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The Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee is seeking information on the Scottish government’s spending in relation to prisons and alternatives to custody, as part of its wider review of budgets in the justice portfolio. It is gathering this information before it considers the governmen

A Hebridean crofting couple who raised an action for damages after a neighbours’ bull strayed onto their land and impregnated their pedigree cow have had their claim dismissed. Bernard and Kathleen Allen, from Great Bernera on Lewis, went to court to pursue a reported £20,000 i

The Scottish Women’s Rights Centre (SWRC) has today launched a new specialist legal service to provide legal information, advice and representation to women who have experienced sexual harassment at work, in further education or online. This is a unique service in Scotland made possible by fun

This year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe will see staff at Edinburgh Law School take to the stage and Old College become one of the city's hundreds of venues. For the second year in a row, Dr Smita Kheria, senior lecturer in intellectual property law, will perform her show No copyright, no problem? as

It is with great sadness that we report the death of Professor Tom Campbell who passed away on Saturday at the age of 81 in Canberra, Australia. Tom was one of the University of Glasgow’s most distinguished graduates and also one of its most distinguished professors. He took his first degree a

A councillor suspended for making inappropriate remarks to a man seeking to renew his taxi licence has had his appeal against suspension refused by a court, in a case providing that when acting in a quasi-judicial capacity the enhanced protection afforded politicians to make political comment, under

Rodney Whyte, partner and specialist in residential land development at Pinsent Masons, looks at how Scots law is holding back "later living" developments. There are almost 12 million people aged 65 and above in the UK, and that demographic is forecast to grow by an additional 8.6 million people ove

A woman who appealed the granting of a contact order on the grounds that the sheriff had not ascribed appropriate weight to child evidence in light of expert evidence has had her appeal refused. The Sheriff Appeal Court, sitting in Edinburgh, heard an appeal by CM, the defender at first in

House prices across Scotland continue to grow, with respondents to the monthly RICS Residential Market Survey expecting further price rises for the year ahead. Unlike the majority of the UK, which has seen house price growth subdue following the new government bedding in, respondents to the July 201

The number of self-harm incidents and attempted suicides recorded in prisons during the first seven months of 2019 has already far exceeded the figures for the whole of 2018. Figures acquired through freedom of information requests by the Evening Express and Scottish Liberal Democrats also show

Burness Paull has reported a rise in turnover for its financial year ending 31 July 2019, posting an annual income of £58.5 million – up two per cent from £57.6m in 2017/18. Profit at the firm was £22m, down eight per cent from £23.8m. Burness Paull chair Peter Lawson s

The latest statistics from the UK government's House Price Index (HPI) show that the average price of a property in Scotland in June 2019 was £151,891 – an increase of 1.3 per cent on June in the previous year. Comparing with the previous month, house prices in Scotland rose by 0.7 per c

The ‘Brexit means Brexit’ refrain from those supporting the UK’s departure from the European Union has become rather well-worn – especially when those that state this are seemingly prepared to overlook a more important point: the law is the law, writes Elaine Motion. On 6 Sep

The steps needed to bring land back into productive use and prevent future sites from being abandoned have been published in a new report. The Vacant and Derelict Land Taskforce, set up last year by the Scottish Land Commission and SEPA, has today published a statement of intent and the measures req

Shelter Scotland is preparing to take Glasgow City Council to court unless it ends the practice of "unlawfully" denying homeless people temporary accommodation. The charity has outlined its intention to seek a judicial review in a solicitor's letter delivered today. The letter was hand-delivered by