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Raising the age of criminal responsibility would bring consistency across Scots law, according to the Law Society of Scotland. At eight, Scotland has one of the lowest ages of criminal responsibility in the world and the Law Society has welcomed a recommendation to increase it.

Sarah Gilzean A council is facing a bill of £1 million after trying to dodge its duties to hundreds of women who lost out on equal pay, the Sunday Herald reports.

Rangers shareholder Mike Ashley has lost a legal bid to have a fine imposed on him reversed after a judge in the Court of Session ruled football’s governing body took the right decision. Mr Ashley was fined £1,000 by the Scottish Football Association (SFA) for breaching its rules on dual ownershi

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Dorothy Bain QC The Aberdeen Law Project has announced the appointment of new board members.

The murder of the “Red Fox” Colin Campbell in 1752 has been solved and a formal apology must be issued to the innocent man wrongly accused, according to one historian. The story is one the most fascinating in Scottish history and is widely regarded as one of Scotland’s most enduring miscarriag

Lord Lang of Monkton In its report on the 2015-16 Session, published today, the House of Lords Constitution Committee has expressed concern about "a constitutionally inappropriate shift of power from Parliament to the Executive".

Guidance for public authorities about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) needs to get back to basics, the Faculty of Advocates has suggested. Under the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014, a duty is placed on a range of public bodies, such as local authorities

The Succession Act paves the way for a more radical overhaul, writes Alexis Graham. Death and divorce are not popular topics, but given the inevitability of one and the relative frequency of the other, recent changes are certainly to be welcomed by the public and practitioners alike.

Registers of Scotland (RoS) has announced the publication of the first single official UK House Price Index (UK HPI). This publication covers statistics up to April 2016 and will continue on a monthly basis hereafter.

Corporate insurance broker Lockton has warned that many firms across Scotland are unaware of the implications of one of the biggest shake-ups in UK insurance law for more than a century. On August 12 this year, the Insurance Act 2015 comes into force, making major changes to legislation which has be

Julian Foster Scottish tenancy deposits are £100 cheaper on average than England and Wales; while in Scotland Edinburgh is the most expensive area, according to the Letting Protection Service Scotland (LPSS).

A charity chief in Aberdeen has been awarded an MBE for her services to disadvantaged children and young adults in Scotland. Lady Catto is chairwoman and a trustee of the charity VSA, which works to provide care and support to strengthen the future of young children and adults through a variety of s

Clare Butler More than half of women working in the legal profession – 62 per cent – say their gender has hampered their career progress, according to research from legal and compliance recruiter Laurence Simons.