The Glasgow Solicitors Property Centre(GSPC) has released its quarterly report for Q3 2015 with statistics showing that despite no substantial change in house values over the past year, selling times have fallen significantly. Accounting for the mix of properties on the market, annual house price in
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The Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer has published the annual Treasure Trove Report, which has been presented to the Scottish Parliament.
Bobbie Cheema-Grubb QC A barrister is to become the first female Asian High Court judge.
Denise Mc Bride QC (left) and Siobhan Keegan QC
A woman jailed for assaulting a deaf pensioner for whom she had previously performed “sexual favours” has had her conviction quashed because the complainer knew the sign language interpreter at her trial. The Criminal Appeal Court ruled that a “miscarriage of justice” had occurred after the
Dame Elish Angiolini QC Dame Elish Angiolini QC has been appointed to lead a major review into deaths in police custody.
Jim Morris The families of those who died in the Clutha helicopter disaster have said the final report into the incident leaves “more questions than answers”.
David Anderson QC A proposed law will give British spies the right to hack into smartphones and computers The Times reports.
Frank Mulholland QC The Lord Advocate, Frank Mulholland QC has today called for restraint from all parties in the provision and publication of information relating to the death of Sheku Bayoh.
A man who secretly took a screenshot of a photograph of a woman’s private parts from her mobile phone and sent it to a third party has had an appeal to be taken off the sex offenders register refused. Aidan McHugh, 21, who pled guilty to a statutory breach of the peace charge, became subject to th
A man who challenged the admission in evidence of material that revealed his membership of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and meant he was convicted of being a member of a proscribed organisation has failed in his appeal to the UK Supreme Court that the material should have been excluded at trial.
The Law Society of Scotland has paid tribute to past president, Michael Scanlan, who passed away yesterday. Mr Scanlan served as president of the Law Society between 1999 and 2000 and chaired many of the Society’s committees, including the remuneration, insurance and education & training commi
Derek Penman Edinburgh has the highest crime rate and lowest detection rate in Scotland according to a watchdog.