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Graham Boyack looks at how mediation is faring in Scotland.

A woman given nearly £10 million after she split from her husband has had her maintenance brought to an end by senior judges, The Briefreports. Kim Waggott, 49, was told by appeal judges to get a job if she needs more money.

Kate Frame The Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) has found that a police officer was justified in using a PAVA spray to subdue a man who began to struggle during his arrest.

Charles Sandison A new law firm, Sandison Kennedy, has been launched in Aberdeen by Charles Sandison.

Tom Maclennan None of the creditors of failed law firm McClure Naismith are likely to receive the money they are owed, The Herald reports.

France has ratified Protocol No.16 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which allows the highest courts of the member states of the Council of Europe to request the court to give advisory opinions on questions of principle relating to the interpretation or application of the rights and freedo

An internal review of a police force has revealed that officers were recording intelligence on dead people. Irish Gardai were mistakenly logging details on their computer system, ironically called Pulse, including ‘sightings’ of homicide victims.

Brian Inkster The Scottish government’s plans for legislative reform of crofting have now been outlined by Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing.

A week to go, and only a few places remain for the Faculty of Advocates’ 11th World Intellectual Property Day Conference. The freeevent, from 11:30am to 2pm on Friday, 20 April, has the theme “Powering change: Women in innovation and creativity”.

Sarah Gilzean The EAT have overturned an employment tribunal's decision that a male suffered direct sex discrimination when his employer enhanced maternity pay but not shared parental pay, writes Sarah Gilzean.

Appeal judges have published their reasons for rejecting a challenge by the chairman of Rangers Football Club to a court order requiring him to make an offer for all the issued ordinary share capital of Rangers International Football Club Plc not already controlled by him. A judge had found in favou

A commemoration of World War Two resistance fighters has been overshadowed by a dispute over the participation of overweight people in the televised guard of honour. Organisers have been accused of discrimination for acting on complaints about the increasing size of people at the annual event in The

The High Court has ordered the UK government to hand over a suppressed Metropolitan Police file that recommended charges against a senior MI6 officer for his role in the illegal rendition and torture of opponents of Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi. The 400-page report was the result of a four-year i

Paul Hilton The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors(RICS) has released its March 2018 UK Residential Market Survey, revealing that there is a drop in new buyer enquiries and that average selling prices have remained flat.

A total of 11 questions will be referred to the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) on the validity under EU law of EU-US data transfers by Facebook, the Irish Examiner reports. The High Court agreed last October to a request from the Data Protection Commissioner to make the referral following a compl