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Lord Carloway The Lord Justice General, Lord Carloway, has written a practice note on continuity of representation, reproduced below.

A drug dealer from Livingston has been ordered to pay £80,000 under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. At Livingston Sheriff Court, Graham Carroll was made subject of the confiscation order after previously having been found guilty of being involved in the supply of "designer" drugs.

Donald Trump US presidential hopeful Donald Trump could be sued for breach of privacy by a rambler on his golf course in Aberdeenshire.

Pictured (L-R): Laura Flounders, Eilidh Robertson, Amy Gordon and Caroline Millar

Prince Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein The United Nations’ human rights chief has blasted populist politicians in the West, calling them "demagogues and political fantasists" and decrying their tactics of using half-truths and oversimplification, “the two scalpels of the arch propagandist”, in an impass

Alison Saunders

Iain McLean, a real estate partner at DWF’s Edinburgh office, is to go the extra mile for the Howard’s Way Walk, a unique fundraising activity launched in 2007 to raise money for Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund in memory of Howard Kerr, by hiking an extra 7 miles

Anderson Strathern hosted its charity football tournament on Friday 2 September, organised in aid of Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland, its charity of the year.

Sandra McDonald Sandra McDonald, Public Guardian, has changed the threshold relating to when financial guardians should seek independent financial advice when managing an incapable adult’s estate.

Inmates at an Australian jail have gone on strike – demanding better pay. The prisoners, who claim the absence of inflation-indexed pay is disrespectful, currently earn between Aus$6.50 and Aus$8.95, but are after more.

Thorntons has pledged its support for Cash for Kids each year through a Charity Wills campaign – and this year the firm’s new Kirkcaldy office will also back the annual appeal this September.

Eilidh Wiseman

In the case of ASA International Ltd v Kashmiri Properties (Ireland) Ltd and another, the Inner House has refused an appeal by the pursuer and appellant who sought declarator that their property benefitted from a servitude right of pedestrian access through a gate which led on to the carpark of the

Nicola Sturgeon First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s pledge to forge ahead with a new Climate Change Bill and energy strategy has been welcomed by Pinsent Masons.

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has updated its internal guidance which will apply to the determination of all complaints that go to determination committees from 1 September 2016. According to the SLCC, while there is no change to the maximum amount of complaints levy that can be im