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A married man admitted telling his brother to supply a DNA sample on his behalf in an attempt to avoid making child maintenance payments to the woman he was having an affair with. Vernon Poppleton, 33, fathered the child seven years ago but when the Child Support Agency (CSA) called on him for payme

Lord Carloway The Right Honourable Lord Carloway, who was installed as the new Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session today, has brought into question the survival of the “jewel in the crown” of Scots law – the 140 day rule – describing it as a “narrow window”.

A group of people camping on the grounds of Holyrood who refuse to move until Scotland becomes independent said they will fight a legal bid to get rid of them and argued they have a right at common law to remain on the land. The campaigners said they have lodged papers at the Court of Session after

Scotland’s new Sheriff Appeal Court will now hear civil appeals from sheriff courts, after its jurisdiction in civil cases came into effect this week. The new court, which is presided over by appeal sheriffs, is meant to improve efficiency by: removing this business from the Court of Session; ensu

Neil Richardson Police Scotland have refused to comply with a Holyrood committee's request to speak to four officers over the its illegal spying activity of journalistic sources on the basis of “critical legal issues”.

Lord Dervaird The Hon Lord Dervaird (Professor John Murray QC, honorary vice president of the Scottish Arbitration Centre, passed away on 23 December 2015.

Zibya Bashir Zibya Bashir discusses the provisions (or lack thereof) dealing with the enforcement of heritable securities where the heritable proprietor is a dissolved limited company.

Frances McMenamin QC Scottish Legal Training’s Criminal Law Masterclass will take place on Saturday 23 January.

MSPs have agreed in principle to legislation that would prevent elections at Westminster and Holyrood from clashing in 2020. The next UK general election will take place on 7 May 2020 – the same day as the elections at the Scottish Parliament. However, MSPs have agreed to move the Scottish electio

Thirty-six lawyers in Scotland made 58 calls to a helpline for practitioners last year, with 30 per cent of calls relating to stress. People also called about depression (17 per cent), disciplinary issues (14 per cent), bullying (11 per cent) and other issues (28 per cent) – including career devel

A Scots lawyer who was found to have acted in a “reckless and cavalier manner” by accepting an offer to settle a “slopping out” claim on behalf of a prisoner client for whom he was no longer instructed to act has failed in a challenge to a tribunal’s finding that he was guilty of “profes

A father and son duo who attempted to rob a corner shop in Leeds last March dressed as elderly women have been sentenced.

Lord Dervaird 1935-2015 The Scotsman has published a full obituary of Lord Dervaird, QC, former judge of the Court of Session and law lecturer who died on 23 December 2015 aged 80.

The Law Society of Scotland has welcomed the announcement from Rural Affairs Secretary, Richard Lochhead, that the Scottish Agricultural Wages Board is to be retained. The society’s equalities law committee recommended that the board continue to protect the pay and conditions of agricultural worke

Scottish Legal Training is pleased to announce a special CPD events rate of £25 plus VAT for trainees, devils and students.