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A bill meant to tackle alcohol abuse has failed to gain the support of the majority of MSPs on a Holyrood committee. The general principles of the Alcohol Bill have not been supported by a majority of MSPs on the Health and Sport Committee. They are not persuaded that the bill is an effective and wo

Lord Hain Laws are being drawn up by a group of cross-party politicians for a new Act of Union to “wrest back the initiative from the separatists” and ensure the preservation of the 300-year-old United Kingdom.

Angela Constance The Scottish government has said it will move to strengthen legislation aimed at improving the inclusivity and transparency of higher education governance.

Colin McKay Hundreds of mentally ill people are being held against their will without rules in place to stop them from being wrongfully sectioned.

The owner of a farmhouse destroyed by a fire who claimed that the fire service failed to properly extinguish the blaze has had an action for damages dismissed. The pursuers argued that the fire brigade was liable in damages because the fire re-ignited after it had apparently been extinguished, but j

A bill providing that an apology does not amount to an admission of liability and is inadmissible as evidence in certain legal proceedings has been passed by the Scottish Parliament despite fears it will prejudice pursuers and evidence that such laws are “relatively ineffective”. The Apologies (

Bill Drummond Bill Drummond, managing partner of Brodies LLP, has been unanimously re-elected by his partners for a seventh consecutive three-year term. Mr Drummond, who is one of the UK’s longest-serving managing partners, was first elected in 1998 and has been with the firm for 35 years.

The Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee has today supported the general principles of a Scottish government bill that aims to improve how the justice system responds to abusive behaviour. The Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm Bill aims to prevent abuse, harassment or sexual harm in a number of

Sheriff Principal Pyle A sheriff principal has suggested a number of reforms to the handling of domestic abuse cases, among them bringing serious cases to trial within weeks.

John Campbell QC A QC and solicitor advocate have claimed consumers in Scotland have been let down by a failure to modernise the legal profession nine years after the then Office of Fair Trading backed a “supercomplaint” by consumer watchdog Which?.

A prisoner in Scotland is set to face justice in the US after a court rejected his plea that extradition to his native Pakistan would put him at a “mortal risk”, The Herald reports. Johar Javed Mirza, 35, who converted to Judaism, is serving a three year prison term for attempted rape of a stude

Laurence Kennedy An advocate in Perth came to the rescue of a pet dog that seemed set for certain death.

(L-R): Howard Beach, Donna Strong and Andrew McCowan Glasgow-based commercial law firm Leslie Wolfson has announced the promotion of a partner within the firm, along with a new lateral associate hire, as part of its ongoing expansion programme.

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The Crown has successfully challenged the sentence imposed on a man who pled guilty to attempting to conspire to rape and sexually assault a young girl and to take indecent photographs of her. The Criminal Appeal Court ruled that the sentence of 18 months’ imprisonment imposed was “unduly lenien