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Ronnie Coulter has been convicted of the 1998 murder of Surjit Singh Chhokar, following a retrial under the Double Jeopardy (Scotland) Act 2011. At a trial in 1999, Mr Coulter, 48, from Wishaw was acquitted of murdering the 32-year-old Indian waiter in Overtown, North Lanarkshire.

Pictured (L-R): Mark Smith, Sarah Sutton, Sean Callery, Tim Mouncer, Lorna Jack, Marina Sinclair-Chin, Louise Docherty and Gael Scott

Launching its Business Plan this week, the Scottish Sentencing Council announced the areas its first guidelines will cover including death by driving, and environment & wildlife offences. Environmental and wildlife issues have particular significance in Scotland relating to tourism, rural indust

Stuart Gillies As Brexit looms, Stuart Gillies (pictured) highlights the top five clauses to consider when reviewing loan documentation.

David Flint MacRoberts has been shortlisted for commercial team of the year at the British Legal Awards alongside Eversheds, Herbert Smith Freehills, Olswang, Simmons and Simmons & Ward Hadaway.

A couple suspected of tax evasion whose home was searched did not suffer any violation of their article 8 rights, the European Court of Human Rights has unanimously held. The proceedings against them had been triggered when information about their assets held in a Liechtenstein bank had been illegal

Francis Fitzgibbon QC The chairman of the Criminal Bar Association has said “sexting” offences should be tackled outwith the courts.

On the whole, there is parity regarding the numbers of male and female judges and public prosecutors, despite the continued existence of a “glass ceiling” blocking access to higher responsibility positions, according to a major new study of different judicial systems across Europe published toda

Pictured: chairman Jack Robertson (front centre, holding award) with the team from Thorntons after winning the title of Best Scottish Employer 2016.

A motorist who was jailed after admitting driving while disqualified and without insurance has failed in an appeal against his sentence. Stephen Gilchrist, who was sentenced to 11 months imprisonment – reduced from 12 on account of his guilty plea – argued that he ought to have been given a grea

A man who sold washing powder under the pretence of dealing cocaine has been convicted of a fraud offence. Jamie Lee Taylor, 27, pleaded guilty to offering to supply cocaine to others as well as "possession of an article for use in fraud".

Teams of runners from Harper Macleod had success on and off the road last weekend when they took part in the "Bank of Scotland Great Scottish Run".

Scottish-based colleagues at the law firm which managed the complex insolvency of a North Sea exploration and production (E&P) company have been recognised for their ground-breaking work by the British Legal Awards. The work carried out for First Oil PLC, led by CMS’s Edinburgh and Aberdeen of

The main character in WHS McIntyre’s book is Robbie Munro, a criminal lawyer in a one man band on Linlithgow High Street. From this book’s opening paragraph, it takes the reader into the highly recognisable field for lawyers undertaking criminal work as it refers to “Clients. They fall into on

Maria Botha-Lopez Houses in South Queensferry have shown one of the largest increases in average house prices over the last three months, according to the latest analysis by ESPC.