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House sales exceeded £15.3 billion in 2014, according to statistics published by Registers of Scotland (RoS). A total of 93,875 sales took place across Scotland in 2014, the highest annual figure since 2008, and an increase of 11.6 per cent compared to the previous year.

Today is the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation. This is a United Nations sponsored day of awareness and action against female genital mutilation (FGM) To coincide with this event the Scottish Women's Support Project and Scottish government have drawn up a statement op

A register of lobbying should be established according to a report issued today by the Scottish parliament’s standards, procedures and public appointments committee. The proposed register would make information about lobbying activity around decisions made by parliament and government more transpa

The Scottish Law Commission has published its “ninth programme of law reform”. The programme will form the basis for most of the commission’s work over the next three years.

Legislation which gives foreign states “blanket immunity” from the jurisdiction of the courts of the UK in respect of employment disputes concerning embassy staff breaches human rights law, appeal judges have ruled. The Court of Appeal in London held that sections 16(1)(a) and 4(2)(b) of the Sta

The Law Society of Scotland is notifying its members that the grace period for the Registers of Scotland (RoS) rejection fee is ending. From Monday 9 February, firms will be charged a £30 rejection fee for failed applications to RoS.

Scotland’s police force is considering ending non-statutory stop-and-searches. The first minister, Nicola Sturgeon (pictured), revealed to MPs that she discussed the issue with chief constable of Police Scotland Sir Stephen House after a BBC Scotland investigation.

Now more than ever, the Scottish legal landscape appears to be in a state of great uncertainty says SCOLAG's Eamon Keane (pictured). Legislative reform and government policy indicates that whatsoever happens, the future of justice in Scotland will look radically different from that dispensed in cent

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A poacher in Scotland has become the first person in the UK to be prosecuted using forensic evidence from a red deer. James Kennedy, 70, was fined at Fort William Sheriff Court after he admitted to poaching a hind at the 9,000-acre Glenfinnan Estate last year.

A consumer group has warned that students are being made to accept unexpected and unfair changes to their university courses because of unlawful contractual clauses. Which? looked at whether colleges were treating students fairly and has called on the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to look

A sheriff has ruled stricter checks on motorists would not have stopped the death of a cyclist who was hit bit a 93-year old woman. In an incident in the Highlands in 2011, Elaine Dunne, 30, was struck by Alice Ross, now 96, who is suspected of having blacked out while driving.

The Scottish Law Commission’s Annual Report 2014 has been published. The report outlines progress on the commission’s law reform work during 2014 and looks ahead to events during 2015 to mark the fiftieth year since the commission was set up.

Thousands of Scots face unfair working practices which leave them in desperate and miserable situations, according to new evidence from Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS). Last year the Scottish CAB service saw 46,540 instances of unfair treatment at work – an increase of 5.5 per cent on the previous

Two men who were sentenced to life imprisonment for murder have failed in their appeals against conviction after the Criminal Appeal Court dismissed their claims that no reasonable jury properly directed could have returned guilty verdicts. Jonathan Mackinnon and Stefan Millar were each sentenced to