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Scottish landowners will have to accept "the public responsibilities that come with that ownership" following the introduction of new land reform legislation. Land reform minister Aileen McLeod (pictured) pledged to end "the stop start nature of historic land reform" as she published new draft legis

The Scottish Arbitration Survey, a joint initiative involving the University of Aberdeen, Burness Paull LLP and the Law Society of Scotland, has published its first report. Report No 1 covers the period from 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014. The report provides statistics relative to the occurrence of ar

Michael Matheson The Scottish government will build a new women's prison at Cornton Vale as part of a new strategy on women offenders, Justice Secretary Michael Matheson has announced.

Sir Crispin Agnew of Lochnaw Bt QC (pictured), senior counsel at Westwater Advocates, has completed the 50-mile Edinburgh Night Ride challenge. Sir Crispin embarked on the race to raise almost £3,000 for Westwater Advocates' chosen charity Dyslexia Scotland, which works to improve awareness and att

The Faculty of Advocates will play a part in broadening the horizons of eleven Scots teenagers taking part in a "Through the Looking Glass" initiative. The charity initiative aims to open unexpected career avenues for gifted young students from less affluent areas by giving them an insight into prof

Lord Carloway

The Law Society of Scotland has expressed concerns about the "lack of evidence" to support Scottish government moves to end automatic early release for long-term prisoners. The organisation issued its warning ahead of the stage 3 debate of the Prisoners (Control of Release) (Scotland) Bill in the Sc

Scotland’s chief law officer has been granted a court order to recover the combined voice and flight data recorder from a Super Puma helicopter which crashed into the North Sea in 2013 and killed four of the passengers on board. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that the CVFDR should be made a

Kath Murray Police stop and search figures are dropping in Scotland but the practice remains far more common than it is south of the border, research shows.

Ewan Alexander Pinsent Masons has announced preliminary details of its unaudited financial results for FY14/15.

Alan Shanks

Elaine McIlroy Weightmans LLP has added an employment law specialist to its growing Scottish business with the addition of Elaine McIlroy as partner.

A survey by Brodies LLP has revealed that almost 66 per cent of businesses are putting themselves at risk of missing deadlines, wasting money on outdated commercial agreements, or being forced into expensive litigation because they are not managing their contracts effectively. The study, which canva

Caroline Levesque-Bartlett Almost 13,500 people in Scotland were found guilty of failing to pay their TV licence in the last year, with those in Glasgow most likely to be offenders.

DWF has announced that it is transforming its business model with new delivery models and services designed to give clients "greater flexibility and efficiency" in how they deliver legal work. DWF has been running a pilot for the last 12 months with clients across industry sectors, but is now offeri