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The Lord Advocate will argue today at the Supreme Court that the Scottish Parliament must be consulted before Article 50 can be triggered. On the third day of the Brexit case, James Wolffe QC (pictured right) will refer to the Sewel Convention as enshrined in law, contrary to UK government lawyers w

Perran Jervis Scotland is one of just four regions identified by the UK's top 100 retailers as still having potential for more shops alongside the South West, the West Midlands and London according to a report by TLT and global retail research agency Conlumino.

A suspected serial hair thief has been arrested after he was accused of cutting a woman’s hair on a rush hour train – to sell online. Police in Japan have charged 23-year-old student Akiya Yoshida with assault after he admitted snipping the locks of a woman on a rush-hour train in Nagoya, west o

School pupils from across Scotland successfully debated the pros and cons of holding referendums to win through to the next stage of the Law Society of Scotland’s national debating tournament. The opening rounds of the Donald Dewar Memorial Debating Tournament saw 128 teams from 85 Scottish school

Eilidh Whiteford An SNP MP has presented a bill to Parliament calling on the UK government to "take all reasonable steps as soon as reasonably practicable to enable the UK to become compliant with the Council of Europe convention - the Istanbul Convention - on preventing and combating violence again

Pictured (L-R): Simon Massey, Valerie Harty, Patricia Jackson and Derek McCulloch

Judith Robertson A Scottish human rights body has produced a series of case studies profiling how communities in Scotland are using human rights to tackle poor housing, challenge poverty and improve health.

Michael Matheson Police finances will come under the Holyrood spotlight again when the justice sub-committee on policing questions Justice Secretary Michael Matheson.

James Wolffe QC The Lord Advocate has asked judges in the Brexit case the reason for enshrining the Sewel Convention in law if it were not to become a “provision that the courts can address”.

Simon Rubinsohn House sales in Scotland will continue a downward trend into 2017 due to a lack of stock while prices are expected to rise over the next three months, surveyors have suggested.

Actress and model Sofia Vergara is being sued by her own eggs in the latest bizarre stage of her court battle with ex-fiancé Nick Loeb. A right-to-live lawsuit has been filed in a district court in Jefferson Parish in Louisiana on behalf of the fertilised eggs against their mother. The papers

A recruitment company for HGV drivers whose managing director punched one of the firm’s salesmen on a Christmas night out will not be held liable for the employee’s injuries. A High Court judge has ruled that there was “insufficient connection” between the director’s employment and the ass

Relatives of victims of the Glasgow bin lorry crash and the parents of two young women who were killed after being hit by a Range Rover which mounted a pavement has failed in a bid to bring private prosecutions against the drivers of the vehicles. Judges in the High Court of Justiciary Appeal Court

The Law Society of Scotland has announced that “to protect the public interest and trust in the legal profession” it has commenced legal action to challenge the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission's (SLCC) recategorisation of hundreds of complaints, a move that prevents the Law Society from inv

Cat MacLean A joint venture company, MBM Veritas, has been set up to fight for hundreds of Scottish firms who were victims of RBS’s notorious Global Restructuring Group between 2008 and 2013.