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Aileen Campbell Alcohol sales figures published today strengthen the case for minimum unit pricing according to the public health minister, Aileen Campbell.

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A Scots lawyer convicted of making and sharing indecent images of children has been struck off the solicitors’ roll after being found guilty of “professional misconduct”. Retired solicitor John Urquhart, 68, was found to have dozens of child sex abuse images on his personal computer.

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The installation of Alistair Clark QC, as a Senator of the College of Justice has taken place, with Lady Dorrian, the Lord Justice Clerk, welcoming him to the bench with the title, Lord Clark. Lady Dorrian, who presided over a 14-strong bench at the ceremony in the First Division courtroom in Parlia

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Kerry Norval Kerry Norval writes about the recent controversy surrounding a woman who was sent home from work because of her footwear and asks whether existing provisions already give employees a right of redress.

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Police Scotland has recruited two officers from Poland to combat crime in the country’s largest migrant community, The Heraldreports. The two men have been seconded to the single force for six months as part of a trial scheme.

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Award-winning advice agencies are working in collaboration to set up a pro bono project that will help vulnerable children secure citizenship rights. Kids In Need of Defence (KIND) UK will be modelled on a similar American scheme, co-founded by UN refugee agency special envoy Angelina Jolie-Pitt, an

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Four new members have joined three familiar figures as Glasgow and Fife members on the Law Society of Scotland Council. Gwen Haggerty, from BSW Solicitors in Dunfermline will join Susan Williams, who has been a council member for three years, to represent their Cupar, Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy const

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Leave well alone, is the suggestion by the Faculty of Advocates to possible changes in the way commission and diligence is exercised in family actions in the civil courts. The Scottish government asked for views on the current law and practice, saying that if it concluded that legislation and/or cha

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