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Channel 5 has been ordered by a court to pay a couple £10,000 after it broadcast their eviction. Shakar Ali, 52, and his wife Shaida Aslam, 49, from Barking in East London, were filmed on the TV show Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away after they fell into rent arrears.

A man who was jailed two charges of tax fraud has been told he will have to repay the money. Iain Wilson, 61, was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment in January after he was found guilty of income tax and National Insurance fraud.

Law students in Ghana have mounted a protest after the vast majority of students failed their professional exams. According to figures from Ghana School of Law, only 91 students out of 474 candidates (19 per cent) succeded in their final exams.

Liam McArthur A Holyrood committee has outlined a number of significant outstanding concerns about the performance of some of the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) board members.

Michael Matheson New electronic monitoring technologies intended to better protect victims of crime form part of the Management of Offenders Bill published today.

Heather McKendrick The Lawscot Foundation won the silver award in the ‘Most Innovative Development by an Association’ category in the 2018 European Association Awards on Friday.

House prices in Edinburgh and Glasgow are predicted to rise by 22 per cent and 17 per cent respectively in the coming five years, according to figures from property consultancy JLL. Growth of 10 per cent is expected across Scotland – lower than the forecast of 12 per cent for the UK as whole.

Scottish Legal News is revamping its www.scottishlegal.com website and we are keen to hear your suggestions. The website is the premier source for news and jobs in Scotland's dynamic legal sector and hosts an impressive archive of case reports.

One of the many areas of law in Scotland which will be significantly affected by “Brexit” is environmental law. That topic will be one of the questions which will be examined by a “Brexit Update” seminar, which is being held in Edinburgh on the morning of Monday, 26 March. Dr Annalisa Savare

Tracey Singlehurst-Ward More small businesses are bringing claims to the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC), according to a new report.

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has set out a revised approach to improve transparency standards for clients of the bar.

Jodi Gordon

A free seminar, aimed at current or prospective owners of historic buildings, will be held in Perth next month. Perthshire Solicitors Property Centre (PSPC) is organising a ‘Property Repair Seminar’ to help people care for their historic home, and to raise awareness of the potential pitfalls and

The number of potential human trafficking victims identified and given help in Scotland has risen over the last year. There were 213 referrals to Police Scotland in 2017, a 42 per cent increase from 2016. The greatest increase was in labour exploitation referrals, and over half of reports referred t