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Digby Brown partner David Nellaney A jury yesterday made the highest award of civil damages for loss of society to the partner of a victim of a fatal accident in Scotland in the case of Claire Anderson and Others v Brig Brae Garage Limited.

The Faculty of Advocates’ pro bono service has forged a link with the national UK charity, the British Polio Fellowship (British Polio) in the hope that it will bring benefits to polio survivors. British Polio has been accepted as an accredited agency of the Free Legal Services Unit (FLSU), enabli

Adam Wagner The website RightsInfo has produced a series on the 50 most important human rights cases “that transformed Britain” translated into “plain-English short stories”.

Views are today being asked for on proposals that will modernise specific aspects of succession law by MSPs on the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee. The Succession (Scotland) Bill is a Scottish Law Commission bill, implementing certain recommendations from their 2009 report.

Rob Gibson MSP The Scottish Parliament's Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee has called for views on the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill.

A law firm in Bolton has won a case against a Recorder who ruled it was involved in fraud in a personal injury claim without permitting its solicitors to defend the allegation Legal Futures reports. The High Court ruled Mr Recorder Osborne, who sits in Manchester County Court “was not entitled to

Alison Saunders, director of public prosecutions The number of convictions related to violent crimes against women increased in England and Wales last year new figures show.

Justice Secretary Michael Matheson MSP The Scottish government is set to open a formal consultation on plans to extend an existing presumption against jail sentences of less than three months.

Social Justice Secretary Alex Neil The UK government should call a halt in its attempts to repeal the Human Rights Act and introduce a British Bill of Rights and Responsibilities, Social Justice Secretary Alex Neil has "demanded".

Presiding Officer, Tricia Marwick MSP The case for the introduction of elected conveners for Scottish Parliament committees as a stand-alone reform has not been made according to a report issued today by the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments (SPPA) Committee.

Proposals to strengthen academic freedom in colleges and universities are to be examined by the Scottish Parliament’s Education and Culture Committee as it scrutinises the Higher Education (Governance) Scotland Bill. The bill expands the current definition of academic freedom to cover the freedom

Scottish Secretary David Mundell Scottish Secretary David Mundell told a committee of MSPs at Holyrood today that he would work constructively with them to deliver all the proposals contained in the all-party Smith Commission agreement.

MSPs are today expected to pass the Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Bill into law. A spokesperson for the Scottish government said the bill was introduced to fulfil their "long-standing commitment to eradicate gun crime in Scotland".

Jamie Duff Jamie Duff, a dispute resolution solicitor in Harper Macleod’s Inverness office, is getting ready to play a starring role in a special kind of football match.

Justice Secretary Michael Gove Outlining plans to end “grotesque inefficiencies” in the courts Justice Secretary Michael Gove said lawyers may face legislation forcing them to work for free in order to deal with “indefensible inequalities in the justice system”.