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Professor Cyrus Tata The Lord Justice Clerk, Lady Dorrian, will be among the speakers at a European conference tackling the use of imprisonment from today.

Paul Marshall Paul Marshall highlights a new offence expanding corporate criminal liability and explains what tax advisers can do to show they are taking preventative measures against evasion.

James Wolffe QC The Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC, has said corroboration could yet be scrapped.

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) does have the power to re-categorise certain complaints which it had previously classified as “hybrid” complaints involving both a lawyer’s conduct and the services provided. By a majority of two-to-one, judges in the Inner House of the Court of

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has welcomed the Court of Session ruling upholding the approach the commission had taken to deal with complaints formerly categorised as “hybrid”. The SLCC said it was pleased that all three judges recognised the "key issue", that cases could not h

Michael Matheson Support for victims of human trafficking will be doubled to at least 90 days, the Justice Secretary has announced.

Tackling negative perceptions of this scheme are vital, says Charlene Mclaughlan from DLA Piper. As a procurement model, public-private partnership (PPP) continues to come under fire from some politicians and members of the general public. However, we only tend to hear about PPP projects when they g

Pictured (L-R): Lord Hodge, Lord Neuberger, Gordon Jackson QC, Lady Hale and Lord Reed (Photo by Phoebe Grigor) Justices of the Supreme Court took time out on their working visit to Edinburgh to enjoy some hospitality from the Faculty of Advocates.

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The Faculty of Advocates favours the law on penalty clauses remaining unchanged while a key Supreme Court judgment is given time to “bed in”. Penalty clauses are under scrutiny by the Scottish Law Commission (SLC) as part of its review of contract law.

John Swinney Public bodies and other organisations are to have a duty to consider if the sharing of information will promote, support or safeguard the wellbeing of a child or young person.

James Wolffe QC The UK’s first heroin “shooting gallery”, in Glasgow, is to seek immunity from prosecution ahead of its opening, The Herald reports.

The Lord Advocate’s appeal to the Supreme Court that the Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary determined a devolution issue in a case involving the extradition of a man convicted of crimes in Taiwan has been unanimously allowed by justices in the Supreme Court who also found that the Appea