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Colin Hart Judges in the Supreme Court will publish their decision on the Scottish government’s "Named Person" scheme next week, with the court unusually offering a preview of the judgment to the media an hour before its publication.

Calum Steele Police Scotland is in such dire financial straits that it is sending officers to charity shops to source equipment that can be bought for a couple of pounds in most supermarkets, according to the Scottish Police Federation (SPF).

Stewart Gordon Lindsay has welcomed a new solicitor to its corporate team.

Lord Carnwath In a speech entitled “People and principle in the developing law”, delivered at the University of Cambridge, Lord Carnwath discusses three cases he heard while a judge in the Chancery Division.

Maya Foa Foreign Office concerns over Egypt’s human rights record have led to a “step-change” in the UK’s approach to that government, according to a new FCO human rights report.

Douglas McLachlan Anderson Strathern has partnered with Visiting Arts to host their Arts & Law Conference on 23rd August 2016. The event has been arranged to take place during the Edinburgh Festival and it aims to bring together professionals from across the arts and legal sectors. The Arts is a

Lord Keen of Elie QC A former Dean of Faculty has been given the civil justice brief by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).

A bird conservation charity has successfully challenged plans to develop four offshore wind farms in the Firth of Forth and Firth of Tay. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that the decisions by the Scottish Ministers to grant consent for the construction of the marine electricity generating proj

ed by a flood in her engine room. Her main engine was damaged beyond repair. The flood was caused by (i) the crew’s negligence in failing to close the sea inlet valve in the emergency fire pumps, (ii) damage to the pumps, (iii) the negligence of previous contractors who had failed to seal bulkhead

Lord Hardie The Edinburgh trams inquiry has already cost more than £3.7 million, BBC Scotland reports.

Mike Dailly Govan Law Centre (GLC) has written to business minister Paul Wheelhouse, expressing its concern that many creditors are gaining a massive financial windfall at the expense of financially vulnerable people in Scotland who are finding it tough to make ends meet.

Numan Kurtulmuş Turkey is to temporarily suspend the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) as part of its state of emergency declared in the wake of an attempted coup apparently led by members of the Gülenist movement.

A company has admitted health and safety failings which resulted in the death of a six year-old boy who was found unconscious in a swimming pool in Arbroath. Loch Earn Caravan Parks Limited, which owns the Seafront Leisure Centre and the Red Lion Holiday Park, was fined £234,000 at Forfar Sheriff C

George Frier Shepherd and Wedderburn acted for Scottish Sea Farms (SSF), one of Scotland’s leading salmon producers, in its recent acquisition of a development site for a new freshwater fish facility near Oban.

Andrew Fraser (left) and David Kaye