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A man accused of rape who was seeking to question the complainer about a previous consensual sexual encounter he had with her in order to elicit evidence supporting his special defence of consent has had his appeal refused. The Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary upheld the decision of a pr

Pictured above on Aberdeen University's graduation day yesterday are Finn O'Neill, Emma Wills, Martin Ewan (senior vice-president of the @SocOfAdvocates) and Sophie Hofford. The student trio won prizes sponsored by the Society of Advocates in Aberdeen for their dissertations.

Dentons has appointed Roddy Harrison as partner in the firm's private client and charities team within the UK tax department. Mr Harrison joins from BTO Solicitors where he headed the private client practice and was a partner for over 15 years. He will be working across all Dentons’ offic

Under 18s will face new barriers to buying knives online, following the introduction of the Offensive Weapons Bill. The bill will mean online retailers cannot sell knives online without "rigorous" age-verification, and will no longer be able to deliver knives to residential addresses or drop-off poi

The first steps are being taken to create a public register of people who ultimately make decisions about how land is used and managed. The Scottish government is publishing proposals that will, if agreed, reveal for the first time the controlling interests of land owned by trusts and overseas compa

A Dundee University LLB student will graduate with a First today after overcoming years of adversity – which threatened her dream of studying law. Katherine Wade always dreamed of being a lawyer, but when she was 13 years-old she was diagnosed with severe epilepsy and had to take a year o

A lawmaker in Russia has called for "mockery" of the national football team to be banned as players are “fighting for the honour of our country”. Vitaly Milonov said players and their coach should be considered like “our diplomats, our army” during the World Cup.

The UK formally ratified the Lanzarote Convention on protecting children against sexual violence in Strasbourg yesterday. The convention will enter into force in the UK on 1 October. The convention is a legally-binding treaty which obliges countries to take a range of steps to help prevent sexual vi

Finding Your Feet, which runs clubs all over the country for people who have lost limbs or were born with a limb difference, will run a new monthly climbing group at the Edinburgh International Climbing Arena, which boasts the largest indoor climbing wall in the world.    The move has been

Luxury French shoe designer, Christian Louboutin, appears to be close to winning a five-year legal battle to enforce the trade mark of his brand’s distinctive red soles. Last week, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), ruled in favour of the designer after he sought to prevent Dut

A man who was found guilty of sexually abusing his step-daughter and her cousin over a number of years starting when they were only eight years old has been ordered to pay them damages totalling £200,000. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that both pursuers, who also claimed that they were

Former Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill has called for cannabis use to be legalised. Writing in today's Scotsman, Mr MacAskill welcomed the UK government's decision to allow medicinal cannabis treatment for Billy Caldwell, an epileptic boy whose supply was recently confiscated at Heathrow Airport b

Tech giant Apple has been fined $9 million by a federal court for telling iPad and iPhone users it could not fix their devices because they had previously been repaired by third party companies. The lawsuit was brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) after it received co

North east lawyer Iain Considine has announced he will be stepping down from his role as a senior partner at  Aberdein Considine and will now become a consultant at the firm.

Lindsays’ private client team in Dundee has welcomed Kirsty Preston, who has recently joined the firm as a senior solicitor. Ms Preston deals with a wide variety of private client matters including the administration of executries and trusts as well as the drafting of wills and powers of attor