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Pupils from Madras College in St Andrews, Fife have been hailed as the best young debaters in Scotland. The Madras pupils were praised for their "outstanding performance" as they won the final of the Law Society of Scotland's Donald Dewar Memorial Debating Tournament within the Scottish Parliament's

Brodies LLP has appointed Derek Stillie to its sports law practice, bringing to Scotland’s largest law firm his experience as a former professional footballer and specialist knowledge of legal matters across the sporting spectrum. Derek, who joins Brodies as an associate based in the firm’s Glas

The Scottish Young Lawyers Association (SYLA) is gearing up for its annual conference, Progression in the Profession, in Glasgow on Monday 15 June. This year's event, adopting the theme Towards 2020, features sessions on business development, career progression, social media, financial fitness, pers

Aberdein Considine managing partner Jacqueline Law Aberdein Considine has completed a £1 million expansion across Glasgow and Aberdeen but still has an "appetite for growth", the firm has announced.

Sir Stephen House Sir Stephen House, the chief constable of Police Scotland sparked a row between the police and the judiciary after he criticised a sheriff for making “unsubstantiated comments” at the trial of one of his colleagues last year.

A lawyer whose towering hedge blocked the sun from a neighbouring property has been told by the Scottish government to cut it down to less than a third of its original height. Jonathan Heaney, 42, had initially refused to slash his 15 metre cypress trees, saying they pre-dated the construction of th

SNP MSP Christina McKelvie Fewer women are taking forward challenges to sexual discrimination in the workplace following the introduction of employment tribunal costs, an MSP has said.

The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on extending Freedom of Information (FOI) legislation to cover private prisons and other security, care and educational facilities. The proposal would see contractors operating private prisons, providers of secure accommodation for children, grant-

  Lord Carloway, the Lord Justice-Clerk (far left) and Lord Keen of Elie QC (far right)

A man who was jailed for four years and given a supervised release order after being found guilty of assault has had his sentence quashed but replaced with an extended sentence. The Criminal Appeal Court ruled that the SRO was “incompetent” in light of the custodial term and the fact the sheriff

Justice Secretary Michael Matheson MSP The Scottish government has launched a new five-year national strategy to prioritise preventative approaches to confront youth offending.

Jim Hume MSP Police Scotland will not enforce a ban on smoking in cars when children are present as a priority, a senior police officer has told MSPs.

Ewan Alexander Pinsent Masons has announced preliminary details of its unaudited financial results for FY14/15.

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Caroline Levesque-Bartlett Almost 13,500 people in Scotland were found guilty of failing to pay their TV licence in the last year, with those in Glasgow most likely to be offenders.