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A Scots lawyer who challenged a decision by the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission to allow a late complaint from an expert witness over the solicitor's firm's alleged failure to pay a fee of £15,000 has had her application for leave to appeal dismissed. A judge in the Court of Session refused th

Aidan O'Neill QC As speculation about whether Parliament's consent is required in order for Britain to leave the EU following last week's historic referendum, Aidan O'Neill QC of Matrix Chambers told Scottish Legal News that Parliament must give its view and mandate the UK government accordingly, ad

David Menzies David Menzies discusses the implications of Brexit for the insolvency and restructuring sector.

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Cori Crider The UK government has spent over £600,000 on lawyers in an attempt to stop a torture case being heard in court, documents obtained by human rights group Reprieve have revealed – even though the victims bringing the case have offered to settle for an apology and a token payment of one

Pictured (L-R) Fiona Richardson and Marina Urie and (bottom) Andrew Ward A Scottish law firm is growing its dedicated team to support those affected by road accidents, by announcing three new appointments.

(L-R): Catriona Watt and Robbie Wilson

Kerry Norval Substantial changes in employment law are not likely in the short-term, writes Kerry Norval.

Mike Ashley has been ordered to pay the expenses of the Scottish Football Association and Dave King after his petition for judicial review of a decision of football’s governing body to approve the Rangers chairman as a “fit and proper person” to hold the position of director of Rangers Interna

My first realisation that Britain was in the grip of gin mania came via my fashionable young niece. Then signs announcing the arrival of 'Gin Bars' began to sprout everywhere – including one near my home in the leafy West End of Dundee. And so, it was to this establishment that I repaired to revie

Professor Stephen Tierney Following the victory for Leave in the EU referendum, Professor Stephen Tierney sets out the next steps in the constitutional process.

The Faculty of Advocates has expressed reservations over a scheme to introduce “no blame” compensation for harm resulting from clinical treatment. The Scottish government says it is committed to ending the “blame culture” that exists around claims for medical negligence and its draft proposa

Scots lawyers have commented on the implications of the UK's historic decision to leave the European Union. Andrew Scott, professor of European Union studies at the University of Edinburgh told Scottish Legal News that the Prime Minister is under no legal requirement to trigger Article 50 TEU at thi

The article 10 right to freedom of expression of three journalists who intercepted radio communications between the carabinieri, one of Italy's armed forces, in order to arrive quickly at crime scenes and report on them were not violated, the European Court of Human Rights has unanimously ruled. Str

Sir Muir Russell The Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland published its Annual Report today. This is the seventh report of the board as a statutory body.