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Police Scotland will be given powers to break up large house parties and councils will be allowed to shut companies down that fail to follow the coronavirus rules. The Scottish government announced the measures as new cases of COVID-19 reached their highest level for almost three months.

Scotland's criminal lawyers are strongly encouraged to respond to a research project on the operation of the criminal law system, including its key features. The project needs more responses before it can progress to the analysis stage. The Open University is seeking practitioners' views on the Scot

A woman’s £5,391 award from an Employment Tribunal has been confirmed on appeal with help from the Faculty of Advocates’ pro bono unit. Kirsty Ure, 35, thanked the unit and one of its volunteer advocates for “an incredible service in securing justice in my case.” 

The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee 2019-20 has published its annual report on Scottish Statutory Instruments (SSIs) this week. SSIs are a form of law made by Scottish ministers or other responsible authorities, usually in the form of regulations, orders, rules, or schemes, which set out t

Brodies LLP has been named one of the top family law firms for 2020 by eprivateclient. Eprivateclient surveyed more than 100 family law firms based on several criteria.

The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association is delighted to invite readers to join its two-part webinar, designed specifically for SYLA members. Part one will be presented by Nadia Atanasov, financial planner at Tilney, who will look at how to best make your money go further during uncertain times.

Thieves broke into a ninja museum in Japan this week and stole more than a million yen. The Iga-ryu Ninja museum, dedicated to the history and practices of ninja, suffered the break-in on Monday morning.

During his lifetime, James Erksine, Lord Grange, Scotland’s Lord Justice Clerk from 1710 to 1714, was best known for his eccentric opposition to the Witchcraft Act of 1735 which aimed to ensure there would be no return to the infamous witch hunts which had claimed the lives of so many women. E

A milk delivery man who was injured while delivering milk to the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh has successfully appealed against a decision granting decree of absolvitor to the gallery’s controlling organisation. Andrew Wright, an employee of Graham’s Family Dairy, orig

Criminal defence solicitors have ridiculed a suggestion that summary trials be held at the weekend as a measure to cope with the mounting backlog of cases.

Local public health measures like minimum pricing of alcohol could be jeopardised under proposals for a UK internal market, the Faculty of Advocates has suggested. The UK government has published a white paper aimed at protecting the flow of goods and services across the UK at the end of the Brexit

BLM's Glasgow office has been spared as the firm closes two others in the UK and launches a redundancy consultation. The leases for the firm's Glasgow and Belfast offices are currently being renewed and BLM said it has no plans to close any of its other 11 UK offices.

The Law Society of Scotland has responded to an open letter published in yesterday's edition of Scottish Legal News that decried the paltry fees paid by the Scottish Legal Aid Board to a law firm for its work on a Supreme Court case. Patricia Thom, co-convener of the Law Society of Scotland&rsq

Law At Work (LAW), a firm which specialises in employment law, HR, and health and safety, has promoted two members of staff in its employment law Team. Heather Maclean, who joined the firm nine years ago, will now head up its knowledge development function as she moves from associate solicitor to se

Compass Chambers has announced the appointment of Angela Grahame QC as senior counsel to the Sheku Bayoh Public Inquiry. The inquiry will be chaired by Lord Bracadale and it will examine the circumstances of the death of Sheku Bayoh, who died in police custody on 3 May 2015.