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Female prisoners in Europe’s busiest court are held in “degrading and inhumane” conditions, the chief prison inspector has reported. David Strang, HM chief inspector of prisons, said holding cells in Glasgow Sheriff Court failed to “reflect positively on a 21st-century criminal justice syste

Proposed EU legislation allowing holiday makers travelling in Europe to access online content, such as digital film and TV services, has come under scrutiny from the Law Society of Scotland. The society has welcomed the European Commission's proposed legislation, which would allow EU residents trave

David Strang Half of the inmates at Scotland’s only all-female prison lack direct access to a toilet, according to a new report by the prison watchdog.

Fergus McDiarmid Morton Fraser will provide legal services to two pensions providers after being appointed to their panels of commercial real estate legal advisers.

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie (pictured right) has this morning delivered a letter to the Lord Advocate, Frank Mulholland QC (pictured below), calling for an update on the investigation into the M9 crash and tragic deaths of John Yuill and Lamara Bell in July 2015. Following the cra

Mark Riddick New figures suggest the market for practitioners doing residential conveyancing work is shrinking as the number of law firms in this area has declined by its fastest rate in three years.

In a potentially landmark ruling, the English High Court has given judicial approval to the use of predictive coding in disclosure for High Court cases. Edward Spencer, an associate at Taylor Wessing, told the court that the deployment of predictive coding during disclosure would achieve significant

Lord Bracadale The Criminal Appeal Court has refused an appeal by prosecutors against the sentence imposed on a man who was given a community payback order after pleading guilty to theft and assault with a knife.

(L-R): Back row: Keith Graham (tax assistant formerly of Neil Ross & Company); Sean Cockburn (tax director of Murray Beith Murray); Neil Ross (tax consultant formerly of Neil Ross & Company); front: Hugh Younger Murray Beith Murray has announced the acquisition of Neil Ross & Company.

Holyrood’s Justice Committee is conducting “post-legislative scrutiny” of the Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006. The committee describes it as one of the most important pieces of legislation on family law in recent years. The committee invited a number of organisations – including the Law Socie

Merger talks between Maclay Murray and Spens (MMS) and Addleshaw Goddard have broken down. It was reported the firms were in merger talks in November but neither firm had gotten to the stage of a partnership vote.

A pub in Glasgow has become the first in Scotland to be handed a court penalty for showing English football matches via unauthorised foreign broadcasts. The Merchants Quay Bar was hit with the £6,000 fine as Premier Leagueofficials crackdown on copyright infringement.

Steven Jansch The insolvency regime seems to be in a perpetual state of flux, writes Steven Jansch.

Dr Andrew McGettrick The Edinburgh based European patent attorney firm of Alistair Hindle Associates has announced that Dr Andrew McGettrick has been appointed as a director of the company.

Lawyers have been praised for helping to get a landmark human rights case into court by working on it without charge. Although legal aid was in due course granted for the judicial review action in the Court of Session, much preparatory work was carried out for free by senior and junior counsel and s