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The Rt Hon. Lord Carloway (pictured) has been appointed by Her Majesty The Queen as Scotland's new Lord President. Lord Carloway succeeds the Rt Hon. Lord Gill who retired from the post as head of Scotland’s judiciary on 31 May 2015.

A group established to review the current financial support arrangements for those affected by infected NHS blood and blood products has recommended they receive more compensation. The set of proposals will be examined by the Scottish government as it recommends reforms to the help and support avail

A controversial form of hard gambling which can see players lose hundreds of pounds in minutes should be banned from bookmakers. This is the stark conclusion of a report published today by the Scottish Parliament’s Local Government and Regeneration Committee following an inquiry into fixed odds be

A Scottish Police Authority (SPA) employee who made and possessed indecent images of children and extreme pornography depicting humans and animals has been sentenced to five years in prison by a judge at the High Court in Glasgow. Lord Boyd of Duncansby sentenced Barry Rankine, an information comput

The Faculty of Advocates has sounded a note of caution about a potential impartiality issue in draft regulations on the composition of the Upper Tribunal for Scotland when hearing housing and property cases. The regulations transfer the functions and members of the Private Rented Housing Panel (prhp

Inksters Solicitors has teamed up with Tchai-Ovna House of Tea to create Inksters Select Tea.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled theScottish government's minimum unit alcohol pricing plans are contrary to EU law as other tax options exist. Instead, the ECJ has recommended the introduction of alternative tax measures to achieve the same effect.

Leonie Donald A litigation partner at Aberdein Considine has become one of only a handful of lawyers in Scotland to secure a coveted legal title.

Two men have been sentenced to a total of 13 years and four months after pleading guilty to their role in the management and operation of one the UK’s largest drugs networks. At the High Court in Glasgow, Roy Dunstance, 39, pled guilty to directing serious organised crime in relation to drug traff

An estimated 21 per cent of employees will begin the new year by searching for a new position.

Some senior legal figures in Scotland have suggested the sector is unlikely to see many more mergers. Recent years have seen big names including Dundas & Wilson, McGrigors,Biggart Baillie, Tods Murray and Semple Fraser disappear from the scene.

John Deighan An anti-abortion campaign intended to combat moves which could see terminations legalised “up until the point of birth” when the matter is devolved to Holyrood has been launched.

A firm of solicitors which challenged a claim by the trustees of a fund set up to provide pensions for employees of legal practices and their dependants has failed in an appeal against a judge’s decision to grant decree against the firm to pay its share of a deficit on the fund. Pattison & Sim

A Scots lawyer who was found to have acted in a “reckless and cavalier manner” by accepting an offer to settle a “slopping out” claim on behalf of a prisoner client for whom he was no longer instructed to act has failed in a challenge to a tribunal’s finding that he was guilty of “profes

MSPs have agreed in principle to legislation that would prevent elections at Westminster and Holyrood from clashing in 2020. The next UK general election will take place on 7 May 2020 – the same day as the elections at the Scottish Parliament. However, MSPs have agreed to move the Scottish electio