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A law to establish a new offence of dog theft, despite the fact it is already an offence at common law, has been passed at Holyrood. The Dog Theft (Scotland) Bill, was passed by 119 votes to two.

A man who took photographs of two witnesses in a case against him seeking his disqualification as a company director has lost his appeal against a finding that he was in contempt of court after the Sheriff Appeal Court found that his conduct objectively amounted to contempt regardless of his stated

Lady Paton will be retiring as chair of the Scottish Law Commission on 31 December, having served in the role for seven years. She was the lead commissioner for the damages and homicide projects, both of which reported in the last year, and has contributed to many other commission projects.

A sheriff has allowed a claim by two landowners against their neighbour, whom they averred harmed the wedding business on their land by performing extensive excavation work next to it, to proceed on the basis of pure economic loss based on an intentional or reckless delict of nuisance, but excluded

Media mogul Jimmy Lai's conviction for sedition and conspiracy is "a stain on a once enviable Hong Kong legal system", his lawyers have said. Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC leads the international legal team presenting Mr Lai, convicted under the controversial National Security Law (NSL) imposed on Hong K

Applications for permission to appeal (PTA) to the Upper Tribunal for Scotland (UTS) frequently raise questions about the boundary between fact and law and the scope of the arguability test. These issues appear across Scotland’s tribunal system where appeals proceed only on points of law. Ahsa

The establishment of a 'lived experience board' is among the proposals made by Susanne Tanner KC in a new report on the way in which the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) deals with sexual offences. The review of the approach of the Crown Office to these cases was commissioned by Lo

The FCA has fined Nationwide Building Society £44 million for inadequate anti-financial crime systems and controls between October 2016 to July 2021. During this period, Nationwide had ineffective systems for keeping up-to-date due diligence and risk assessments for all its personal current ac

Falkirk-based criminal lawyer John Mulholland has been named as the Law Society of Scotland’s president-elect 2027/28. Mr Mulholland will become the first person in the Law Society’s history to hold the role twice, having served a previous term as president in 2019/20.

The Supreme Court has dismissed a final appeal by Scottish Power against a decision that it was liable to pay damages to the family of an employee who died of mesothelioma following the settlement of his own claim against the company in 2014, after ruling that the deceased did not need to be sufferi

A new report has called on Police Scotland to make clear its policy on drug harm reduction. His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland carried out a review to assess how effectively Police Scotland helps minimise drug-related harm.