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An exhibition exploring Scotland's highest courts will be held in Parliament Hall during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year, the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service has announced.

Prison chiefs are rooting out inmates caught using social media. The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) undertook 89 investigations into use of social media behind bars in 2014 and 2015, with officers deleting the accounts of 55 users.

A man convicted of culpable homicide who claimed he had not been given access to certain rehabilitative courses while in prison has had an action for damages refused by appeal judges. Billy Brown, who killed Steven Lennon by stabbing him in the heart during a street fight in July 2005, argued that h

Calum Liddle Nearly one in four freedom of information (FOI) requests submitted to Scottish local authorities in 2014 were refused, new figures show.

Janet Hood The Law Society of Scotland is publishing guides for solicitors, paralegals and other legal workers who are returning to work after becoming parents.

Marie Rimmer The Crown Office has said it will today re-raise the case against an MP accused of kicking a woman at a polling station on the day of the Scottish independence referendum.

Kate Frame A police watchdog has criticised the police for its handling of a man's complaint that officers used excessive force against him.

Pete Reid An advert for the law firm of a Scot who practises in the US is set to air for the first time on American TV.

Shami Chakrabarti The early bird offer for Scottish Legal Training's event “Shami Chakrabarti On Liberty” will end after August 7.

Julius Komorowski In the attached article, Julius Komorowski , of Terra Firma Chambers, explains why a majority of theSupreme Court held that the benefits cap, which was acknowledged as discriminating indirectly against women and as being contrary to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was

Paul Wheelhouse Police officer numbers are 1,038 higher than in March 2007, maintaining the Scottish government’scommitment to a 1,000 more officers.

Jenny Rowe The appointment of a "Welsh Justice" to the Supreme Court should be considered in the future, according to the chief executive's review of the selection commission.

Three of the world’s top judges found representatives of the Magna Carta barons not guilty of treason, in a special event organised by the UK Supreme Court and the Magna Carta 800th Anniversary Commemoration Committee. The mock trial saw two senior barristers debating whether King John’s actions

Burness Paull has its eyes firmly on the prize for the 2015 Buccleuch Property Challenge. With a mixed team entered from the firm’s Edinburgh office, training is well and truly underway and they are raring to go – having just missed out on a trophy last year.

Lord Brodie A man accused of various drugs offences who challenged the admissibility of certain evidence allegedly recovered following a police search of a vehicle has had his appeal refused.