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David S Christie Technology is reducing the reliance on traditional courtroom hearings, writes David S Christie.

Tim Macdonald Lindsays has appointed Tim Macdonald to its rural services team as a solicitor.

Dr Simone Lamont-Black Dr Simone Lamont-Black, founder of theEdinburgh Vis Moot Project and lecturer in international trade law at the University of Edinburgh, has welcomed the continued support and sponsorship from the Scottish Arbitration Centre for the law school’s Vis Pre-Moot, to be held on 2

Dr Cyrus Tata Wednesday 24th February 2016 6-7.40pm Strathclyde University

Srikanth Srinivasan An Indian-born judge is a frontrunner in the race to replace the vacant seat on the US Supreme Court bench following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia last week.

(L-R): Colin McCulloch, Johnston Clark and Paul Devine Blackadders LLP and Glasgow-based Boyle Shaughnessy, solicitors are to merge on 1 April 2016.

A court in eastern India issued a summons to a Hindu god after a mix-up by court officials. A roadside temple in honour of Hanuman, the monkey god, was allegedly built illegally on government land in the Rohtas district in the state of Bihar.

A minister who was found guilty of sexual assault charges has successfully appealed against his conviction after appeal judges ruled that the trial judge had “misdirected” the jury. The Criminal Appeal Court quashed the convictions against Walter Masocha after ruling that the sheriff failed to d

Alex Neil The Scottish government will not enforce a law meant to prevent UK charities from speaking out about controversial policies.

Drew Scott A legal expert has said Holyrood would gain a raft of new powers in the event of Brexit.

Work has begun on hewing down a massive hedge which sparked a 30-year war between neighbours in the first use of the High Hedges (Scotland) Act 2013. Workers took chainsaws to the 40ft hedge in the village of Buchylvie near Stirling yesterday in work that is expected to take several days, The Herald

Afshan Khan

The Supreme Court has unanimously ruled in two cases that foresight is simply evidence – albeit sometimes strong evidence – of intent to assist or encourage a crime, which is the proper mental element for establishing secondary liability. In doing so, it has set the law back to its position befo

Myriam El Khomri France is to give employees the "right to disconnect" from checking emails after work as the level of “burn-out” amongst workers raises concerns.

Police officers who surrounded a home in Montana after receiving a 911 call about a disturbance possibly involving a gun found a happy family watching a violent TV programme. Cops were called after a neighbour heard "screaming from a house about someone having a gun", only to find the property's res