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Stephen McGowan The Institute of Licensing, the UK’s professional membership body for licensing practitioners, has for the first time launched a Scottish region and appointed Stephen McGowan, partner and head of licensing (Scotland) at TLT LLP as chair.

Liam McArthur The Scottish Liberal Democrats have called the Scottish government's declaration that it is meeting its police officer headcount target a “routine pretence”.

Richard Turnbull Richard Turnbull discusses the numerous issues surrounding Scotland's renewables strategy.

A long-running dispute over whether a pony was legally evicted from an ex-council house returns to the Scottish courts this week. Stephanie Noble has challenged Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, saying that it acted wrongly when it seized her Connemara pony, Grey Lady Too.

An appeal by the occupiers of the so-called “Independence Camp” against a move to evict them from the grounds of the Scottish Parliament has been rejected. The Inner House of the Court of Session upheld a decision by Lord Turnbull that that the order seeking their removal was “proportionate”

Judith Robertson The Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has released its Annual Report 2015-2016, covering submissions to the United Nations as well as its work on housing rights and other issues over the past year.

Lord Matthews At the High Court in Glasgow today Lord Matthews sentenced Ronnie Coulter to life imprisonment for the murder of Surjit Singh Chhokar with a punishment part of 19 years and eight months.

A man whose evidence was crucial in securing the conviction of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al-megrahi for the Lockerbie bombings has died. Tony Gauci, 75, is thought to have died naturally in Malta on Saturday.

David Liddell A plan to establish “fix rooms” in Glasgow for drug addicts to inject safely under supervision is likely to get the green light.

Stephen Donnelly Arnot Manderson Advocates has announced that stable member Stephen Donnelly has gained a dual qualification, becoming a member of the bar of England and Wales. This brings added depth to the stable’s existing cross-border expertise, with Iain Mitchell QC, Kenneth Campbell QC and A

The latest edition of the Scottish Civil Justice Council’s newsletter is now available. This edition includes a listing of newly appointed committee members, and information on Rules relating to Serious Crime Prevention Orders in Scotland; payment of shorthand writers in sheriff courts and sequest

The extension of the period of validity of existing state aid must be regarded as the alteration of that aid and, therefore, as new aid, the Court of Justice of the Europen Union has held. In 1960, DEI, a public electricity company, entered into a contract with Alouminion, a Greek company specialise

Eric Gilligan Eric Gilligan looks at what Friday's Uber case means for the gig economy.

Pictured: (L to R): Fiona Murdoch (project worker, MSTCL), Sarah Higgins (MMS), Chloe Watson (MMS), Natasha Meikle (MMS), Laura Smith (MMS) and Carole Macartney (chair, MSTCL).

The owner of a dog which killed another dog has successfully challenged a sheriff’s decision to order the animal’s destruction. The Sheriff Appeal Court ruled that the sheriff made the order on the basis of “irrelevant” factors and failed to take into account the fact that no person was inju