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Three Scottish tech businesses have been named on a select list of companies from across Europe to win a place on the AG Elevate tech mentoring scheme run by Addleshaw Goddard. Innovative Chemical manufacturing business CataNiTek, vehicle rental and hire system Coastr, and Frontier Robotics –

The Scottish Law Commission has published a discussion paper reviewing the civil remedies available for domestic abuse in Scotland and seeks views on a proposed delict of domestic abuse. Sixty-one per cent of the incidents of domestic abuse recorded in 2022 to 2023 did not involve criminal conduct.

A new video commissioned by the Scottish Sentencing Council offers insights into prison sentencing in Scotland. The short film features people who have knowledge of the prison system from a variety of perspectives, and opens with the powerful story of victims expert and council member, Lynn Burns, t

Scottish Information Commissioner David Hamilton attended a conference in Ukraine last week to develop a framework to balance information and security concerns for countries operating under martial law.  The commissioner responded to concerns of non-compliance by Ukrainian public authorities by

Scottish Lesbians, joined by The Lesbian Project, LGB Alliance and members of Lesbian Labour, have been granted permission to submit a written intervention in the forthcoming Supreme Court appeal brought by For Women Scotland on the Gender Recognition Act and its interplay with the Equality Act.&nb

Plans to boost the use of Scots and Gaelic in traditional areas have passed stage one at Holyrood. MSPs have voted for the general principles of the Scottish Languages Bill.

Acre, a mortgage intermediaries platform, is launching a Scottish conveyancing panel with Smoove. The collaboration between Acre and conveyancing platform Smoove will give brokers and homeowners access to a panel of 10 firms.

The Scottish Land Commission has highlighted the opportunity to further develop crofting as a key component of Scotland’s land reform programme. Welcoming a consultation which proposes updates to the Crofting Act, the commission emphasised crofting’s vital role in "diversifying land owne

House prices in Scotland's island regions have outpaced those in the rest of the country, with a 30 per cent increase to £182,000 since 2018, according to Registers of Scotland.

An Employment Tribunal sitting in Glasgow has rejected an application to strike out an employer’s response to a race discrimination claim on the basis that an English lawyer was not capable of appearing before a Scottish Tribunal. The claimant, Mr R Rohatgi, argued that his employer had acted

Company insolvencies in June have fallen year-on-year by four per cent to 109. The figure comprised 60 CVLs, 43 compulsory liquidations and six administrations. There were no CVAs and no receivership appointments.

The Scottish government has ruled out review or reform of the fatal accident inquiry (FAI) system. Justice Secretary Angela Constance told Lib Dem MSP Willie Rennie by letter that the government has "every confidence in the system that is in place for FAIs".

Scotland had a prisoner suicide far above the European average in 2022, the Council of Europe annual penal statistics show. In 2022 Scotland reported a suicide rate of 18.9 per 10,000 inmates; this compares to 9.3 suicides per 10,000 inmates in England & Wales and a European median rate of 5.3 &

An appeal by Scottish Power against a decision to award damages to the widow and other family of a former employee who died of mesothelioma in 2018 has been refused by the Inner House of the Court of Session. Elaine Crozier and other family of the late Robert Crozier successfully obtained a remedy o

The Scottish Land Commission has published its response to the Call for Views on the Land Reform Bill issued by the Scottish Parliament’s Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee. Michael Russell, chair of the Scottish Land Commission, said: “We welcome the Land Reform Bill, introduced b