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The Eurodevils with Stephen O’Rourke, front centre, and, to his right, Charles Mullin of the European Lawyers Association  

Alan Miller Human rights are not a “red card” to be played by landowning interests to obstruct debate on land reform. You may be forgiven for thinking that when reading headlines about the Scottish Government’s land reform plans allegedly costing taxpayers £600 million in compensation bills.

The UK government’s former chief drug adviser has called on Scotland to legalise ecstasy and cannabis as medicines. Professor David Nutt (pictured), Edmond J Safra chairman in neuropsychopharmacology at Imperial College London, was sacked by the last Labour government for saying some drugs were le

Scotland is poised to carry out a record number of extraditions as the UK gains access to a list of Europe’s most wanted criminals. When a new EU crime database goes live today police and prosecutors intend to send people back overseas to be dealt with in their own countries as well as get more Sc

Family rights charity Families Need Fathers (FNF)Scotland has announced significant funding support confirmed for 2015-16 and beyond. The Scottish Government is providing strategic partnership grants totalling £25,000 for 2015-16 for FNF Scotland’s core work of providing information and support t

Andrew Mackenzie (left) and Sir David Edward QC

A landowner who is seeking to challenge a decision to grant consent to plans for a new wind farm near his estate has had an application for a protective expenses order refused. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that, having regard to the petitioner’s financial position, the proceedings would n

The Edinburgh trams inquiry into why the project took so long and overran its budget could take as long as two years to complete.

Shepherd and Wedderburn has made its first foray into the world of large format airport advertising. The campaign: “Shepherd and Wedderburn –The #1 destination for legal services” was devised and produced by the firm’s own in-house creative team and facilitated by outdoor promotions company,

The Scottish parliament's justice committee has today supported the general principles of a bill that aims to strengthen the criminal law against human trafficking and exploitation as well as ensuring that victims have access to appropriate support immediately. In its stage one report published toda

A Holyrood committee has said the buying of sex should not be criminalised under new human trafficking legislation being considered by the parliament. Campaigners have called for the practice to be made illegal as part of the Human Trafficking and Exploitation Bill but MSPs have said the bill was no

Counsel from other jurisdictions must join the Scottish Bar if they wish to appear in Scotland’s supreme courts, judges have ruled, in refusing an application from an English barrister seeking rights of audience. The Inner House of the Court of Session held that the court’s “inherent power”

DLA Piper has advised Heart of Midlothian football club on a significant partnership with Save the Children. Led by Graeme Henry, partner and head of the restructuring team in Scotland, DLA Piper helped structure the deal which will see Hearts FC become the first ever club in the UK to carry the nam

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has published an analysis of trends in the Law Society of Scotland’s handling of complaints about solicitors’ conduct from 2009 to 2014. Under the Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007, the SLCC is the single gateway for complaints abo

Bill Drummond Brodies has been recognised as the leading law firm in Scotland at the Who’s Who Legal Awards 2015 in Washington DC.