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The Scottish Parliament’s Presiding Officer will lead a delegation of MSPs visiting the Swedish Parliament this week as part of an ongoing commitment to parliamentary reform and learning from other legislatures.

A decision issued last week by the Court of Session in Edinburgh concerning business rates continues a recent trend in which the courts have often upheld arrangements under which full business rates are mitigated through the use of occupational arrangements not seen prior to rates relief being pared

School officials have come under fire for making pupils wear cardboard boxes on their heads while they sit exams – in order to stop them from cheating. Children sitting a chemistry paper at Bhagat Pre-University College in the Indian state of Karnataka were made to wear the boxes, with holes i

Gillespie Macandrew has appointed Karen Wooton as legal director in its Glasgow office. Ms Wooton has 18 years’ experience in the private client and tax sector and will lead this arm of the firm’s business in the west of Scotland.

A lawyer is being sought to join the board of a charity which helps ex-offenders find employment, as part of the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit. The unit adopts a public health approach, with the message that: “Violence is preventable – not inevitable”.

Scottish company Murgitroyd Group has been acquired for £62.8 million by Sovereign Capital Partners LLP. The firm has been bought by Project Petra Bidco, a newly-incorporated entity indirectly controlled by funds managed by Sovereign Capital Partners, at 675p a share.

The prosecutor who took on campaigners opposed to the Skye Bridge tolls says the stress of the case caused him to have a nervous breakdown.

The Court of Session has delayed a decision on whether the Prime Minister has complied with a law that compels him to seek a Brexit extension. Boris Johnson sent an unsigned letter to Brussels requesting a delay, accompanied by a signed letter saying he thought that doing so would be a mistake.

The Edinburgh Tax Network, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, Chartered Institute of Taxation and Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, with support from Terra Firma Chambers, will present a Joint Seminar and Discussion on 24th October on the subject of ‘Exiting from Private

Removing the not proven verdict from Scots law as it stands will increase the likelihood of miscarriages of justice, an academic has warned. Speaking to Scottish Legal News, David Lorimer, a PhD candidate at Aberdeen University who applies a quantitatively analytical approach to criminal law, said t

Scottish agriculture charity RSABI raised over £50,000 at its annual Great Glen Challenge event with support from law firm Ledingham Chalmers. The popular event has raised over £350,000 in recent years with support from over 500 rural competitors, representing over 130 company teams sinc

Glasgow firm Macdonald Henderson recently advised East Kilbride-based pharmaceutical wholesaler Target Healthcare Group on a seven-figure funding package from HSBC UK. The firm is using the funding package, led by HSBC relationship director Grant Bett, to boost its domestic and international busines

Professionals working with young offenders are struggling to identify the impact of childhood bereavement because information is not routinely recorded or shared, a new report has found. The new report from the Centre for Youth & Criminal Justice (CYCJ) sets out the findings of a small-scale sco

A preliminary hearing in the case against former first minister Alex Salmond will take place at the High Court in Edinburgh next month. Mr Salmond denies 14 charges including breach of the peace, sexual assault and attempted rape.

An immigrant whose application for discretionary leave to remain was refused on the basis that he had acquired three criminal convictions while in the UK and because his application was lodged after the expiry of his existing leave has failed in a legal challenge against the decision. The petitioner