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The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has been given additional in-year budget of £3.6 million to fund the recruitment of up to 140 permanent staff, including 60 lawyers. The funding boost has been agreed by the Scottish government in response to an “unprecedented&r

A partner in Balfour+Manson has been honoured for his outstanding contribution to personal injury law – joining a colleague as one of only three lawyers to receive the accolade. Iain Nicol has been accredited as only the third fellow of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) in Scot

The Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC, has spoken to The Herald about his family's past in Nazi Germany. On a visit to the Garnethill Synagogue in Glasgow, Mr Wolffe reflected on the lives of his father and grandparents.

Plans for a women's custody unit in Dundee have been submitted by the Scottish Prison Service (SPS). If approved, the community custody unit (CCU) will open in late 2020 on Nelson Street in the Hilltown area of the city.

Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner has launched an investigation into whether Facebook is breaching the GDPR by failing to fulfil requests to hand over information it collects about users' web browsing. The social media giant collects information about other websites that Facebook users acc

The Herald has published an obituary of Donald Sage Mackay, Lord Mackay of Drumadoon, who passed away last week at the age of 72. His earliest legal work saw him assisting women who had been subject to domestic violence, which he did on a pro bono basis. He was admitted to the bar in 1976 and took s

The government of Ukraine has lodged a new application with the European Court of Human Rights against Russia. The case concerns the detention and prosecution of Ukrainian nationals on various criminal charges. There are now four Ukraine v Russia inter-state applications pending before the cour

The Scottish government's newly published national action plan on parental involvement, parental engagement, family learning and learning at home 2018-2021 includes various commitments to improve engagement of fathers. The action plan was launched by Deputy First Minister John Swinney who said that

A criminal lawyer has been convicted of a drink-driving offence for the third time, the Daily Record reports. Martha Rafferty, 58, who was accused of failing to provide specimens of breath on two occasions, pleaded guilty at Hamilton Sheriff Court on Friday.

Household products giant Procter & Gamble is facing an uphill battle to trademark popular textspeak acronyms including "OMG", "LOL" and "WTF". The multinational said it wants to use the phrases on household and personal care products targeted at younger consumers.

The venerable Society of Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland and its premises in Parliament House are among the jewels in the crown of Scotland’s legal heritage, as SSC secretary Mr Robert Shiels explains. On 1 August 1754 by Act of Sederunt of the Court of Session the

A strongly-criticised element of Scottish land law should be replaced, but it will be a very difficult task, the Faculty of Advocates has suggested.

The case of a former prosecutor who is suing the Lord Advocate for £1.3 million over claims she suffered stress may proceed to a full hearing, a temporary judge has ruled. Laura Malone, 52, is suing the Lord Advocate on the basis that he failed to prevent her suffering caused by overwork.

Former First Minister Alex Salmond has launched judicial review proceedings in the Court of Session against the Scottish government over its handling of sexual misconduct claims made against him. Mr Salmond disclosed yesterday that he had begun court proceedings against Leslie Evans, permanent secre