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Lord Carloway The Scottish Civil Justice Council (SCJC) has now published its third Annual Report outlining its achievements, accounts and a summary of the rules prepared during the year.

The Scottish Women’s Rights Centre (SWRC) is hosting a seminar and drinks reception on 22 June to celebrate its first anniversary. The SWRC offers free legal advice, information and representation to women survivors of gender based violence. The seminar will consider lessons learned from our first

Michael Matheson Communities will “see real benefits” in their local areas from an increase in community sentences the Scottish government claimed after announcing £4 million extra funding for the scheme.

Julian Foster Scottish tenancy deposits are £100 cheaper on average than England and Wales; while in Scotland Edinburgh is the most expensive area, according to the Letting Protection Service Scotland (LPSS).

Shona Robison Proposals to introduce a national target for reducing Scotland’s drinking levels would see pubs and supermarkets restricted in the amount of alcohol they sell.

Dr Gregor Duncan

A Scottish local authority which refused a cab driver's application to renew his taxi booking office licence after finding that he was "not a fit and proper person" has successfully challenged a sheriff's ruling to overturn its decision. Judges in the Inner House of the Court of Session held that th

Lady Dorrian The Scottish Sentencing Council has launched a new resource which brings together guideline judgements issued by the High Court, along with helpful summaries and a selected list of other useful opinions.

Professor Pieter Bekker The Scottish Arbitration Centre welcomed a group of visiting students from the University of Dundee’s centre for Energy, Petroleum, Mineral Law and Policy recently.

Roseanna Cunningham Environment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham has outlined a number of priorities including the creation of a land commission next year.

Kevin Engel Business confidence levels in Scotland have fallen into negative territory for the first time in almost a year, making them among the lowest in the UK according to the latest ICAEW/Grant Thornton UK Business Confidence Monitor survey.

The total number of subscribers to Scottish Legal News has broken through the 11,000 mark.

The Justice Minister Michael Matheson has said the events which unfolded at the Scottish Cup final at the weekend “underline” that it is essential to keep the current ban on alcohol at football grounds. His comments came after Police Scotland revealed that they made 14 arrests linked with the g

Jillian Mclaughlan Scottish Legal News has welcomed a summer intern today.

Andrew Mackenzie, chief executive of the Scottish Arbitration Centre, signing the Pledge at its launch in London The Scottish Arbitration Centre has welcomed the introduction of the Equal Representation in Arbitration Pledge and Andrew Mackenzie, chief executive of the centre, signed the pledge at i