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Paul Wheelhouse A draft bill which removes a barrier on survivors who were abused as children seeking civil damages in court has been published.

A young person with autism who was granted decree against a local authority to pay for a further year of his education at a private school for pupils with special educational needs after he turned 18 has seen the decision overturned on appeal. Judges in the Inner House of the Court of Session ruled

Lord Jones The Hon. Lord Jones, Michael Jones, a Senator of the College of Justice, has passed away aged 68.

A Lincolnshire man arrested for a minor offence posted a rave review of his stay at a local police station after managing to sneak an iPad into his jail cell. Commenting on Facebook alongside a series of pictures he took inside the "on suite" cell, Christian Willoughby said he'd "given the place 4 s

Local school pupils have won through to the final of the Law Society of Scotland’s national debating tournament after pitting their wits against schools across the country.

Christine McLintock Christine McLintock, president of the Law Society of Scotland delivered the Aberdeen Law Project’s Annual Lecture last month on “Access to justice in the 21st century”.

David Buchanan-Cook The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) is to host a roundtable on the application of disciplinary sanctions on lawyers in Scotland.

John Swinney Legislation to give the Scottish Fiscal Commission a permanent basis in statute and ensure its independence has been passed by the Scottish Parliament today.

The Scottish Parliament should, next week, give its legislative consent to Westminster passing theScotland Bill - the key recommendation to all MSPs in a parliamentary report published today. The endorsement of the UK bill by Holyrood’s Devolution Committee is a “significant milestone in a remar

Michael Matheson Applications for special measures for vulnerable witnesses have risen sharply in the wake of changes introduced last year. To the end of February this year there have been 3,400 applications for special measures.

Balfour+Manson has welcomed Kirsten Lobban (pictured right) and Jamie Robb as associates. Ms Lobban joins the Aberdeen office of the firm as an associate in the firm’s family law team. The team is already well known for the expertise and knowledge of its individual members and its emphasis on find

Giles Murphy A new survey of law firms across Great Britain has found that most managing partners and leadership figures do not receive enough strategic support.

Joe FitzPatrick The Scottish Parliament has passed legislation meant to “increase transparency” in lobbying by creating a register on which dealings between lobbyists and politicians must be recorded.

Police in Portland have busted a 25-year-old man who allegedly tried to sell stolen LEGO to undercover investigators. Pavel Illich Kuzik, whose alleged dabbling in the black market for plastic bricks has been under investigation since February, was arrested last week.

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