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Prisoners have been given permission to open Scotland's first fine-dining vegan restaurant for the public on the grounds of a maximum-security prison. A vacant social club at HMP Perth will be turned into a new café and bistro, staffed by prisoners and former prisoners.

The University of Cambridge has emerged victorious in a new intervarsity Roman law moot.

The banking team at Burges Salmon has acted as UK counsel for mobility startup Zoomo on a venture debt financing facility. Zoomo, which is a Sydney-based mobility startup, recently raised AUS$16 million to accelerate its global expansion into new categories and markets.

Plans to build a replacement for Barlinnie Prison on derelict land at Provanmill have gained planning permission in principle.

The winners of the first Scottish Universities Law Institute (SULI) scholarships have been announced. Edinburgh Law School's Shona Warwick and Aberdeen University's Chike Emedosi are the inaugural recipients of the scholarships.

A law student is looking for solicitors to be part of an editorial board for an upcoming diversity and inclusion project. Declan Dundas, a fourth year Scots law student at the University of Dundee, is looking for around five solicitors to volunteer for the project.

A Florida man who fled from a large alligator in his storage shed was left embarrassed after police discovered it was a swimming pool inflatable. The man had gone into his shed to fetch boxes but was startled by the large inflatable and told his wife to call the police.

A glasses company that appealed against decisions and assessments of HM Revenue and Customs from 2005 to 2008 has failed to challenge the decision of the Upper Tribunal in respect of a timebar issue in relation to VAT assessments from 2005.  DCM (Optical Holdings) Ltd, which primarily

It is "very hard to understand how Lord Keen can stay in place as Advocate General" following the UK government's admission it intends to break international law, a senior advocate has said. A law proposed by the government would fall foul of the Brexit deal it signed with the EU last year. The bill

Free speech campaigners have responded to government assurances that contentious hate crime legislation will be amended and also urged MSPs on Holyrood’s Justice Committee to see problem provisions scrapped. Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf said the government would “work tirelessly”

Plans to conduct High Court trials using remote jury centres are now underway and the first trials are expected to start at the end of September. Following the recommendation from Lady Dorrian's Restarting Solemn Trials Working Group, the first trials will be based in selected ODEON cinemas and are

The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Sir Declan Morgan, has warned that the UK government's declared plan to break international law may undermine trust in the government and the administration of justice. Northern Ireland's top judge was sharply critical of government ministers in an in

Morton Fraser and Dickson Minto have committed to using the Law Society of Scotland's contextualised recruitment system to increase workplace diversity and social mobility. Following a successful pilot using the system, which was created by the Law Society in partnership with diversity recruitment s

DLA Piper has announced two promotions in Scotland. Carolyne Hair has been promoted to partner, real estate and Sarah Letson, finance, projects and restructuring, has been promoted to legal director.

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service staff have been thanked by NHS Blood and Transplant Scotland's Organ Donation Services Team for their work which contributed to the life-saving organ donation process during COVID-19. The NHS team have acknowledged the significant part that the Scottish