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Daniel Johnson The use of stop and search in Scotland remains higher than in England despite the introduction of a new code, new figures show.

Sarah McKinlay (left) and Carole Tomlinson

A licensing board’s decision to refuse an application to allow adult cinema-goers to take alcoholic drinks in with them while watching any film has been overturned following an appeal. A sheriff ruled that North Lanarkshire Licensing Board exercised its discretion in an “unreasonable manner” i

Strathclyde University academics Professor Aileen McHarg and Dr Christopher McCorkindale have backed the Scottish government over the competence of the EU Continuity Bill after submitting evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Constitution Committee which said they “consider that the Continuity B

Amanda Wilson Despite the weather, 139 Dundee solicitors and guests braved the cold and made it safely to the Apex Hotel for the Dundee Faculty annual dinner on Friday night.

Charles Livingstone

Lord Lloyd-Jones The dangers of "judicial activism" have been "greatly exaggerated", according to Lord Lloyd-Jones, a justice of the UK Supreme Court.

BTO has been appointed to both the “People and HR Matters” and “Charity” legal service lots of the Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges (APUC) legal services framework, for a period of three years until December 2020.

Angela Rafferty QC

Richard Murray TC Young has announced that Richard Murray has joined the firm.

Peter Sellar Prime Minister Theresa May has recently laid out her government’s approach to a future trade deal between the UK and the EU. The final form of that deal will be highly significant for any business in Scotland, large or small, which buys or sells goods or services to EU and EFTA member

A former client of a legal firm whose application for leave to appeal a decision that her complaint against the lawyers was time-barred has had a challenge to the expenses awarded against her rejected. A judge in the Court of Session observed that what Caroline Kenneil was really seeking to do was t

Scotland should allow for the adoption of adults, according to a campaigner hoping to change the law.

David Flint and Rebecca Henderson look at a recent case on trademarking colours.

Richard Hepburn Millar & Bryce has opened a new office in central Glasgow to support its expansion plans and continued development in the West of Scotland.