-headquartered law firm Gillespie Macandrew is planning to open a Glasgow office in March. The firm opened its first office outside Edinburgh in Perth in 2012.

Proposed changes to legal aid will deny justice to some of the most vulnerable people in society, according to Shelter Scotland. The housing and homelessness charity said it has “grave concerns” about proposals put forward by the Law Society of Scotland to remove some aspects of housing law from

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service(COPFS) published its Strategic Plan 2015-2018 today. The document describes what Scotland’s prosecution service aims to deliver over the three-year period; and the underlying priorities.

A human rights expert has called for the police’s stop and search policy to be brought to an end as it raises serious legal concerns. Professor Alan Miller (pictured), chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) said that so-called "suspicioneless" stop-and-searches, which comprise one th

The University of Strathclyde Mooting Society has won the first NSLS Scottish Cup mooting competition. The competition was the first time the NSLS has run a Scottish cup in addition to its English competition.

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission(SLCC) has announced the resignation of its chief executive Officer, Matthew Vickers (pictured), who is resigning to take up the post of deputy chief ombudsman at Ombudsman Services, a not-for-profit organisation which provides independent dispute resolution f

The city of Edinburgh council is to offer settlements of up to £4,000 to families affected by the baby ashes scandal at Mortonhall Crematorium. The proposed payments of between £1,000 and £4,000 and legal expenses have been decided between the council and the lawyers representing the families.

New figures have shown that anti-terror legislation has been used for minor offences in Scotland hundreds of times over the last three years. The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000 (RIPSA), designed to catch terrorists, has been used against underage sunbed users and dog walkers.

Measures to improve the support and information available to victims and witnesses of crime in Scotland are being brought into force today. This is the second package of measures to be implemented from the Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2014, which will improve the experience of victims and wi

The UK violated the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) four times last year, new figures released by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) show. The court decided 1,997 cases lodged against the UK last year. Of these 1,970 or 98.7 per cent were struck out or declared inadmissible.

Following the recent news that a baby in France, whose parents had named it “Nutella”, was renamed by a judge as “Ella”, here are some other names that have been banned at some point. Numbers eight and nine are particularly heinous. 1. Mafia No Fear - New Zealand

The Scottish government has offered its support to Liberty’s “common values” campaign. The campaign aims to broaden understanding and respect for human rights and counter the damaging myths and misunderstandings that have grown around it.

Aberdeen Solicitors’ Property Centre Limited in cooperation with the University of Aberdeen, Business School, Centre for Real Estate Research have published statistics for the fourth quarter of 2014 relating to the Aberdeen housing market. The main points arising from the report are:

Fraser Hardie (pictured right), has joined the firm to head up the firm’s Edinburgh office, working within the commercial property group. With experience in property and construction legal work, Mr Hardie has served as a partner with four other major law firms.