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It's one year since the Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012 introduced a different legal framework for land registration. Twelve months on, most of the changes are familiar to all. Those involved in conveyancing have adapted well and some 460,000 applications (including advance notices) have

The Law Society of Scotland welcomed the acceptance of a Scottish government amendment to the Apologies (Scotland) Bill by the Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee. The amendment exempts apologies made under the duty of candour procedure as set out in the Health (Tobacco, Nicotine etc. and Care

A thief has had his Christmas wish granted after he asked a sheriff to put him in jail over the festive period. Gordon Wilson, 40, asked to be locked up over Christmas after he deliberately stole food from a supermarket in the hopes of being arrested.

Nicola Sturgeon The First Minister addressed a major conference in Edinburgh today ahead of international Human Rights Day tomorrow.

Earlier this year, the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) took the decision to publish determination decisions and, towards the end of December, it will be publishing decisions made in the quarter July to September 2015. At the same time as publishing its first set of decisions, it will be

Ken McEwan McEwan Fraser Legal has scored a unique hat-trick by becoming the new sponsor of three Scottish Premiership clubs – Dundee, Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Dundee United.

Andrew Mackenzie The Scottish Arbitration Centre’s chief executive, Andrew Mackenzie, has attended a conference on climate change disputes in Paris during the United Nations conference on climate change, where some of the world’s leaders are currently working to achieve universal agreement to ke

Morag Graham, Kirsty Haxby, Laurie Houston, Graeme Harrison, Craig Houston and Tracey Ryan getting ready to deliver their Christmas parcels  

A petition challenging the election of Alistair Carmichael (pictured right) as Liberal Democrat MP for Orkney and Shetland has been refused after judges ruled it had not been proved beyond reasonable doubt that he had committed an “illegal practice”. The Election Court dismissed the prayer of th

An application by a man found guilty of a series of sexual offences against four children for an extension of time in which to lodge a note of appeal has been refused. The Criminal Appeal Court ruled that the applicant failed to show that his ground of appeal “would probably succeed” or that the

From left: Alasdair Gillies, Alan Borthwick and Laura Salmond  

Michael Matheson MSPs are to approve a bill that will introduce a statutory code on the use of Police Scotland's stop and search powers.

Jonathan Branton Following growing client demand, DWF is formally opening an office in Brussels to provide greater competition and regulatory support to its major UK and international clients, particularly in the central and local government, food and retail, transport, and energy and industrials in

The Sheriff Appeal Court (SAC) (Civil) is providing a new facility to lodge motions to the court by email, opening up a simple and speedy procedure for court users. From 1 January 2016, there will be the capacity to intimate, oppose and lodge motions in the SAC by email which will also become the de

Lord Carloway The Lord Justice Clerk, Lord Carloway, has predicted a revolutionary change in civil procedure, stating that “the days of the lengthy proof with oral evidence will soon be over”.