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A man charged with careless driving has walked free from court after the police forgot to produce key evidence. George Drummond, 38, was said to have driven without due care and attention and into the path of another vehicle, the Evening Telegraph reports.

The Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) has submitted a supplementary report to the Lord Advocate on the circumstances surrounding the deaths of John Yuill, 28, and Lamara Bell, 25, following the recovery of a car close to the motorway at Bannockburn on 8 July 2015. The Commission

Anderson Shaw & Gilbert appointed two solicitors this week, expanding the services it offer its clients in crofting, rural law and family law.

Lord Neuberger The Supreme Court President has warned that alternative business structures as well as conditional fee arrangements are “concerning” developments and could threaten the ethical duties of lawyers.

Rediscovering Scotland's tragic High Priestess of the Grotesque She called herself the High Priestess of the Grotesque and she never shied away from subjects other artists would have regarded as untouchable, but since her death 14 years ago, the work of Pat Douthwaite has fallen into the shadows.

An agriculture apprentice who was banned from driving for two years after driving a tractor the wrong way along a one-way road in the course of his employment in a family farming business has successfully challenged the period of disqualification. The Sheriff Appeal Court allowed the appeal against

A trustee company that sought to prevent a financial services group from redeeming enhanced capital notes has had its appeal dismissed by judges in theSupreme Court. BNY Mellon’s appeal was dismissed by a 3:2 majority. Lord Neuberger gave the leading judgment, with which Lord Mance and Lord Toulso

The trial of a company blamed for the death of a six-year-old boy, which has still not commenced five years after his death, will be delayed even further after the presiding sheriff withdrew, citing connections to the company directors. Aidan Yule, or Sands, from Dundee, was found unconscious at the

Professor Martin Hogg The Edinburgh Law Review has been awarded the "BIALL Legal Journals Award 2016" for the quality of its content and advancement of scholarship in Scots law.

Baroness Molly Meacher Two leading UK public health organisations have called for the personal possession and use of all illegal drugs to be decriminalised.

An employee at the Geneva offices of Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the centre of the Panama Papers leak, has been arrested. Last year a whistleblower contacted German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, offering information from the internal files of the law firm. The leak resulted in the resignation

The Scottish Women’s Rights Centre (SWRC) is hosting a seminar and drinks reception on 22 June to celebrate its first anniversary. The SWRC offers free legal advice, information and representation to women survivors of gender based violence. The seminar will consider lessons learned from our first

Ladies raise £10,000 for CLAN - over afternoon tea

In another blow to access to justice in Scotland, Scottish Legal News has learned that the Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) has withdrawn payment of travel and mileage for shorthand court reporters – a decision which, if not reversed, will deprive legally aided parties outwith the central belt of a