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A couple from England have been granted a court order to adopt two Scottish children despite the children’s parents opposing the applications. The siblings were taken into care following concerns about their well-being while in the care of their parents and had been living with their natural mothe

Police have been left baffled after receiving reports that someone apparently broke into an apartment and cleaned it. The apartment's resident contacted police after coming home from a trip to find the entire apartment had been cleaned.

Gavin Dewar Arnot Manderson Advocates has this week welcomed Gavin Dewar to the stable. Mr Dewar called to the bar in 2013 and since then he has been widely instructed by solicitors across a range of public law cases including judicial review and human rights related cases. He has gained an enviable

Gillian Thompson  

An annual sheep race in Moffat has been cancelled because of licensing issues. Organisers said that it was with “deep regret” that they had decided to cancel the event.

Professor Mark Elliott

Less than a month after a warning by Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, that the English legal system was facing a ‘ticking time bomb’ in its failure to recruit judges, Scottish Legal News can reveal that Scotland too is facing such a crisis with top qu

A “bogus workman” who was sentenced to seven months' imprisonment after pleading guilty to attempting to obtain money by fraud has had his custodial term reduced following an appeal. The Sheriff Appeal Court ruled that the sheriff erred in law by failing to apply any discount.

Peterhead Sheriff Court (Google Street View) Solicitors have hit out at court chiefs' plans to stop using a north east court for jury trials.

Scott Whyte

Will Kerr Modern slavery and human trafficking (MSHT) in the UK is far more prevalent than previously thought, according to the National Crime Agency (NCA).

The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) has produced an information film on its website for potential jurors to view, which shows the different stages of the jury experience.The Jury Information Film is available on the jurors page of the Coming to Court section the SCTS website. Jurors wh

Evelyn Channing Confidence in the Scottish estate market is continuing to build in 2017 following the most active market in a decade last year, according to the latest research from Savills.

Amnesty International has condemned the execution of a man in Iran this week who was arrested and sentenced to death as a child, contrary to international law. Alireza Tajiki, who was 21 years old, was sentenced to death at the age of 16 in April 2013 after a criminal court convicted him of murder a

A series of workshops with representatives from the legal profession and consumer groups will get under way this month to help shape the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service's move to Civil Online through a web-based portal. With the expected commencement of the Simple Procedure (Special Claims) Ru