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Martin Gill Business confidence fell following the UK’s vote for Brexit, and is now at its lowest in over three years, according to the latest Business Trends Report by accountants and business advisers BDO LLP.

Police Scotland’s mole hunt made in order to reveal journalistic sources was unlawful according to a judicial tribunal. The Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) ordered the single force to pay a journalist whose communications were intercepted £10,000 in compensation.

Usman Tariq The first Eid lunch for Scots lawyers was held in Glasgow on Saturday 6 August. The event, which was hosted by advocate Usman Tariq and co-sponsored by the Law Society of Scotland and Faculty of Advocates, was attended by many ethnic minority lawyers and law students.

Calum Steele Police Scotland may need to cut officer numbers as well as civilian staff to balance its budget after it emerged earlier this year that there is a £21 million hole in the budget.

Professor Donald Nicolson OBE The University of Strathclyde Law Clinic is now the biggest in the UK, according to its director.

Caroline Levesque-Bartlett Figures obtained under a freedom of information request have revealed that the number of people found not guilty of avoiding the TV license fee has risen to 20 per cent in Scotland over last year's figures.

A man accused of drugs-related offences who challenged the admissibility of “expert” evidence of a police officer whose report included content copied from the “Ask Frank” government-funded website has failed in an appeal. The Criminal Appeal Court upheld the sheriff’s decision to repel th

Four legal claims worth tens of thousands of pounds each arising out health care products for the treatment of urinary incontinence have been remitted to the Court of Session. A judge allowed the actions to be remitted from the sheriff court after ruling that “cause had been shown” as there was

The Law Society of Scotland has successfully petitioned the Court of Session to appoint a Judicial Factor over Paisley legal practice, Robertson and Ross Solicitors Limited. Morna Grandison, director of interventions at the Law Society, was appointed by the court as the interim Judicial Factor. As a

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Aileen Campbell New statistics released today show that in 2015 there were more drug-related deaths recorded than ever before, at 93, 15 per cent higher than in 2014 and more than double the figure for 2005 (336).

David Strang Fears over violence at Polmont Young Offenders Institution has limited social activities there according to a new report.

Improving information for clients will be vital in a more competitive legal market according to the Law Society of Scotland. In its response to the Competition & Markets Authority's Interim Report on the Legal Services Market, the Law Society has said that the legal services sector should be ful

Douglas Mill In his latest blog, Douglas Mill gives his opinion on the works of Richard Susskind.

Sheenagh Adams Work to complete the picture of who owns Scotland has been given a boost by the addition to the Land Registers of Scotland of the iconic General Register House on Edinburgh’s Princes Street.