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Ogilvie Construction has started construction work on new community custody units (CCU) in Dundee and Glasgow for the Scottish Prison Service (SPS).

Macdonald Henderson has advised Inspire Scotland, the Glasgow-based residential childcare group, on a £4.5 million refinancing and growth package. Inspire Scotland has agreed £4.5 million in refinance and growth funding with ThinCats, the alternative lender to mid-sized businesses.

A youth programme unique to Scotland has helped transform the lives of 106,000 young people in the past three years. The CashBack for Communities scheme reinvests seized criminal assets into community projects which support young people into positive destinations, diverting some away from potentiall

A reclaiming motion against the refusal of a petition for judicial review challenging the validity, purpose, conduct and decisions of a local authority ratings committee has been refused by the Inner House of the Court of Session. The petitioners and reclaimers, David Booth and H

The independent public inquiry into the death of Sheku Bayoh will be “thorough and fearless”, its chair has said. In a video statement to mark the opening of the inquiry, Lord Bracadale set out the background to the inquiry, its purpose, how it will be carried out and how people can keep

The Edinburgh Bar Association is to strike on St Andrew's Day next week, citing the failure of the Scottish government to take Scotland's legal aid situation seriously. On Monday 30 November, Edinburgh Sheriff Court will be open for custody business. Most staff will be paid an enhanced rate for work

The 75th anniversary of the start of the Nuremberg Trials evoked a memory of one of the most charismatic figures in the Faculty’s history – Lionel Daiches QC. In 1991, Mr Daiches’ stable held a dinner to mark his 80th birthday, and it was chaired by Kevin Drummond QC. As they sat t

Three men who were convicted of committing a breach of the peace after attending a Celtic FC game wearing T-shirts with IRA imagery have had their convictions quashed by the Sheriff Appeal Court (Criminal Division). Daniel Ward, Martin Macaulay and Ryan Walker argued that the she

Conservative MSP and former solicitor Murdo Fraser says his party will press the Lord Advocate on the unanswered questions and strange circumstances surrounding the malicious prosecution of people involved with Rangers. The latest twist in the ongoing scandal in connection with the prosecution

Baroness Helena Kennedy QC is to lead a working group on the possibility of creating a new offence of misogynistic harassment in Scots law. The working group was requested by women's organisations include Engender and Scottish Women’s Aid.

‘Old Corruption’ was the term given in Georgian times to the system of patronage and preference which saw government sinecures, pensions and contracts handed out to cronies and relations. Thank goodness it could not happen today. As we show below, Henry Dundas, who looks down upon Edinbu

The UK government must respect devolution and honour its commitment to replacing EU funds in full, ministers from Wales and Scotland have "demanded" today. Speaking ahead of the government’s spending review, Jeremy Miles and Kate Forbes expressed their frustration that "no practical arran

In part two of his reflection on the life of Henry Dundas, Chris Holme retells the episode that would be his undoing, see part one here. It was a banking scandal on an epic scale involving flagrant misuse of public funds and fearless investigators.

Solicitor advocate Robert More calls for the preservation of the not proven verdict and argues in favour of reforming Scotland's jury system. Last week I had my first experience of the virtual jury system which Lady Dorrian’s working party secured to ensure the continuation during lockdown of

LAR Housing Trust has announced the appointment of Philip Rodney as its new chair while three new trustees have joined the housing charity's board. Mr Rodney, a consultant, columnist and non-executive director was formerly chair of Burness Paull. He joined LAR’s board in April last y