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James Wolffe QC The Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC, has written to the Justice Secretaray to point out a “potential gap” in the law on religiously aggravated crimes following the murder of shopkeeper Asad Shah.

A child welfare professional who prepared reports for use in the Sheriff Court and in children's hearings and gave evidence before a Holyrood committee has been accused of falsely claiming she had a doctorate – and now faces a disciplinary hearing. Susan Stewart, 46, ran the Child and Family Asses

Calum Steele Police Scotland may need to cut officer numbers as well as civilian staff to balance its budget after it emerged earlier this year that there is a £21 million hole in the budget.

Stuart Robertson Gilson Gray has appointed Stuart Robertson as a partner. Mr Robertson joins form Ledingham Chalmers.

Pictured (L-R): Owen Wilton, Michaela Guthrie, Jonny Gilmour and Ross Forrest

Lawyers across Pakistan went on strike yesterday in protest at at a bomb blast reported to have been aimed at the profession. On Monday a suicide bomb blast killed 67 people and injured a further 100 at a hospital in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan. The blast is reported to have delibe

Paul Tweed Compromising pictures of actor Orlando Bloom which appeared in the press have sparked a debate about the balance between privacy rights and freedom of the press.

Pictured, clockwise from top left: Steven Templeton, Stephanie Farrell, Dario Demarco and Kate Faulds.

A man found guilty of two charges of using lewd, indecent and libidinous practices and behaviour towards two pre-pubescent girls on the basis of “mutual corroboration” has successfully appealed against his conviction. The Criminal Appeal Court ruled in the case of RG v Her Majesty’s Advocate t

Police Scotland’s mole hunt made in order to reveal journalistic sources was unlawful according to a judicial tribunal. The Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) ordered the single force to pay a journalist whose communications were intercepted £10,000 in compensation.

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Richard McMeeken Richard McMeeken provides an update on an important commercial law decision in the Supreme Court case of Bailey and another v Angove's PTY Limited.

A 32 year old from North Yorkshire has been ordered to serve a minimum of 27 years in jail for the murder of Glasgow shopkeeper Asad Shah. The High Court in Glasgow heard that on 24 March this year, having driven from Bradford, Tanveer Ahmed entered a newsagent on Minard Road and began arguing with

Lord Stewart Scottish ministers are to appeal against a legal judgment that has blocked completion of a wind farm off the east coast.

Usman Tariq The first Eid lunch for Scots lawyers was held in Glasgow on Saturday 6 August. The event, which was hosted by advocate Usman Tariq and co-sponsored by the Law Society of Scotland and Faculty of Advocates, was attended by many ethnic minority lawyers and law students.