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John Swinney The Scottish government has published draft legislation which would give a statutory footing to the Scottish Fiscal Commission and marks an “important milestone” on the journey to further fiscal devolution.

David McKie German car manufacturer Volkswagen may be forced to compensate motorists if they bought cars affected by the the rigged emissions tests scandal.

Michael Matheson A consultation on strengthening the presumption against short periods of imprisonment has been launched by theScottish government.

John Nimmo UK corporate law firm Nimmo WS has signed a deal with Manhattan law firm Rooney PC to create Rooney Nimmo, a joint legal venture with offices in Edinburgh, New York and London.

Scottish Legal Training has rescheduled its Criminal Masterclass and Personal Injury events to January 23 and January 24 respectively.

A Scottish law firm has been shortlisted for a national award for its work on a campaign which capitalised on opportunities to market property ahead of the changes in stamp duty tax.

Deputy First Minister John Swinney (pictured) has called for dialogue with the UK government over theScotland Bill and a fair fiscal framework for Scotland. Mr Swinney said yesterday that he has "no hesitation" to refuse to recommend a bill that "did not properly allow us to address our own prioriti

The Scottish Arbitration Centre's Arbitrator Training Day - Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010: Five Years On - will be taking place next week on Thursday 24 September 2015.

Faculty secretary Amanda Wilson Over 160 tickets have already been sold for this Friday's annual dinner dance of the Dundee Faculty of Procurators and Solicitors.

The Scottish government has announced an extra £1.85 million is to be invested in providing additional support for victims of sex crimes across Scotland. The funding represents a near doubling of funding for Scotland’s 14 rape crisis centres between 2016 and 2018 and comes in the same week latest

Martin Fotheringham The Scottish government has been asked to reconsider a key election pledge to maintain an extra 1,000 police officers in order to relieve financial pressure on Police Scotland.

Second Quarter house purchase lending in Scotland saw a 39 per cent quarter-on-quarter rise as increases were recorded in both the number of loans made and the amount borrowed. According to the latest data from theCouncil of Mortgage Lenders, while the year-on-year comparison for Q2 was less substan

Anthony Kinahan, Secretary, The Scottish Council of Law Reporting, writes: Readers of Scottish Legal News may be interested to learn of some work by the Scottish Council of Law Reporting to make important historic (but still cited) Scottish law reports available as widely as possible. As a result BA

Campaigners in Scotland have raised over £15,000 after appealing for donations to cover an English shoplifter's court fine. An online fundraiser created by Stuart Campbell, editor of Wings Over Scotland, asked readers to contribute towards the "fine and court costs" of shoplifter Louisa Sewell, who

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon The Scottish government has confirmed that it will not seek a posthumous royal pardon for a man campaigners say was wrongfully hanged over 250 years ago.