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The Scottish Law Commission’s Annual Report 2014 has been published. The report outlines progress on the commission’s law reform work during 2014 and looks ahead to events during 2015 to mark the fiftieth year since the commission was set up.

The Law Society of Scotland has responded to growing use of gender neutral titles to include "Mx" among the option of titles available as part its registration process. Neil Stevenson, director of representation and support at the Law Society, said: “We work very hard to ensure that the society ad

House prices continued to rise in the third quarter of 2014-15, according to official statistics published today by Registers of Scotland (RoS). The average house price in Scotland in the third quarter was £165,197, up 3.4 per cent on the same period in 2013.

Lorna McGregor A Scottish human rights lawyer has been announced this week as one of two new commissioners to join the Equality and Human Rights Commission(EHRC).

The Scottish Police Authority (SPA) has published the findings and recommendations of its scrutiny inquiry into the public impacts of Police Scotland’s decision in 2013 to authorise its trained armed response vehicle officers to operate under a firearms standing authority. Among its key findings,

The Scottish government has offered its support to Liberty’s “common values” campaign. The campaign aims to broaden understanding and respect for human rights and counter the damaging myths and misunderstandings that have grown around it.

More funding is being made available for projects designed to tackle female offending in Scotland after justice secretary Michael Matheson today announced an additional £1.5 million would be made available. It follows the decision earlier this week that plans for a female prison at HMP Inverclyde w

The owners of a hotel in the Highlands are to take their fight to have the identities of anonymous reviewers revealed to the UK Supreme Court. Martin Clark and his wife Jacqui, owners of the Tigh Na Cheo guesthouse in Lochaber allege malicious reviews were posted on the website TripAdvisor.

Commenting on the Court of Session’s ruling in the "named person" judicial review, which rejected the petition on all counts, children’s minister Fiona McLeod (pictured), said: “This decision is good news for families in Scotland. "The ruling states that the policy does not contravene ECHR rig

The Scottish government has said a decision has not yet been made on the planned women’s prison in Greenock. The £75 million HMP Inverclyde has been widely opposed by campaigners and opposition parties who say the focus should be on reducing the number of women being put in prison.

Families Need Fathers Scotland, a family rights charity, has called on schools to adhere to legislation requiring them to involve both parents in the school life of a child. FNF Scotland said: "The Scottish Schools (Parental Involvement) Act 2006 spelled out the obligations of schools and education

Scottish police are being caught running red lights or speeding nearly nine times per month reports the Daily Record. 1,343 notices of intended prosecution were given to staff at Police Scotland since it was formed in April 2013.

Plans for a new women’s prison have been challenged by a prison reform charity. A tendering process has begun for the facility, which the Scottish government wants to build in Greenock, Inverclyde.

Scottish ministers have been warned by lawyers to be careful over moves to make it incumbent on social care and medical staff to disclose medical blunders to patients. The Scottish government is proposing a statutory “duty of candour” but the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has war

Pinsent Masons has announced this year’s partner promotions, with 23 lawyers set to join the firm’s global partnership. Glasgow-based Natalie Colaluca and Stuart Newlands and Edinburgh lawyer Kirstyn Gleeson are included in the 23-strong promoted group, while five Scotland-based lawyers