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Lord Carloway The Lord Justice General will chair a review of the practice and procedure relating to “compatibility issues” arising in criminal proceedings in Scotland and appeals to the UK Supreme Court.

The Court of Session has confirmed legal action can go ahead determining whether the UK can unilaterally halt the Brexit process if voters deem the final deal unacceptable. The UK government has 21 days to respond to the petition, served on it by a group of MPs, MEPs and MSPs from four parties, excl

James Wolffe QC Plans to axe up to 200 staff at the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) have been reversed following a boost in public funding.

A 27-year-old who carried out a campaign of harassment against a number of women has been sentenced to 22 months in prison, made the subject of a non-harassment order and placed on the sex offenders register. Adele Rennie, a former nurse, has admitted using a host of invented aliases to carry out a

Neil Mackenzie The Faculty of Advocates has appointed a new director of training and education, Neil Mackenzie, who becomes the sixth member to hold the post.

Pictured: Olivia Laird, Morgan Forbes, Roman Burke, Anique Burke, Zosia Kuczok and Finlay McConnachie

Two crofters are seeking compensation after one of their Highland cows was allegedly impregnated by a neighbour’s bull. Bernard and Kathleen Allen, from the Isle of Lewis, claim that the Belted Galloway bull was found a number of times on land where there livestock was kept, the BBC reports.

David Lidington The UK government is planning to scrap in part the ban on prisoner voting, 12 years after a judgment from the European Court of Human Rights ruled it was unlawful.

David Rennie Stronachs LLP is once again sponsoring a category at the Aberdeen’s Sports Awards, in recognition of young volunteers working to make their communities better.

Lord Keen of Elie QC A major campaign to promote the UK's legal services internationally will also benefit Scotland, the Advocate General, Lord Keen of Elie QC, has said.

A 43-year-old man has been sentenced to life imprisonment and told he must serve a minimum of 23 years in jail for murder and culpable homicide. The High Court in Edinburgh heard that in the early hours of 26 February 2017 Robert Stratton stabbed and killed cousins Julie McCash and David Sorrie foll

The family of a man who died in hospital after being admitted to the accident and emergency department have failed in their claim for damages despite the health board accepting that its staff were “negligent”. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that notwithstanding the fact that hospital staf

David Rennie Stronachs LLP is moving its Aberdeen headquarters to larger office facilities to bring all its services under one roof.

Thirteen members of the Faculty of Advocates have been approved by Her Majesty The Queen for “the rank and dignity of Queen’s Counsel”. The list announced by the Scottish government includes James Findlay, who achieves the distinction of taking silk on both sides of the border.

A joint probe has been launched into a court official who ‘butt-dialled’ a reporter before admitting “I barely show up to work”. David Bookstaver, 58, was fired from his $166,000-a-year role in the Office of Court Administration after the New York Post reported that he revealed the informati