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Four new appointments have been made to the Scottish Police Authority board. Grant Macrae, Matt Smith and Caroline Stuart join the board from 1 April. The start date for Robert Hayes is to be confirmed.

David Hoey David Hoey looks at a recent case clarifying the role of the Employment Tribunal in unfair dismissal claims.

A man's illegal tryst with the chain-link fence along the edge of his property has apparently been brought to a tragic end. Eliodoro Estala, 32, has been charged with indecent exposure after neighbour Diana Vazquez turned over video footage which she said showed him consummating the unlikely dallian

The Brain Tumour Charity is very close to the heart of DWF Scotland real estate partner Iain McLean, who lost his twenty-year-old son Duncan  to a Grade 4 Glioblastoma brain tumour last year. Last year Iain completed a 100-mile coast-to-coast walk, raising over £11,000 to support both The

Lord Whitty A comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) with the EU is needed to enable UK companies to continue to operate within its borders without serious non-tariff barriers after Brexit, according to a House of Lords report on trade in non-financial services.

Aamer Anwar Criminal defence solicitor Aamer Anwar has been elected rector of Glasgow University.

Bob Neill MP Cross-border legal practice rights should be safeguarded in Brexit negotiations the Commons Justice Committee has said.

A rapist who was not given the option of legal advice when interviewed by the police and whose application for judicial review of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission’s decision not to refer his case for a second time to the High Court of Justiciary on the basis of, inter alia, Cadder v H

A group of Scottish tenant farmers who claimed they had suffered “loss, injury and damage” after being evicted from their farms due to “unlawful” legislation are entitled to limited compensation, a judge has ruled. The Court of Session held that the state should compensate the individuals fo

Steve Eckersley A senior barrister who failed to keep clients’ sensitive personal information secure has been fined £1,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

Ross Anderson Proposed legislation on third party rights in contract is “a positive development”, the Faculty of Advocates has told MSPs.

Pictured (L-R): Dr Olivia Giles OBE, Philippa Greer and Angela Grahame QC

A convicted drug dealer could have his sentence extended by 34 years after authorities caught his girlfriend trying to smuggle methamphetamine to him in jail – concealed in a Holy Bible. Stephen Jason Estes, 41, was in a county jail in Mississippi awaiting transfer to a state prison when his girlf

Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd The Lord Chief Justice has excoriated the Lord Chancellor over her failure to understand reforms that are being introduced to spare children from live cross-examination, The Times reports.

Academically gifted students from less advantaged backgrounds in Scotland are set to benefit from a game-changing quarter of a million pound investment through the Lawscot Foundation. The Law Society of Scotland has donated the proceeds of the May 2016 sale of Legal Post to the foundation; a charity