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Scottish landowners will have to accept "the public responsibilities that come with that ownership" following the introduction of new land reform legislation. Land reform minister Aileen McLeod (pictured) pledged to end "the stop start nature of historic land reform" as she published new draft legis

Kath Murray Police stop and search figures are dropping in Scotland but the practice remains far more common than it is south of the border, research shows.

Some of the Scottish Law Commission's proposed reforms to succession have been introduced to the Parliament in a Scottish government bill. The Succession (Scotland) Bill would see a spouse or civil partner who is named as beneficiary or appointed executor in a will treated as having predeceased the

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Scottish Water has reappointed CMS Cameron McKenna and DLA Piper to their commercial legal team following a public procurement exercise. The publicly-owned water company has also appointed BLM and Anderson Strathern for litigation advice, and Lindsays and Anderson Strathern for conveyancing.

Deputy first minister John Swinney MSP The Scottish Government has thrown its weight behind calls for more powers to be included in the new devolution legislation working its way through Parliament.

The Scottish Government has published plans to make people in Scotland "safer, secure and cyber aware". A Cyber Resilience Strategy for Scotland: Safe, Secure and Prosperous Online sets out the government's approach to online security and seeks to gather views on "what we can all do to become more i

Professor Alan Miller The Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has achieved the top grade of accreditation, for the second time, from the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions.

Lord Gill Today the Scottish Civil Justice Council (SCJC) published its Annual Report for 2014/15 and Annual Programme for 2015/16.

Scottish house prices have risen at their highest annual rate for eight years, according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics. The ONS said average prices climbed by 14.6 per cent over the year to March, to hit £207,000, the largest increase since 2007.

Property owners and businesses are being asked their views on plans to introduce water, drainage and sewerage charges for owners of empty business properties. At the moment, owners of these empty properties pay no water, sewerage or drainage charges and the cost of service provision is met by other

The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association has added three further events in late Spring to its ongoing programme of educational events. Beyond the Basics: Instructing Advocates takes place in Edinburgh on Tuesday 12 May with a special focus on the instruction of counsel after the Court Reform (Scotlan

The University of Edinburgh Law School has been ranked as one of the world’s top 30 in the 2015 QS World University Rankings. Edinburgh climbed five places in the law rankings, from 32 to 27, and is one of only six UK universities to make the top 30.