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Under 18s will face new barriers to buying knives online, following the introduction of the Offensive Weapons Bill. The bill will mean online retailers cannot sell knives online without "rigorous" age-verification, and will no longer be able to deliver knives to residential addresses or drop-off poi

Former Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill has called for cannabis use to be legalised. Writing in today's Scotsman, Mr MacAskill welcomed the UK government's decision to allow medicinal cannabis treatment for Billy Caldwell, an epileptic boy whose supply was recently confiscated at Heathrow Airport b

The UK formally ratified the Lanzarote Convention on protecting children against sexual violence in Strasbourg yesterday. The convention will enter into force in the UK on 1 October. The convention is a legally-binding treaty which obliges countries to take a range of steps to help prevent sexual vi

Dentons has appointed Roddy Harrison as partner in the firm's private client and charities team within the UK tax department. Mr Harrison joins from BTO Solicitors where he headed the private client practice and was a partner for over 15 years. He will be working across all Dentons’ offic

Luxury French shoe designer, Christian Louboutin, appears to be close to winning a five-year legal battle to enforce the trade mark of his brand’s distinctive red soles. Last week, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), ruled in favour of the designer after he sought to prevent Dut

North east lawyer Iain Considine has announced he will be stepping down from his role as a senior partner at  Aberdein Considine and will now become a consultant at the firm.

A Dundee University LLB student will graduate with a First today after overcoming years of adversity – which threatened her dream of studying law. Katherine Wade always dreamed of being a lawyer, but when she was 13 years-old she was diagnosed with severe epilepsy and had to take a year o

Finding Your Feet, which runs clubs all over the country for people who have lost limbs or were born with a limb difference, will run a new monthly climbing group at the Edinburgh International Climbing Arena, which boasts the largest indoor climbing wall in the world.    The move has been

Tech giant Apple has been fined $9 million by a federal court for telling iPad and iPhone users it could not fix their devices because they had previously been repaired by third party companies. The lawsuit was brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) after it received co

A man accused of rape who was seeking to question the complainer about a previous consensual sexual encounter he had with her in order to elicit evidence supporting his special defence of consent has had his appeal refused. The Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary upheld the decision of a pr

The requirement for the Scottish Parliament to consent to UK government legislation affecting devolved areas – the Sewel convention – should be embedded in law, Brexit minister Michael Russell has said. In a statement to the Scottish Parliament, Mr Russell called for parliamentary discus

Former Lord Advocate Dame Elish Angiolini QC is to review the processes for handling complaints against the police and investigating serious incidents and alleged misconduct. The independent review, jointly commissioned by Justice Secretary Michael Matheson and Lord Advocate James Wolffe QC, will as

Anderson Strathern has secured a series of client appointments during the first half of 2018, helping to increase year-on-year revenue at the firm. Revenue is up by eight per cent in the six months to 28th February 2018.

The Scottish Parliament has approved in principle a bill that aims to give local authorities and communities the opportunity to directly manage Scottish Crown Estate assets. The Scottish Crown Estate Bill will establish a framework for changes in the management of these assets to "deliver wider bene

An 84-year-old woman says she will be “forever grateful” to the Faculty of Advocates’ pro bono unit and a volunteer QC who helped her win a court case over damage to her tenement home. The ceiling in the woman’s living room partially collapsed and cracks appeared in other cei