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A bill to limit private sector rent rises and to increase the availability of information available to tenants has been lodged by Scottish Labour’s housing spokesperson Pauline McNeill MSP. The Fair Rents Bill, dubbed the Mary Barbour Bill after the legendary rent strike organiser, was written

New legislation to give greater protection for victims of hate crime has been introduced at Holyrood. The Hate Crime Bill seeks to modernise, consolidate and extend existing hate crime law. Alongside the legislation being introduced, a working group will take forward work on a standalone offence of

A former diplomat has been charged with contempt of court over his blogs on the trial of Alex Salmond. Proceedings have been brought against Craig Murray, former ambassador to Uzbekistan, who attended two days of the trial in the public gallery and blogged on the proceedings.

Lady Hale's memoirs are to be published next year and will detail how “a little girl from a little school in a little village in North Yorkshire became the most senior judge in the United Kingdom”. The first female president of the Supreme Court, who retired earlier this year, has signed

Leading players in Scotland’s property industry have joined forces to demand government action to protect jobs and ensure the nation’s housing market can recover strongly from the coronavirus crisis. Representing a cross-section of the industry supporting the buying and selling of proper

DWF Group plc has announced that it has secured an in-principle agreement to increase its committed revolving credit facilities and a relaxation of certain covenants with its lenders. This agreement will result in a secondary RCF of £15 million, in addition to the group's existing RCF of &poun

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Coronavirus pandemic is becoming a human rights crisis, UN warns | The Guardian

Ailie McGowan discusses the need for a digitalised court system. The coronavirus pandemic and current enforcement of ‘lockdown’ measures in Scotland has sharply brought into focus the need for a fully functioning digitalised court system.

A judge has ruled that a staggering €340,000 debt built up in three games of rock-paper-scissors is invalid. The debt had been recognised in a notarised contract and had led loser Edmund Mark Hooper to register a mortgage on his home.

"So often in life, things that you regard as an impediment turn out to be great, good fortune."

The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) has provided an update on its work to restore Sheriff Court civil business. In a statement it said that "while a return to business as usual is not viable in the near future, we do believe that with the cooperation of the legal profession we

A couple of months ago, the biggest issues William Grant and Sons general counsel Greg Bargeton had to deal with were enforcing the company’s intellectual property rights and coming up with ways to prepare the business for whatever Brexit might throw at it. Then the coronavirus pandemic hit an

A man who petitioned for judicial review of the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004 after being issued with a £40 fixed penalty notice has had his appeal against the refusal of his petition refused. Jordan Queen was issued the penalty by a police officer in 2016 when he was 16 y

The detrimental impact of COVID-19 and the lockdown measures imposed on people across Scotland is to be investigated by MSPs. The Scottish Parliament’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee is gathering views to inform an inquiry into the effects of the virus and the response to it by the Scot

Former Thorntons chairman Jack Robertson has passed away at the age of 71. Mr Robertson was born in Dundee and studied law at Dundee University. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1972 and joined Fergusson, Robertson, Stephen and Norrie, becoming a partner in 1976. The firm became Thorntons following