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A police station in the US has begun organising pot parties to help officers better understand how cannabis impairs motorists. Montgomery County Police Station in Maryland invited legal cannabis users to light up in front of officers so they could see the effects first-hand, The Times reports.

Gilson Gray Financial Management (GGFM) has acquired North Berwick-based Wallace Financial Planning in a seven-figure deal. The acquisition is the first step in the growth strategy of the financial services arm of legal firm Gilson Gray. The deal and increases GGFM's assets under management (AU

The Lord Advocate, Dorothy Bain KC, has renewed her pledge to tackle the crimes of domestic abuse and stalking with robust prosecution. She made the commitment as new figures were released, showing a 1.9 percent decrease in the number of charges reported to the Crown Office and Procurator Fisca

Morton Fraser has been named as a supplier on Crown Commercial Service’s Public Sector Legal Services framework, following a competitive tender process. While the firm was appointed to the previous CCS Framework in 2018, this new framework puts a stronger emphasis on social value, aligning str

The Law Society of Scotland has given broad support for proposed changes to bail and release from custody arrangements, but remains deeply concerned at the high number of accused people being held on remand when charged but not convicted of a crime. The society recently submitted its response on the

Thorntons has welcomed its new intake of trainees across its network of offices. Thirteen graduates started in September across the firm's offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Cupar, St Andrews and Perth.

A Council of Europe body has called on France to introduce a system of recording of “stop and account” by law enforcement officials and, as regards Travellers, to recognise caravans as a type of housing. In a new report, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), has

The vast majority of complaints about councillors and members of devolved public bodies in Scotland concern allegations of disrespect, bullying and harassment, according to the annual report of the Standards Commission for Scotland. In a year where the conduct of politicians has been under the spotl

A pop-up exhibition about the centenary of the first woman to be called to the bar is now on display at the Supreme Court.

Forfar Sheriff Court has dismissed part of a claim by County Travel Buses for damages for allegedly wrongful cancellation of school-bus contracts. The pursuer had three-year contracts for school routes for Angus Council which were cancelled by the local authority during the second year. The grounds

A reclaiming motion by a local authority challenging the refusal of its counterclaim against an adjudicator’s decision that a Final Certificate of an amount due to a building contractor was not conclusive has been refused by a 2:1 decision in the Inner House of the Court of Session. D McLaughl

Judge Síofra O’Leary, the Irish judge on the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), has been elected as the president of the court for a two-year term. She is the first woman and the first Irish person to serve as president of the court in its 63-year history, and will take up office o

A man who filmed himself making violent threats while dressed as the Batman villain Joker has been banned from wearing fancy dress. Jeremy Garnier, 51, pleaded guilty to making a terrorist threat – but insists that he had been "in character" and had not intended to threaten anyone.

Professor Alan Miller will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Scottish Legal Awards on Thursday. Professor Miller is an expert in human rights law and has four decades of experience as a human rights practitioner, including being unanimously elected by the Scottish Parliament to an eight-

The Dundee Employment Tribunal has relocated from Compass House to Endeavour House. Endeavour House will be a Social Security & Child Support and Employment Tribunal venue.