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Former judge Lord Uist calls on politicians to respect the separation of powers in dealing with the victims of the Horizon scandal.

Vaunted legislation incorporating UNCRC into Scots law falls short of expectations, writes Professor Elaine E Sutherland. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024 is something of a disappointment in the light of the ambitious plans that preceded it

Clyde & Co welcomed more than 240 clients and colleagues to its annual Burns Supper last night to commemorate the national poet of Scotland.

Plans to ban single use vapes and raise the tobacco age of sale so that no one born on or after 1 January 2009 can ever legally be sold tobacco in Scotland have been published. Ministers have agreed to take forward the recommendations following a consultation on ‘Creating a Smokefree Generatio

Burges Salmon has appointed Mairi Carlin to its pensions and lifetime savings practice.

A successful domestic abuse pilot where evidence is shared and agreed prior to a trial diet being assigned has been extended to Glasgow Sheriff Court.

David J Black recalls a bygone era in Demarco’s Edinburgh.

Thorntons has posted profits of £9.2 million and turnover of £37.8m, for the financial year ending 31 May 2023. Profits are 9.1 per cent (£0.9m) down from last year, after a seven-figure IT investment and staff benchmarking exercise. Turnover is up 8.2 per cent (£2.86m)

Gilson Gray is bolstering its footprint in Dundee and Angus, following the takeover of Bowmans Solicitors. The firm will also now double its space at 2 West Marketgait in the city centre, taking on another floor of the building, as well as gaining an additional office in Forfar. A team of 11, includ

A national hub is to be created to support women out of prostitution. A pilot of the hub will begin in summer followed by a phased national roll out. The hub will bring together specialist services which support women "affected by commercial sexual exploitation" (CSE) – linking them more close

A decision to give prison officers immunity from prosecution over one of Scotland's most high-profile custody deaths was "incorrect", new documents seen by the BBC show. Allan Marshall, 30, died in March 2015 at HMP Edinburgh after being restrained.

Changes to what constitutes a high-net-worth individual (HNWI) are likely to have the unintended consequence of negatively impacting on women investors and women-founded businesses in Scotland, investment specialists have said. From 31 January 2024, new regulations under the Financial Promotions Ord

Members of the profession and others will be saddened to learn of the death on 2 February of Professor Philip Love, who was formerly the professor of conveyancing and professional practice of law at the University of Aberdeen and latterly, vice-chancellor of the University of Liverpool.

This year’s Macfadyen Lecture is to be given by Dame Siobhan Keegan, Lady Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, on Thursday 18 April. Her subject will be evaluating the expert witness in the modern legal landscape.

A judgment of the European Court of Human Rights this month found that the Slovak justice system had taken too long to enforce an order for contact between a mother and her son and had breached their rights in terms of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The mother who brought the