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A law student who was awarded two prestigious prizes for outstanding achievements over the course of her LLB has discussed her experience studying at Edinburgh Law School. Iona Bonaventura was awarded the Lord President Cooper Memorial Prize Scholarship, the law school's top prize, given to “a

The Law Society of Scotland’s Planning Law Sub-Committee is inviting Scottish solicitors and interested stakeholders to share their views on the subject of planning obligations under section 75 (Planning Obligations) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997. 

An app version of the Letter of Rights given to people in police custody has been suggested by the Faculty of Advocates. The Scottish government introduced the Letter of Rights for Scotland in 2013 and updated it last year. Ministers are now consulting on further possible changes.

Writing for Scottish Legal News, Rachael Kelsey, lawyer for Mrs Villiers in Villiers v Villiers, discusses the details of the case, which was heard by the Supreme Court this week. Villiers v Villiers, the first intra-UK Maintenance Regulation case to be heard by the Supreme Court, has grow

DWF Group plc is to acquire Spanish law firm Rousaud Costas Duran (RCD), it revealed, as it announced its first set of half-year results as a PLC. DWF has seen a 10 per cent increase in group revenue from £133.4m to £146.8m and a two per cent increase in gross profit to £73.7m

Scotland’s first purpose-built justice centre will open on 30 March 2020.

A neo-Nazi city councillor has launched a legal bid to force a left-wing mayor to shake his hand. Katja Wolf, mayor of the eastern German town of Eisenach, has refused to shake hands with any of the four councillors from the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD).

The deliberate starvation of civilians during an armed civil conflict has been established as a war crime under an amendment to the Rome Statute underpinning the International Criminal Court (ICC). An amendment to article 8, paragraph 2 (e) of the Rome Statute was proposed by Switzerland and agreed

A motorist found to have caused death by dangerous after being deemed “unfit to stand trial” because he suffers from dementia has had an appeal against the finding that he committed the offence dismissed. The Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary upheld the ruling by a t

Three heart patients died after an angry mob of lawyers rampaged through a hospital in Lahore in a dispute with doctors. Some 200 lawyers in their traditional black suits descended upon the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC), destroying windows and doors and setting a police van on fire.

Community ownership is increasing across Scotland, new figures from Scotland's chief statistician show. Community Ownership in Scotland 2018 presents the number of assets in community ownership, the number of community groups that own assets and the total area of assets in community ownership.

Criminal law advocates are readying themselves for a major change in procedure which will come into effect in the New Year. Commencement Regulations have been laid before Parliament to introduce provisions of the Vulnerable Witnesses (Criminal Evidence) (Scotland) Act 2019 from 20 January.

The company behind a shop selling Harry Potter memorabilia faces a lawsuit from Hollywood, The Times reports. Gold Brothers, which owns The Great Wizard store in Edinburgh, has been taken to the High Court of England and Wales by Warner Bros for alleged breach of its intellectual property rights.

A law firm in Glasgow is donating a share of £3,000 to three local charities this Christmas, as part of the firm’s commitment to relieving poverty and suffering among the homeless during the festive season.

Last night saw Harper Macleod host the first of its quarterly construction club seminars.