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Proposed EU legislation allowing holiday makers travelling in Europe to access online content, such as digital film and TV services, has come under scrutiny from the Law Society of Scotland. The society has welcomed the European Commission's proposed legislation, which would allow EU residents trave

David Strang Half of the inmates at Scotland’s only all-female prison lack direct access to a toilet, according to a new report by the prison watchdog.

Fergus McDiarmid Morton Fraser will provide legal services to two pensions providers after being appointed to their panels of commercial real estate legal advisers.

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie (pictured right) has this morning delivered a letter to the Lord Advocate, Frank Mulholland QC (pictured below), calling for an update on the investigation into the M9 crash and tragic deaths of John Yuill and Lamara Bell in July 2015. Following the cra

Mark Riddick New figures suggest the market for practitioners doing residential conveyancing work is shrinking as the number of law firms in this area has declined by its fastest rate in three years.

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

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

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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.

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.

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