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Neil Morrison  

A home carer who was injured after she slipped and fell in icy conditions en route to a client has won her appeal to the Supreme Court based on the admissibility of the evidence of an expert witness and whether the respondents had been in breach of their statutory duties or negligent. Lord Reed and

Carole Ewart The Jimmy Reid Foundation has published a new policy paper on why Scotland must do better to respect, protect and fulfil human rights across devolved functions.

Joe FitzPatrick The Scottish government has been lambasted over a change to lobbying legislation which would create a loophole allowing dozens of organisations to avoid reporting lobbying activity.

Patricia Comiskey

The Scottish Legal News Annual Review 2016 is now being delivered across Scotland. The full colour magazine features core updates in criminal, public, employment, commercial, property, family and human rights law. A digital version of the Review can be downloaded by clicking on the banner. In this y

Lord Pentland The Scottish Law Commission today published a discussion paper on defamation law. The project emerged from modernisation of the law in England and Wales in 2013, where changes were made to tackle “libel tourism”; claims being brought in the English courts on the back of minimal pub

Alistair Drummond A recent judgment is a harsh reminder for tenants, say Alistair Drummond and Gavin Deeprose.

SLN assistant editor Kapil Summan visited Parliament Hall in Edinburgh to hear former Supreme Court Judicial Assistants (JAs) give their first ever talk in the UK about their roles at an event held by the Scottish Young Lawyers’ Association (SYLA) and kindly hosted by the Society of Solic

The Eurodevils with, left, Peter Sellar, and, right, Charles Mullin of the European Lawyers Association.

Richard Lloyd A company that made over 2.5 million nuisance calls has been handed a £50,000 fine.

Linda Fabiani (left) and Christine Grahame

The significance of whether to remain in or leave the European Union "cannot be understated", according to a Law Society of Scotland discussion paper. The Referendum on EU Membership discussion paper aims to help inform solicitors and their clients by exploring the process for leaving the EU, the im

The Justice Minister Michael Matheson has said the events which unfolded at the Scottish Cup final at the weekend “underline” that it is essential to keep the current ban on alcohol at football grounds. His comments came after Police Scotland revealed that they made 14 arrests linked with the g

Andrew Stewart QC has been installed as a Senator of the College of Justice, taking his place on the bench with the judicial title Lord Ericht. The Lord Justice Clerk, Lady Dorrian, presided over the ceremony in the First Division courtroom in Parliament House today.