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Pictured (L-R): Sandy Wood (project coordinator at Bedrock), Hugh Sanders, Louise Docherty, Sarah Sutton, Sheila Kirkwood, Ken Tudhope and Kirsty Douglas

Alison Wild Westwater advocate Alison Wild has successfully completed the Edinburgh Culture Crawl. The ten-mile adventure through the city’s streets took in nine venues. For Alison the highlight was the Royal Bank of Scotland in St Andrew Square where the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland sang

Mike Polson Ashurst is due to achieve its goal of creating 300 jobs within five years of opening its legal and business support centre in Glasgow.

The University of Dundee’s Law School has been ranked tenth in the latest edition of the The Times’ Good University Guide 2017. Aberdeen University followed in 15th place, while Edinburgh took 16th. Glasgow University came in 18th, Abertay 19th and Strathclyde 22nd.

A major change to the timetable of the Court of Session, allowing it to sit throughout the year, has been announced by the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS). Under a Direction issued by the Lord President, Lord Carloway, the traditional three court terms of the legal year will effectively

Andrew Mackenzie The International Bar Association’s access to justice and legal committee, working with the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, has launched a draft report titled “Children and Access to Justice: National Practices, International Challenges.” The report was launched and the IB

Phil Gormley Police officers must still be allowed to search young people for alcohol once a new code of practice is introduced, the single force’s Chief Constable has said.

The head of Police Scotland has said he wants to re-empower regional commanders in a move that will curb centralisation. Phil Gormley conceded that some good practices of local forces had been “lost in transition” but added he would “release the thinking” of the single force’s chief inspec

Michael Matheson Recorded crime in Scotland is at its lowest level since 1974 according to figures released today.

A new statutory instrument mandating that solicitors must ascertain the availability of a suitable QC, advocate or solicitor advocate comes into force on Monday 3 October. The Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules 1996 Amendment) (No. 3) (Instruction of Representation in the High Court) 2016 (S

Lord Carloway The focus of court reforms must now shift from structure to function, without losing sight of the goal of a justice system which works efficiently, the Lord President, Lord Carloway, said in an address at the opening of the legal year.

A man has been jailed for nine years by the International Criminal Court in its first sentence based on cultural destruction as a war crime. Islamist Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi made history by pleading guilty to charges of destroying 14 of the 16 mausoleums in the ancient city of Timbuktu, regarding the

Katie Jukes Katie Jukes discusses the Strasbourg ruling that allowed gay people to serve in the armed forces.

An owner of land on which electricity pylons have been installed by another party is not entitled to receive a payout for any period when the apparatus was on the land before the date of the grant of the necessary wayleave, a judge has ruled. Lord Glennie in the Court of Session refused a petition b

A Crime Stoppers president has been forced out of his post after police charged him in connection with cannabis plants worth $3 million. Windsor & Essex County Crime Stoppers in Ontario, Canada voted to remove Jon-Paul Fuller after provincial police raided what are alleged to be his greenhouses