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A man found guilty of domestic abuse offences despite his former partner denying that she had been assaulted has had an appeal against his conviction dismissed. The appellant claimed that the sheriff erred in repelling a defence submission of “no case to answer”, but the Appeal Court of the High

An appeal by the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police over the nature of the duty to investigate ill-treatment amounting to a violation of article 3 of the ECHR has been unanimously dismissed by justices in the Supreme Court.

Michael Matheson The controversial integration of the British Transport Police (BTP) into Police Scotland has been delayed until after next April.

Co-operation between countries in the fight against crime must continue post-Brexit, the Faculty of Advocates’ Clare Connelly has told MSPs. Ms Connelly was one of several witnesses to give evidence to Holyrood’s Justice Committee, on Brexit and policing and criminal justice.

Most UK law firms have not drawn up a Brexit business plan, according to a new Smith & Williamson survey of senior partners. Only 23 per cent of senior partners said that they had a business plan for dealing with Brexit, despite 60 per cent of more than 100 managing partners at firms in all UK j

Kirstin Nee Kirstin Nee explains the importance of identifying ransom strips.

A joint initiative to put Scotland’s legal services on the international map will be launched today. A group of Scotland’s leading commercial law firms, in partnership with Scottish Development International (SDI) and the Law Society of Scotland, will launch Scottish Legal International (SLI) in

Kate Dowdalls QC Kate Dowdalls QC successfully opposed an appeal to the Sheriff Appeal Court by the parents of an 11 year old girl against the granting of a Permanence Order.

Credit: Google Street View The Law Society of Scotland has successfully petitioned the Court of Session to appoint a Judicial Factor to Dalbeattie law firm Austins LLP, which ceased trading earlier this month.

Pictured (l-r): Richard Duffy and David Perdikou Morisons Solicitors has expanded its real estate team with two new appointments.

Dirk van Zyl Smit Professor Dirk van Zyl Smit will explore the appropriateness of life imprisonment in Scotland at a lecture hosted by the Howard League next month.

As part of the Law Society of Scotland's Rules Review Project, regulations on admission as a solicitor are to be revised. Jane MacEachran, convener of the Law Society’s Education and Training Policy committee, said: “In addition to changing the processes on how lawyers from elsewhere in the worl

Students at Strathclyde University were given a glimpse of life at the Bar when a Faculty of Advocates roadshow arrived on campus. As well as hearing from Dean of Faculty, Gordon Jackson QC, and viewing the Faculty's promotional film, the students witnessed advocacy in action when QCs staged a short

Jen Murray Jennifer Murray of Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie (WJM) writes on upcoming submission requirements for Scotland's stamp duty replacement.

A new survey of English barristers has found they are even less satisfied with their working lives than NHS staff, the Law Society Gazette reports. The South Eastern Circuit and Criminal Bar Association (CBA) invited 2,000 members to complete surveys on quality of working life and the courts' flexib