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The Scottish Young Lawyers’ Association (SYLA) calendar year is now underway for 2016/17, with a trio of events being held this month. Next week, on 8 September, the SYLA is hosting “An Evening with McTears Auctioneers” in Glasgow. Drinks and canapes will be kindly provided by McTears Auctione

Lord Neuberger The Supreme Court has published a quartet of lectures delivered by Lord Neuberger in Singapore.

The Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) has been instructed by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service(COPFS) to carry out an investigation after a 56-year-old man was injured during an incident in Livingston involving police. A spokesman for the PIRC said: “The Crown Off

Advocate Stephen O'Rourke is impressed with a new biography of the great barrister Marshall Hall. This life of ‘The Great Defender’ and Conservative MP Sir Edward Marshall Hall KC (1858-1927) is a fascinating read, beautifully written by another English silk, Sally Smith QC.

Police called to a petrol station disturbance found a naked man washing with milk, claiming to have been attacked with bear spray. However, the cops in Penticton, B.C., Canada, found it hard to believe his story about an alleged attack at the hands of three unknown men.

Keith Vaz The Labour MP Keith Vaz, 59, is instructing Julian Assange’s former lawyer amid accusations he has been using rent boys.

Much domestic law derived from Europe will have to remain in force in Scotland after Brexit, the Faculty of Advocates believes. It says a complete inspection exercise in the run–up to leaving the EU is “inconceivable”. In written evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s European and External Re

Brian Inkster Crofters should be concerned by the revelation that someone, possibly the Crofting Commission, is potentially questioning their ability as shareholders in a common grazings to be VAT registered, according to crofting law expert Brian Inkster.

David Mundell The Scottish Parliament today takes on new powers which will allow it to adapt the existing UK welfare system more closely to Scotland’s needs.

Anne Begg August was a bumper month for buying and selling, according to Perthshire property experts.

Lynne Bell Law At Work (LAW) has appointed a new financial controller as part of its strategy to expand operations in Scotland and England.

Angela Grahame The Advocates Library, Scotland's original national library, can be visited and toured this month, writes Angela Grahame.

The Scottish Property Federation (SPF) has called for the five per cent threshold of residential LBTT to be raised to £500,000 in the light of evidence suggesting a downturn in the value and number of transactions in the first year of LBTT. The call is made in the industry body’s submission to th

The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCR) has referred the case of Conor McAteer to the High Court of Justiciary. In accordance with the commission’s statutory obligations, a statement of reasons for its decision has been sent to the High Court, Mr McAteer and the Crown Office. The comm

An alarmed customer at a café took extreme action after being served the wrong type of tea by calling 999. Roberto Lattarulo, 33, was given a lemon and ginger teabag rather than the requested lemongrass and ginger one.