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A former diplomat's tweet and blog posts about Alex Salmond's arrest and prosecution constitute contempt of court, the High Court has ruled. Craig Murray, a former British ambassador to Uzbekistan, has written extensively in defence of Mr Salmond, who was acquitted of various sexual offence charges

Harper Macleod has been named as one of Scotland's five 'Ones to Watch' at the inaugural Flexibility Works Employer Awards. The firm was the only legal services business to be recognised at the event, which celebrated Scotland's top flexible employers.

Baktosch Gillan interviews the current Lord Lyon, Dr Joe Morrow, about the role of his ancient office in 21st century Scotland. After a career at the forefront of the development of mental health law and practice in Scotland, Dr Joseph Morrow CBE, QC, LLD, is now on a mission to preserve Scotland&rs

Stuart Munro, head of criminal litigation at Livingstone Brown, considers an important technical issue that has featured in a number of recent high-profile cases. What right does a party to litigation have to use information or documents recovered in that process for other purposes? That seemingly a

Rodney Whyte, partner and residential property specialist at Pinsent Masons, compares Scotland to its southern neighbour when it comes to Later Living communities. Scotland has been relegated to the “poor relation” in terms of institutional investment in the Later Living sector, while mu

Thousands of Asda shop floor workers, represented by law firm Leigh Day, have won a significant victory at the UK Supreme Court in their fight for equal pay. The Supreme Court unanimously held in a 26-page judgment that the claimants, who work in the retail business, can use the terms of conditions

Divorcing couples are set to receive a £500 tax-free voucher for mediation in a UK government bid to ease pressure on the courts following the Covid-19 pandemic. The scheme is intended to allow couples to agree on custody and maintenance arrangements, as well as divisions of assets, without th

Police are barred from searching the Queen's private estates for stolen cultural property under a special dispensation granted by ministers during the drawing up of a 2017 law. Documents obtained by The Guardian under Freedom of Information legislation show how Balmoral and Sandringham were delibera

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. The Philippines: Supreme Court slams killings of lawyers, judges | The Independent

An employer has been branded childish after paying a departing employee his final wages in pennies – and calling him a "weenie". Andreas Flaten, who lives in the US state of Georgia, told WGCL-TV that he received his final $915 in the form of 90,000 coins.

The UK government has threatened to go to the Supreme Court to overturn two pieces of legislation which were unanimously backed by MSPs. MSPs last week voted unanimously for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill to become law, making Scotland the fi

Women in Scotland who paid for transvaginal mesh removal surgery will receive refunds under a proposed bill. Health Secretary Jeane Freeman yesterday announced plans to legislate to allow the Scottish government to meet the travel, medical and other reasonable expenses of those who had mesh removal

Sports lawyer Laura McCallum has been appointed to Sports Resolutions' panel of arbitrators and mediators as a development arbitrator. The panel includes many of the top legal, financial, medical, safeguarding and sport administrator professionals working in sport. Development arbitrators sit on a p

Retired sheriff Kevin Drummond QC shares concerns arising from the redaction dispute that dominated the final days of the Holyrood committee on the handling of harassment complaints. As a lawyer I care not a whit what political conclusions our Parliament and its Committee of Inquiry reach, or have r

Mediation firm Core has named Gillespie Macandrew associate Sarah-Jane Macdonald as the winner of a presentation competition marking its 20th anniversary. Core invited young professionals to submit a short presentation on the topic: "What one change would make a real difference and increase the use