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A bill widely ridiculed for being tantamount to pointless has been recommended for review by a Holyrood committee. The Lobbying (Scotland) Bill in its current form could leave a “great deal” of important information unregistered, said a majority on the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointmen

Nicola Sturgeon A fair and final deal on the fiscal framework accompanying the Scotland Bill has to be in place by February, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has agreed with the Prime Minister, David Cameron at a meeting in Downing Street.

James Wolffe QC The Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, James Wolffe QC, has welcomed the Crown’s publication of a policy on non-penalisation of refugees.

Ministers have been urged by the Faculty of Advocates to wait at least five years to see the impact of same sex marriages before considering further changes to the law on civil partnerships. The Faculty said that it felt the “pace of change may be too fast” and that time was needed to take stock

The Scottish Parliament has launched a legal bid against independence supporters who have set up camp on the grounds of Holyrood making calls for another referendum. The Parliament lodged the petition at the Court of Session yesterday in an attempt to recover the land occupied by campers after they

A life prisoner who claimed that it was “unreasonable and unlawful” to detain him in conditions in which he was being exposed to environmental tobacco smoke has had a petition for judicial review dismissed. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that while the petitioner’s situation was “unfo

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