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Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) is celebrating five years of growth in Edinburgh. WBD first opened its doors in the Scottish capital on September 26, 2017, when the team took occupancy of an office on Princes Street with a small team of lawyers in the Real Estate and Dispute Management teams. Since then

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have criticised the Scottish government for cutting police budgets after it found that Police Scotland spent more than £10 million on hire vehicles. New figures obtained by the party under a freedom of information request show that the cost of police hire vehicle

A Yorkshire football club is attempting to avail itself of a 12th century treaty in order to play in Scotland. Doncaster City FC has contacted the Scottish Football Association (SFA) “applying for next year’s competition” on the basis of the 1136 treaty, which gave the town to Scot

Holyrood's Criminal Justice Committee is seeking views as part of its pre-budget scrutiny. The publication of the Scottish government’s Resource Spending Review Framework in May set out possible spending of £11.6 billion on the justice sector over the next four financial years.

A woman who brought a racial discrimination case against the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has settled out of court with the Scottish ministers. The case was settled after the Equality and Human Rights Commission funded the eight-day final hearing through its legal support schem

Professor Alan Miller will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Scottish Legal Awards on Thursday. Professor Miller is an expert in human rights law and has four decades of experience as a human rights practitioner, including being unanimously elected by the Scottish Parliament to an eight-

The Lord Justice Clerk, Lady Dorrian will speak about the sentencing young people guideline at an event in Edinburgh next month. The event will be hosted by the Scottish Association for the Study of Offending and is the first in a series of in-person seminars.

The School Mock Court Case Project is now looking for volunteer legal tutors for its Juniors Mock Court programme. The project is a Scottish charity that runs educational extracurricular activities for children and young people. The aim of the charity is to advance the education and aspirations of y

The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA) has successfully appealed a disciplinary decision of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal (MPT) concerning a doctor. This is the first reported Scottish case in which the PSA succeeded in persuading the Court of Session to grant suc

Increased interest in and enjoyment of the Scottish countryside by the public over the last few years has resulted in many not just taking to the hills, but enjoying land by the water too, and Scotland's rivers are renowned for the quality of fishing by those that enjoy the sport. You may have heard

The recent Scottish government consultation in respect of its new Land Reform Bill included proposals in relation to a new form of agricultural tenancy that would allow the tenant considerable freedom to use the land within the tenancy for environmental purposes including planting trees and carbon s

The Scottish Sentencing Council is holding a public consultation on Scotland’s first offence guideline, which covers offences of causing death by driving. The draft guideline sets out sentencing ranges to assist judges when deciding sentences for the statutory offences involving causing death

A reclaiming motion by a renewables company against a Lord Ordinary’s decision not to grant them a remedy against a decision of the Scottish Ministers has been refused by the Inner House of the Court of Session. NLEI Ltd had sought to develop a windfarm at a site on the Queensberry Estate near

Former MSP Tommy Sheridan has been declared bankrupt after failing to pay over £82,000 in legal costs arising from his failed judicial review against the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC). Mr Sheridan was jailed for three years in 2011 after being found guilty of lying in evide

The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) has announced a series of public hearings about the abuse of children in residential accommodation for young offenders and children and young persons in need of care and protection. The hearings, commencing in the second half of 2023, will focus on residential