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A man who claimed he was unaware that a document he signed included an indemnity has successfully challenged a sheriff’s decision to dismiss his case. The Sheriff Appeal Court allowed a proof before answer after ruling that the sheriff’s judgment was “completely inadequate” in that it failed

Improving information for clients will be vital in a more competitive legal market according to the Law Society of Scotland. In its response to the Competition & Markets Authority's Interim Report on the Legal Services Market, the Law Society has said that the legal services sector should be ful

Scott Blair Advocate Scott Blair, licensing specialist with Terra Firma Chambers, has just secured another licensing success.

Chris McDowall On average, women in paid work receive about 18 per cent less per hour than men, according to a new report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).

Scottish ministers failed to give "proper, adequate and intelligible reasons" for granting plans to build a railfreight super-hub on greenbelt land. Judges in the Court of Session said ministers had "largely ignored" concerns their own independent reporter brought to them in relation to the proposed

A Glasgow solicitor on his honeymoon in Italy has spoken of his frightening ordeal after feeling the effects of the 6.2 magnitude earthquake that hit in the early hours this morning. Ryan Sloan and his wife Sarah (pictured together) were honeymooning in Rome when the quake hit about 100 miles northe

Gillian Carty Shepherd and Wedderburn celebrates the anniversary of its legal advice clinics this week, which have been held at Musselburgh and Haddington Citizens Advice Bureaus (CAB) for the past five years.

A former Navy officer who was jailed after being convicted of brandishing a knife and punching a 17-year-old boy which resulted in his victim having to undergo extensive dental treatment has successfully appealed against his sentence. The Criminal Appeal Court quashed the custodial sentence imposed

David Arnott This week's SLN Spotlight falls on Brodies' partner David Arnott. He has 25 years’ experience resolving construction, infrastructure and engineering disputes and is ranked a band 1 construction lawyer in Chambers & Partners.

In today’s Grand Chamber judgment in the case of J.K. and Others v. Sweden the European Court of Human Rights held, by ten votes to seven, that there would be: a violation of article 3 (prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment) of the European Convention on Human Rights if the ord

The Scottish government has issued a consultation on removing the ability of arbitrating parties to contract out of using the new arbitration law provided for by the Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010. This consultation is relevant to anyone who is either involved or interested in arbitration as provid

Cori Crider The UK government’s refusal to answer questions about political interference in a decision not to bring charges over British complicity in renditions has been challenged by international human rights group Reprieve.

Mike Dailly Govan Law Centre (GLC) has secured permission for a petition for judicial review to proceed which challenges a decision of a social work complaints review committee that was subsequently ratified by a local authority.

James Wolffe The Lord Advocate has affirmed his predecessor’s view that it would be “inconceivable” not to hold an inquiry into the M9 crash last July which resulted in the deaths of two people.

Colin McConnell A privately-run prison is due to rack up a bill of £1 billion to the taxpayer, 12 times its building costs.