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Legislation to end the harmful practice of setting ‘glue traps’ is to be brought forward by the Scottish government in order to protect animal welfare. The Scottish Animal Welfare Commission (SAWC) undertook a review of the use of glue traps and concluded that there are significant anima

Craig Murray has been given permission to appeal his conviction for breaching a court order by publishing information on his blog which enabled jigsaw identification of the women in the Alex Salmond case. The former diplomat spent four months in prison after being given an eight-month sentence.

Two members of Dundee Law School have been appointed by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) to a review body.  Dr Thomas Giddens and Professor Colin Reid are the only members from Scotland among the 22 members of the advisory group which will be reviewing the Benchmark State

Harper Macleod has been appointed as a supplier on Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) Debt Resolution Services framework. CCS is an executive agency of the UK government, and is the UK’s largest public procurement organisation. It supports the public sector to achieve maximum commercial va

Karen Cornwell, a legal director at Thorntons LLP, has been re-appointed to the pursuer professional negligence panel of the Law Society of Scotland. The panel consists of a handful of solicitors selected by the society on the basis of their expertise in dealing with professional negligence claims.

The gambling industry awaits the outcome of an imminent white paper which is sure to deal operators a fresh deck of cards which may not all be to their liking, writes Audrey Ferrie. The existing Gambling Act 2005 came into force in 2007 but it is widely recognised that current legislation needs a re

A reclaiming motion by HM Revenue and Customs against a Lord Ordinary’s decision to reduce an order refusing to grant backdated child tax credits to a refugee couple has been refused by the Inner House of the Court of Session. The petitioners, Ali and Saima Adnan, were granted refugee status i

Professor Conor Gearty, of LSE, has surveyed the jurisprudence of the Supreme Court under Lord Reed's leadership, suggesting that it has "reverted to an approach rooted in legal formalism, an extremely narrow reading of the rule of law, while displaying an old-school lack of interest in the lived ex

A woman who travelled from London to the Isle of Mull to take the UK's easiest driving test has admitted she still failed. Constance Kampfner wrote in The Times this week of her mission to take an easier test after failing the first time in London.

A dyslexic judge in England has won a disability discrimination case against the Ministry of Justice over its failure to provide her with voice recognition software and training. Zorina Nadine Clarkson Palomares, a part-time judge working on immigration and social security cases, made complaints to

Kennedys has signalled its continued commitment to growth in Scotland with two new partner hires. The appointments of Gavin Henderson and Daniela Fusi, both formerly Clyde & Co (Scotland) partners, takes the total number of fee earners to 23 across its offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow.

JUSTICE has published a report on reforming the parole system. The report, which makes 22 recommendations, has been prepared by a working party of experts, chaired by Nicola Padfield QC (Hon), professor of criminal and penal justice at the University of Cambridge. 

Head of international trade at TLT, Caroline Ramsay, has featured in The Lawyer’s annual Hot 100 in recognition of her "rousing success" in 2021. The Lawyer recognised Ms Ramsay's initiative in forming a stand-alone trade group within the firm before the UK left the European Union, along with

The Scottish Law Commission has received a reference from the Scottish government on establishing compulsory owners’ associations in tenement properties. The project will consider changes to the law in order to establish compulsory owners’ associations for tenement properties.

The Scottish government’s historic and continued neglect of the Scottish legal aid system will result in people who cannot afford legal advice being denied access to justice, according to a letter from the Law Society of Scotland President to the Scottish government. Despite the pledge of supp