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Scottish spending on legal aid fell by more than eight per cent to a total of £124.4 million last year, the Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) has said. The fall in spending is linked to a lack of demand rather than a reduction in funding or the level of fees, but still paints a challenging pictu

Tommy Sheridan is entitled to interest on the £200,000 damages he was awarded following his successful defamation action against the publishers of the News of the World, at the judicial rate of 8% per year from the date of the jury’s verdict in 2006 until the principal sum was paid in 20

John Forsyth writes... I was interested by the your recent piece on Peterhead Prison and its mention of the legendary safe-cracker Johnny Ramensky who, among other things, was the last man to be shackled in a Scottish prison.

A Chinese company has been criticised for allegedly fining employees who don't walk 180,000 steps per month. The unnamed real estate firm in Guangzhou fines employees 0.01 yuan (around 0.1p) for every step short of the target.

Nigel and Nicholas Scullion of Scullion LAW took part in Social Bite's ‘Sleep in the Park’ in Glasgow on 8 December, raising £1,900 for the charity, which aims to end homelessness in Scotland. The pair joined hundreds of others in Kelvingrove Park to raise awareness

Colin Hulme comments on what new intellectual property data reveals. A recent report by the UK Intellectual Property Office confirms what we have already known: that designs are a key part of our economy in the UK. The report discloses that as of 2015, the UK design economy was worth six per cent of

Section 17 of the Scottish ‘Brexit Bill’ – which requires Scottish Ministers’ consent to certain subordinate legislation – is ultra vires of the Scotland Act, which it would modify, though the bill is not entirely outwith the Scottish Parliament's legislative competence

Law firms In the law firms league table, Livingstone Brown Solicitors once again came out on top, though its fees slipped by eight per cent. The figure for 2017-18 was £1,762,000, down on the previous year's £1,924,000.

Australia has introduced sweeping new data laws without amendment or opposition, despite warnings from lawyers and civil liberties experts that the rushed legislation could have unintended consequences and overreach. The Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Act

Dame Elish Angiolini DBE QC today issued a call for evidence on the subject of police complaints. Dame Elish’s Independent Review is scrutinising the arrangements in Scotland for complaints handling, investigations and misconduct in relation to policing.

A comedian refused to perform at a charity gig on campus after being asked to sign a contract stipulating topics he was prohibited from making offensive jokes on, including race, sex and sexual orientation. Konstantin Kisin was presented with the "behavioural agreement form" alongside an invitation

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has welcomed the Court of Session decision in Gordon Neave v SLCC refusing leave to appeal. The complainer was appealing against the SLCC’s decision that his complaint was time barred.

The body which represents rank and file police officers has told MSPs that Scotland needs up to 900 more officers to deal with Brexit. The Scottish Police Federation (SPF) warned Holyrood that without more funds from the Scottish government, leaving the EU could result in a “catastrophic impac

The lawyer who said he would "take a bullet" for Donald Trump has been jailed for three years after being found guilty of lying to Congress and enabling illegal payments to women who had allegedly had affairs with the US president. Michael Cohen, 52, told the court he undertook the crimes becau

A Scot wanted by the FBI over an alleged shares scam has successfully challenged a decision by the UK Government to delay the introduction of a possible defence to his extradition to the USA. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that the UK Government was acting “unlawfull