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Police are searching for thieves who stole a whole vineyard of grapes. The thieves made off with their grape haul by "running a professional harvesting machine over the entire vineyard", police in southern Germany told the Rheinpfalz newspaper.

The Scottish Legal Action Group (SCOLAG) today adds its voice to the campaign for an independent public inquiry into undercover policing in Scotland. Media reporting south of the border has found evidence of gross malpractice by undercover police officers. These include allegations of:

Thompsons Solicitors has begun legal action against the Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent De Paul on behalf of clients who said they suffered abuse at the hands of the religious order.  At the end of last week, the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry published its interim report into the abuse suffe

It has recently been announced that solicitor Frances Rooney has moved on from Harper Macleod, where she was head of land registration. Ms Rooney has been a prolific speaker and author on all matters of property law and land registration, with over 50 CPD events and written works to her name, i

With high street trading continuing to falter, the question of whether a landlord can oblige a tenant to continue trading has once again come back into focus. Here, Jennifer Guy reviews what a keep open clause is, the potential remedies of a breach available to a landlord and the points to consider

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have called for the expansion of throughcare after it was revealed that thousands of people leaving prison have nowhere to live and are having to register with councils as homeless. In the last two years, local authorities received 3,814 homeless applications from peop

Scotland's former police chief, Philip Gormley, who resigned amid bullying allegations, has been appointed an inspector of constabulary – a role in which he will oversee the performance of a number of forces in England. He resigned as chief constable in February while he was under investi

With a bill introduced to the Scottish Parliament to reduce the general speed limit from 30mph to 20mph, Louise Gallagher looks at the legal implications of this and other attempts to protect or benefit “vulnerable road users”. Drive through the centre of any major Scottish city or town

HMP Barlinnie is to be closed down and replaced with a new jail, the Sunday Mail reports. Reports state that the Scottish Prison Service has identified three sites as potential new homes for the successor prison and that all that is now required is a final decision from the Scottish government.

Via Judicial Office: Lady Justice Nicola Davies sworn in [...] as the first Welsh woman to be a Court of Appeal Judge. She was the first Welsh woman QC and the first Welsh woman High Court Judge.

A man whose wife made a false rape allegation against him and moved away with their children has been granted a divorce and a contact order in a case in which the sheriff found the children's negative views of their father were not independently formed and that the mother's witnesses,

A man has been hospitalised after he allegedly tried to steal a diamond ring – by swallowing it. Ian Campbell, 54, from Northern Ireland is accused of gulping down the £30,000 gem in a jewellery shop after he initially tried to leave with it clenched in his fist.

TLT has acquired Glasgow-based commercial real estate firm Leslie Wolfson & Co. The deal adds three partners to TLT in Scotland: senior partner Howard Beach who advises on a wide range of commercial real estate work including investment purchases, sales, leasing and bank

Miller Hendry has welcomed two newly graduated trainee solicitors, as it continues to expand and strengthen its team in its Dundee and Perth offices. Edinburgh University law graduate Adam Hoggan has joined Miller Hendry's Dundee office after finishing his studies over the summer.