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A challenge to the Scottish government's plan to appoint a named guardian to every child in the country will be heard in the Supreme Court today. Four charities and three individuals lodged an appeal after the Court of Session twice rejected their case. The Supreme Court hearing is expected to last

Kirsty Malcolm A plea for greater publication of judgments dealing with financial provision at the end of cohabitation has been made by advocate Kirsty Malcolm.

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Joe FitzPatrick The Scottish Parliament has passed legislation meant to “increase transparency” in lobbying by creating a register on which dealings between lobbyists and politicians must be recorded.

Local school pupils have won through to the final of the Law Society of Scotland’s national debating tournament after pitting their wits against schools across the country.

The Scottish Parliament should, next week, give its legislative consent to Westminster passing theScotland Bill - the key recommendation to all MSPs in a parliamentary report published today. The endorsement of the UK bill by Holyrood’s Devolution Committee is a “significant milestone in a remar

A Scots lawyer who submitted false legal aid claims has been struck off the roll of solicitors in Scotland after being found guilty of professional misconduct. Gerard Tierney, formerly a cashroom partner of G Tierney and Co in Auchinleck and consultant at 1st Legal Limited, was found by the Scottish

More than 200 lawyers have said theInvestigatory Powers Bill breaches international surveillance standards and is not fit for purpose ahead of its second reading in the House of Commons today. In a letter to The Guardian, senior lawyers condemned the bill, which sets out a legal framework facilitati

The Scottish Legal News Annual Review 2016 is now being delivered across Scotland. The full colour magazine features core updates in criminal, public, employment, commercial, property, family and human rights law. A digital version of the Review can be downloaded by clicking on the banner. In this y

Brian Inkster Crofting experts are gathering in Edinburgh this week at their annual conference where attendees will call on the Scottish government for reform of the law,The Scotsman reports.

The Law Society of Scotland has called on the UK government to use the remaining stages of the Scotland Bill’s passage throughParliament to ensure the Sewel convention is fully incorporated into law. Holyrood yesterday passed the Scotland Bill, which will devolve new powers over tax and welfare to

Andy Wightman Legislation to transform how land is used and governed has been passed by the Scottish Parliament.

Margaret Burgess A new law intended to modernise the private rented sector has been passed by the Scottish Parliament.

Civil law cases raised at the Court of Session in 2014-15 were up 13 per cent over the previous year to 5,200 – mainly as a result of a 224 per cent rise in clinical negligence cases. However, the number of civil law cases initiated in Scottish courts overall is at its lowest since current statist

Catriona Maclean Crofters are being asked for their views about Crofting Commission elections, ahead of next year’s vote.