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Legislators have been left red-faced after approving a law which included references to fake minerals named after lawyers. North Dakota's new law on mining critical minerals mentions "friezium" and "stralium", apparently references to Christopher Friez and David Straley, lawyers for North American C

Thousands of offenders have had their alcohol levels tracked over the new year period by electronic tags that monitor their sweat levels. The tags – worn by 5,000 people who have been released from jail or are serving a community sentence – have kept them sober over the festive season an

The Sheriff Appeal Court has quashed an absolute discharge given to a motorist found speeding at over 100mph outside of Kilmarnock with bald rear tyres and instead fined him £1,125 and disqualified him from driving for 22 months, following a Crown appeal against the sheriff’s decision. M

A lord ordinary has retrospectively certified six expert witnesses instructed by two homebuyers to report on alleged defects in a property they purchased from a developer in their second action arising from the purchase of the property, having held that it would be uneconomical to prevent them from

Digby Brown has confirmed its annual Winter Dinner Dance for Spinal Injuries Scotland (SIS) raised a landmark £121,203.

Several exciting speakers have been confirmed for the Faculty of Advocates' ever-popular annual 21st Century Bar Conference, to be held in Edinburgh next month. The Rt Hon Lord Pentland, Lord President and Lord Justice General, will deliver the keynote address at the free event.

The grandchildren of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in the UK, are calling on ministers to grant her a posthumous pardon, arguing that she was a victim of domestic abuse. Ellis was executed in 1955 for the murder of her former partner, racing driver David Blakely, whom she had met two years

Nicole McQuilken reflects on the work of the All-Scotland Sheriff Personal Injury Court as it celebrates its 10th anniversary. 2015 seems like a long time ago. David Cameron was prime minister, the UK remained in the European Union, and artificial intelligence seemed like something from science fict

A Glasgow sheriff has dismissed an action by a divorced husband against his solicitors seeking damages in excess of £137,000 after finding that he had failed to plead a relevant case to establish either negligence or breach of contract after they did not inform him he would be liable for Capit

Arnot Manderson Advocates is delighted to report the remarkable achievement of 23 individual rankings including eight in Band 1 across 13 wide ranging practice areas in the latest announced Chambers and Partners listings.  As well as the haul of individual rankings Arnot Manderson has achieved

The Sheriff Appeal Court has quashed the conviction of a woman fined £100 for shouting and swearing and making a homophobic remark to a female complainer after finding that the justice of the peace had not adequately explained in her verdict why she preferred the evidence of the complainer. El

A sheriff principal has ruled that the rules of procedure of the Sheriff Appeal Court do not allow it to overturn an earlier decision made by the court in the same judicial process after the issue arose in an remitted case for medical negligence raised by a man who committed criminal offences after

Ministers have been criticised by Scotland’s transparency watchdog for wrongly attempting to block a freedom of information (FOI) request on the lord advocate’s reference to the Supreme Court over an independence referendum. In a sharply worded ruling, David Hamilton, the information com

The Hollywood template for a successful film has been said to be: ‘Start with an earthquake and build up to the climax of the story’. There is a sense by which Sir David Murray, admittedly on his own narrative, might have selected from a variety of earthquakes with a wide choice of excit

A solicitor jailed for financial crime has been ordered to hand over just £1 after a court heard he has nothing left of the £1 million he obtained illegally. Alistair Blackwood, 70, made £1,086,581 while working at a Paisley law firm, but prosecutors and defence lawyers told the Hi