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As Property Searches Scotland celebrate their 5th anniversary, Michael Tolland, Commercial Director champions the success of their dedicated team and innovative approach to technology:

Lord Mance Lord Mance has been appointed Deputy President of the Supreme Court.

A woman charged with benefit fraud who challenged a sheriff’s decision to grant a motion to extend the timebar to allow prosecutors to bring her to trial after the case against her had previously been deserted has won her appeal. The Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary allowed the appeal

Two media companies which complained about a judicial order banning the publication of images in which the defendant in a criminal trial for murder could be identified suffered no article 10 violations, the European Court of Human Rights has held. In today’s Chamber judgment in the case of Axel Sp

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The Scottish Civil Justice Council (SCJC) has launched a consultation, which will run until 17 November, on the review of solicitors’ fees in the Scottish civil courts. The consultation seeks views and evidence from stakeholders on the fees for solicitors that can be recovered under an award of ex

Holyrood’s Justice Committee has unanimously backed the general principles set out in the Scottish government’s Domestic Abuse Bill.

Michael O'Flaherty The vast majority of Muslims in the European Union have a high sense of trust in democratic institutions despite experiencing widespread discrimination and harassment, a survey by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) shows.

The family of a man who died in hospital after being admitted to the accident and emergency department have failed in their claim for damages despite the health board accepting that its staff were “negligent”. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that notwithstanding the fact that hospital staf

Eric McQueen Changes to summary criminal court procedure including running pre-trial procedures as part of a digital case management process have been suggested by justice experts.

Janys Scott QC The Scottish government has been urged to “do the decent thing” and scrap named person plans altogether, after lawyers criticised attempts to amend the policy at Holyrood today.

Construction of Scotland’s first justice centre is scheduled to begin in November 2017.The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) has welcomed the decision by The Highland Council to approve updated plans for Scotland’s first purpose-built justice centre in Inverness.

Andrew Upton Andrew Upton, an associate in the dispute resolution team at Harper Macleod LLP (pictured) has been appointed to the office of legal member of the First-tier Tribunal, Housing and Property Chamber.

A digital scrapbook company is facing a class action lawsuit from people who say it violated their privacy by collecting their face scans without consent. Shutterfly's motion to dismiss the lawsuit, arguing that state laws controlling the collection and use of biometric data were not relevant to the

Daradjeet Jagpal Daradjeet Jagpal gives a comprehensive overview of new data protection legislation.