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The Court of Session has refused an appeal by the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) against the court's decision to refuse a judicial review of legislation introducing a minimum unit pricing (MUP) on alcohol. The SWA challenged the Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act 2012, arguing that minimum pr

Miller Samuel Hill Brown (MSHB) has acquired the licensing division of Lindsays for an undisclosed sum to create the largest legal licensing team in Scotland.

A man found guilty of assaulting a woman with a block of wood and a separate charge of carrying an offensive weapon in public has failed in an appeal against his conviction. The appellant claimed that he had been charged twice on the same facts and convicted on both charges, which amounted to “dou

Following last year’s record number of firms reporting revenue growth, market challenges have caused growth to slow across the top 100 firms in 2016, according to PwC’s 25th annual Law Firms' Survey. Seventy-five per cent of the top 100 UK law firms reported revenue growth this year, down from 8

Dr Nikolaos Alestras University researchers have developed an algorithm that can predict the outcome of cases in the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) with 79 per cent accuracy.

The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) has firmly denied that thousands of witnesses are being called to trials which fail to go ahead – at a cost of £10 million to the taxpayer. The Sunday Post reports that, according to legal insiders, court officials are calling trials to ensure they

To help address some of the challenges facing Scotland’s crofters, the Scottish Parliament’s Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee is to examine priorities for crofting law reform. Recognising that a significant amount of work has already been undertaken to identify improvements to crofting l

The law banning fox hunting in Scotland is unworkable, according to Police Scotland. Fox hunting with hounds was banned in 2002 under the Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act.

Audrey Ferrie Audrey Ferrie offers post-case analysis of the recent ruling in favour of a minimum pricing policy for alcohol in Scotland.

Jennifer Young Ledingham Chalmers has recorded group turnover comparable to record figures seen over the last two years.

Female lawyers are “more ethical” than men and are less motivated by financial rewards, according to a new report. A group of academics from the UK and US claim that female law students had “a greater propensity to be more ethical”.

A senior police officer is facing disciplinary action after allegedly flashing her breasts during a drunken row with a female colleague at a conference intended to improve the perception of policewomen. Rebekah Sutcliffe, assistant chief constable of Greater Manchester Police, faces the sack as inve

Judges have issued their reasons for setting aside the acquittal of a man accused of the 1998 murder of Surjit Singh Chhokar in Overtown, Lanarkshire. The High Court of Justiciary Appeal Court granted an application by the Lord Advocate to bring a new prosecution against Ronnie Coulter after ruling

A man accused of being concerned in the supply of ecstasy at T in the Park who claimed that the police search of him was “unlawful” has had an appeal refused after a sheriff rejected his challenge. Connor McAteer argued that the police officer who carried out the search, a different officer from

Lawyers have warned MSPs that the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) is understaffed, overworked and that its fiscal deputes are being forced to take domestic abuse and hate crime cases to trial as a matter of policy rather than because of their professional judgement. In submissions