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The High Court in London has ordered that a judicial review of the benefit cap and its impact upon disabled people and their carers should proceed to a full hearing, and that this hearing must take place urgently. The secretary of state for work and pensions, Iain Duncan Smith (pictured), unsuccessf

A former chairman of the Children's Panel who sexually abused boys he met through the system has been given a 12 year jail sentence. In the High Court in Glasgow, Lord Matthews told Daniel Ross, 62, that he was was guilty of “very grave offences”.

Campaigners trying to overturn the election of Liberal Democrat MP for Orkney and Shetland, Alistair Carmichael, have lodged a petition at the Court of Session. Following Mr Carmichael's admission he was responsible for a memo suggesting that Nicola Sturgeon wanted David Cameron to be returned to of

An 82-year-old Florida man was arrested by police after claims he slashed a woman's tires because she was sitting in his seat at the bingo. Police charged Fred Smith with criminal mischief to a vehicle after he allegedly took an ice pick to the van of Ethel Britt.

Edinburgh Solicitors Property Centre (ESPC) has strengthened its marketing team with the appointment of a new PR and content executive. Caroline Young (pictured) brings almost 10 years’ experience of media and corporate communications experience working as an online journalist, press officer and c

Calum Liddle New research has suggested freedom of information laws are “past their sell-by date” because institutions either ignore them or claim the law does not apply to them.

The latest hedge feud resolved by the High Hedges (Scotland) Act 2013 takes us once again to Stirling where residents in the village of Buchlyvie near the city have won a thirty year battle against a 40-foot monolith and perennial offender – the leylandii. It is the second high-profile case dispat

Michael Matheson The Scottish government's plans to end automatic early release of prisoners may be further diluted after an MSP put forward an amendment to proposals which would see prisoners released when they have 12.5 per cent of their sentence remaining.

Raeburn Christie Clark & Wallace, has announced the retirement of partners, Verity Jenner and Keith Napier. Ms Jenner (pictured right) has enjoyed an impressive 38 years with the firm.

John Fotheringham The latest SLN Spotlight falls on bto's John Fotheringham. Described by Chambers UK as "a guru for child support cases", he has over 30 years' experience in these spheres, representing clients in the Court of Session and in the sheriff courts throughout Scotland.

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A Slovakian man wanted by authorities in his home country to serve a prison sentence for a “joy-riding” offence which occurred more than a decade ago will not be extradited. A sheriff ruled that it would be “oppressive” to return him given the passage of time since he committed the “relati

A woman who was ordered by a court to stop making “loud sex noises” has been jailed after she breached the order. Gemma Wale, from Birmingham, was handed a two-week sentence after a judge determined she had breached the order by "screaming and shouting whilst having sex" – thereby annoying her

Andrew Coulson, the former editor of the defunct tabloid the News of the World, has been acquitted of perjury by a judge at the High Court in Edinburgh. Mr Coulson, 47, the Prime Minister’s former director of communications, was accused of giving “false evidence” in the 2010 perjury trial of e

Morton Fraser has congratulated associate, Gail Watt and Rajini Sokhi of FES Ltd for winning the Campaigner Award at the Scottish Renewables Young Professionals in Green Energy Awards held in Glasgow on 28 May. Ms Watt and Ms Sokhi were presented with the award for founding the Women In Renewable En