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The High Court of Justiciary has refused two appeals against conviction by a pair who were convicted of the attempted murder of a man in an Edinburgh newsagent after they argued they had not been given a fair trial. Lewis Spence and Connor Steele were each given an extended sentence with a custodial

Police Scotland has been urged to join more than a dozen UK police forces in issuing an apology for historic discrimination against LGBT+ people. Northumbria Police chief constable Vanessa Jardine has become the 16th UK police chief to issue a formal apology to the LGBT+ community in response to a c

The Supreme Court is looking for aspiring young artists to exhibit their work in the court’s building in London. 2024 marks the 15th anniversary of the establishment of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and the opening of the refurbished home of the Court on Parliament Square.

A sheriff has concluded that the death of a woman who was killed by her former partner, a man with a serious mental disorder, could have been avoided if Police Scotland had shared relevant information relating to Mr Mark’s mental state with her and NHS staff prior to the incident. Ann Drummond

Three members of a serious organised crime gang who trafficked a significant amount of Class A drugs into the Central Belt have been jailed for a total of 13 years and three months. Paul Martin, 43, who was extradited from Spain to stand trial, Peter Dickson, 34, and Grant Jaap, 30, all pled guilty

Brodies LLP has been appointed as a strategic partner to provide legal services to one of the UK's largest social housing providers, Sanctuary. Following a competitive tender process, Brodies was appointed to Lots 7 and 8 of Sanctuary's legal panel to provide advice across the full spectrum of its a

Graham Ogilvy tells the story of the remarkable Scottish advocate who became a reforming lord chancellor, developed the French Riveira and narrowly avoided a damaging sex scandal. The next time you are promenading along the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, spare a thought for Henry Peter Brougham, the

The Upper Tribunal for Scotland has refused an appeal by two landlords against the First-tier Tribunal’s decision not to grant them an eviction order to remove the long-term tenant of their property on the basis of financial hardship. Appellants Peter Large and Maria Lander owned a property on

Macdonald Henderson has advised Turnkey IPS, a provider of software solutions to the insolvency industry, on an investment by Bowmark Capital, a private equity firm. Established by Dr Barry Wood in 1980, Turnkey has grown to become the market leader for corporate restructuring and insolvency softwar

Scotland's leading crime-writing festival returns to Stirling this year with support from the Faculty of Advocates. Bloody Scotland established itself as the leading Scottish International Crime Writing Festival in 2012 with acclaimed writers Lin Anderson and Alex Gray at the helm, then joined by Cr

The Law Society of Scotland is inviting nominations for honorary membership for outstanding service for the public good by a Scottish solicitor. To mark its 75th anniversary, the Law Society has opened nominations for the award which is normally presented once every two years. The most recent recipi

According to The Times of November 1st the total cost of state support for the sick will exceed an unprecedented £100 billion a year by the end of this parliamentary term. This frankly unsustainable health burden is largely the outcome of successive governments placing fiscal imperatives above

Macleod & MacCallum, based in Inverness and Portree, won two awards last week. The first win came at the Inverness City Centre Business Awards which took place on 14 November, with the firm winning the Professional & Business Services Award.  

We will soon be able to store passports, driving licences, and other key documents in a digital wallet on their smartphones, according to plans announced by Science and Technology Secretary Peter Kyle. Mr Kyle revealed the new smartphone app as part of efforts to simplify government interactions. &l