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David Rennie Stronachs LLP is once again sponsoring a category at the Aberdeen’s Sports Awards, in recognition of young volunteers working to make their communities better.

Roy Martin QC Terra Firma’s Roy Martin QC and Alasdair Burnet have been successful in resisting an appeal to the UK Supreme Court by the Aberdeen City and Shire strategic development planning authority against the Inner House’s decision to quash its adoption of statutory supplementary guidance i

Max Hill QC The UK's independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, Max Hill QC, has spoken out against creating new terror offences or increasing sentences for "modest or middle ground terrorist offences".

Martin Kingston QC and Alasdair Sutherland (Instructed by Morton Fraser LLP) for the Appellant. Roy Martin QC and Alasdair Burnet (Instructed by Burness Paull LLP) for the Respondent. A strategic development planning authority has had its appeal over planning obligations unanimously dismissed by jus

A motorist who was fined and had his licence endorsed after pleading guilty to speeding has successfully appealed against a decision by appeal sheriffs to increase the financial penalty imposed. The Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary ruled that the Sheriff Appeal Court “erred in law” i

A House of Lords committee has called on the UK government to make legislation easier to understand, among other recommendations. The Constitution Committee in a report published today focuses on the preparation of legislation before it enters Parliament. The committee says that better policy prepar

Lord Hodge Expert evidence in civil cases was the subject of a lecture by Lord Hodge earlier this month at Middle Temple.

A woman who challenged a sheriff’s order to appoint a local authority social worker as her brother’s guardian has had her appeal against the decision dismissed. The Inner House of the Court of Session refused the appeal after rejecting the appellant’s argument that the mental health officer wh

Michael Matheson Domestic abuse figures published today show there were 58,810 incidents in 2016-17, up one per cent from 2015-16.

Yousif Ahmed A Scots lawyer is calling for an end to a loophole in the law that allows one parent to remove their child from Scotland without the consent of the other.

A new exhibition by National Records of Scotland brings you face-to-face with Scotland’s criminal past – from an infamous murderer to con artists, pickpockets and petty thieves.

Councillors have given planning permission in principle (PPP) for the new HMP Highland, a "state of the art facility" that will be the first new prison in the north of Scotland for more than a century.

Seventy per cent of Scottish law firm leaders believe that technology will have the greatest impact on their client relationships in the next five years compared with 40 per cent in the rest of the UK, according to a report published by accountancy and business advisory firm BDO LLP. BDO’s Law Fir

Litigants who were seeking to enforce an award of payment from a court in Belgium will have to seek an alternative remedy after the registration of the judgment in the Court of Session was cancelled due to a “lacunae” in the law. A judge allowed an appeal against the grant of warrant for registr

Graham Ogilvy SLN editor Graham Ogilvy ponders the seemingly intractable problems in recruiting new judges to the Scottish judiciary.