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A replacement for Glasgow's Barlinnie Prison is expected by 2025, the Scottish Parliament’s justice committee has heard. Justice secretary Humza Yousaf and Colin McConnell, chief executive at the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), told the committee yesterday that a deal to buy the land is “

David Wilson considers a case that clarifies 'practical completion'. For the first time in recent years, the courts have considered the definition of practical completion in the case of Mears Limited v Costplan Services (South East) Limited, Plymouth (Notte Street) Limited, J.R. Pickstock Limit

A new eight-part true crime podcast series revisits the murder of Melanie Sturton in Aberdeen 20 years ago. Ms Sturton, 22, was murdered in 1999 by her upstairs neighbour Pamela Gourlay, then 19, who was subsequently convicted in the High Court.

A trio of feminist legal academics visited four cities, delivered six half-day workshops and raised over £5,000 for charity over the course of a mammoth 200-mile cycle tour of Scotland.

Multinational company Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $8 billion in punitive damages to a man who said the firm had not issued a warning that its antipsychotic drug could lead to breast growth. The enormous award, around £6.6 billion, was awarded to 26-year-old Nicholas Murray by

A Greatest Showman-themed fundraising night hosted by Gilson Gray has generated vital funding for two of the nation’s best-loved children’s charities.

A policeman who refused to shave his beard has been awarded £10,000 by an employment tribunal. Constable Gordon Downey had been transferred from an armed response unit after refusing to abide by a policy that officers be clean-shaven.

A legal action seeking a court order to force the Prime Minister to write a letter requesting a Brexit extension in the event that no deal has been agreed between the UK and the EU has been dismissed after a judge ruled that it was not required. The Court of Session held that it was unnecessary to g

Global legal business DWF has announced the appointment of senior insurance litigator Lynne Macfarlane as a director in its Scottish insurance practice. Ms Macfarlane joins DWF's insurance team from Clyde and Co, where she has spent the entire 20 years of her legal career. She has extensive experien

Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf has launched a new training resource at the Scottish Crime Campus at Gartcosh aimed at helping local authorities report instances of organised crime.

Lord Tyre led over 100 people on the Edinburgh Legal Walk 2019 yesterday, raising over £5,000 for the Access to Justice Foundation in the process.

Advocate Michael Upton of Hastie Stable examines the issues at the centre of an English court appeal being heard this week. It may seem axiomatic that rights to use or to occupy land must flow - directly or indirectly - from a present or past land-owner. But in the important field of telecoms operat

A new five-track EP has brought together celebrated Scottish songwriters and people with experience of the criminal justice system. Oblivion and Beyond has been released as part of the Distant Voices project, a collaboration between Vox Liminis, the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research and

Richard McMeeken, partner at Morton Fraser, reflects on the benefits of the commercial courts system following its 25th anniversary earlier this year. Specialist courts in Scotland are nothing new. In 1994 Lord Penrose established a commercial court in order to respond to the demands of the business

Lord Carlile, who is leading an independent review of the controversial Prevent counter-terrorism programme, has issued a call for evidence on its operation. The barrister and former independent reviewer of terrorism legislation has previously promised to conduct a “strongly evidence-based&rdq