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Brenda Mitchell Cycle Law Scotland have lent their support to the third annual Edinburgh Festival of Cycling (EdFoC) as an official silver sponsor.

Lady Hale Deputy President of the UK Supreme Court, Lady Hale (pictured), delivered a lecture to the US Supreme Court Historical Society in Washington D.C. at the beginning of this month on Magna Carta and its enduring influence in the legal systems of the UK and USA.

A judge has denied a mother permission to use her dead daughter's frozen eggs in order to give birth to her own grandchild. The woman, 59 and her husband, 58, Mr and Mrs M, sought permission to carry out the implantation – believing it was their daughter's dying wish.

Lisa Gregory, partner at legal firm Digby Brown in Aberdeen Nine passengers of a helicopter that ditched into the North Sea, killing four of their colleagues, have launched a damages claim that could be worth more than £5 million.

Drivers should be those held liable for people smoking in cars when children are present, not necessarily the smokers themselves, the Law Society of Scotland said today. Ahead of giving oral evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s health andsport committee on theSmoking Prohibition (Children in Moto

The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on extending Freedom of Information (FOI) legislation to cover private prisons and other security, care and educational facilities. The proposal would see contractors operating private prisons, providers of secure accommodation for children, grant-

Scotland has seen a 20 per cent increase in hate crimes against people with disabilities since 2013/14, according to Crown Office figures. However, the Crown Office report notes "a broad consensus that this type of crime continues to be underreported compared to other forms of hate crime".

Catriona Munro by Catriona Munro, partner in the EU competition and regulatory team at Maclay Murray & Spens LLP

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has published draft technical guidance on how Scottish taxpayer status should be decided. The move comes as the Scottish Parliament prepares to set its own Scottish rate of income tax (SRIT) from April 2016, as enabled by the provisions of the Scotland Act 2012.

The UK government's fast-track asylum appeals procedure is "structurally unfair" and unlawful, according to a High Court ruling. Mr Justice Nicol, sitting in London, said the detained fast-track system puts claimants at a "serious procedural disadvantage" and remarked it "looks uncomfortably akin to

A football fans' organisation has responded to Friday's publication of an independent evaluation of the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act which found that only 21 per cent of cases brought under the section 1 of the act secured a conviction. Fans Against C

Chris Harte, chief executive at Morton Fraser Morton Fraser has "seen success on a number of fronts" over the past year, the firm said today as it announced its financial results for 2014/15.

From left: Douglas McLachlan, Murray McCall, Robert Carr, Paul Brown Anderson Strathern is reporting year-on-year growth for the first six months of its financial year.

Sheriff Principal Craig Scott QC Tenants seeking to challenge court rulings granting eviction must have “cogent and compelling reasons” for suggesting that a sheriff’s judgement was wrong.

SNP MSP Christina McKelvie Fewer women are taking forward challenges to sexual discrimination in the workplace following the introduction of employment tribunal costs, an MSP has said.