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Lord Malcolm The Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) has clarified inaccurate media reports about the lack of availability of legal assistance in double jeopardy cases.

SNP MSP Christina McKelvie Fewer women are taking forward challenges to sexual discrimination in the workplace following the introduction of employment tribunal costs, an MSP has said.

New figures for the three month period between March and May 2015 have revealed that the housing market in East Central Scotland is shifting in favour of the seller as fewer new homes are brought to sale compared with the same period last year. According to estate agents ESPC, while the data shows a

Kavita Chetty, SHRC The Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has teamed up with the Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE) and NHS Health Scotland to launch a series of short films about human rights.

The Scottish Paralegal Association (SPA) monthly newsletter is available for download.

Law Society of Scotland staff hit the high street yesterday when they took over a charity shop in the heart of Edinburgh to raise money for the Nepal earthquake disaster. Six Society employees took over the Mary Portas Living and Giving shop for Save the Children after spending a month raising

The UK's Supreme Court saw a record 105,000 visitors in 2014/15, almost a third more than in 2013/14, according to an annual report. The Court's fifth Annual Report and Accounts was laid before Parliament yesterday.

A court has heard an unusual case in which a British man, with the approval of his infertile wife, conceived a baby with an African woman in Germany but with whom the couple subsequently fell out over the child's living arrangements. Mrs Justice Pauffley described the case as “quite extraordinary�

Sheriff Principal Craig Scott QC Tenants seeking to challenge court rulings granting eviction must have “cogent and compelling reasons” for suggesting that a sheriff’s judgement was wrong.

A man has been arrested for attempting to have sex with a horse – an act which caused him to break his leg. This is not the first time that Cirilo Castillo, 45, has been found doing this. He was discovered in a barn in Edinburg, Texas earlier this year.

A racehorse trainer who was severely injured when a horse fell and landed on him during an exercise session has had an action for damages refused. John McShane would have been awarded more than £270,000 in solatium, loss of earnings, including winnings, and future care and services had the defender

Chris Harte, chief executive at Morton Fraser Morton Fraser has "seen success on a number of fronts" over the past year, the firm said today as it announced its financial results for 2014/15.

From left: Douglas McLachlan, Murray McCall, Robert Carr, Paul Brown Anderson Strathern is reporting year-on-year growth for the first six months of its financial year.

Scotland has seen a 20 per cent increase in hate crimes against people with disabilities since 2013/14, according to Crown Office figures. However, the Crown Office report notes "a broad consensus that this type of crime continues to be underreported compared to other forms of hate crime".

Catriona Munro by Catriona Munro, partner in the EU competition and regulatory team at Maclay Murray & Spens LLP