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A young person with autism who was granted decree against a local authority to pay for a further year of his education at a private school for pupils with special educational needs after he turned 18 has seen the decision overturned on appeal. Judges in the Inner House of the Court of Session ruled

Lord Jones The Hon. Lord Jones, Michael Jones, a Senator of the College of Justice, has passed away aged 68.

Local school pupils have won through to the final of the Law Society of Scotland’s national debating tournament after pitting their wits against schools across the country.

Christine McLintock Christine McLintock, president of the Law Society of Scotland delivered the Aberdeen Law Project’s Annual Lecture last month on “Access to justice in the 21st century”.

David Buchanan-Cook The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) is to host a roundtable on the application of disciplinary sanctions on lawyers in Scotland.

John Swinney Legislation to give the Scottish Fiscal Commission a permanent basis in statute and ensure its independence has been passed by the Scottish Parliament today.

The Scottish Parliament should, next week, give its legislative consent to Westminster passing theScotland Bill - the key recommendation to all MSPs in a parliamentary report published today. The endorsement of the UK bill by Holyrood’s Devolution Committee is a “significant milestone in a remar

Michael Matheson Applications for special measures for vulnerable witnesses have risen sharply in the wake of changes introduced last year. To the end of February this year there have been 3,400 applications for special measures.

Balfour+Manson has welcomed Kirsten Lobban (pictured right) and Jamie Robb as associates. Ms Lobban joins the Aberdeen office of the firm as an associate in the firm’s family law team. The team is already well known for the expertise and knowledge of its individual members and its emphasis on find

Giles Murphy A new survey of law firms across Great Britain has found that most managing partners and leadership figures do not receive enough strategic support.

Joe FitzPatrick The Scottish Parliament has passed legislation meant to “increase transparency” in lobbying by creating a register on which dealings between lobbyists and politicians must be recorded.

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The UK’s largest private landowner has been accused of acting contrary to Scotland’s “right to roam” law by imposing a £10 charge on walkers and joggers who want to access his park during a certain period. From March 21, the gates to the Duke of Buccleuch’s Dalkeith Country Park will be c

Neil Richardson Police Scotland should have no involvement in an investigation into whether it acted criminally by spying on one of its detectives according to MSPs.