Holyrood's criminal justice committee has invited views on a new bill which aims to reduce incidences of domestic abuse. The ...

Aberdeen law firm Alex Hutcheon & Co. Ltd has raised over £5,000 in this year's Will Aid campaign – one of the highest ...

Hundreds of staff members at Brodies LLP benefited from a five per cent bonus after the firm enjoyed a 15th consecutive year ...

An appeal by an HGV driver against his dismissal by a haulage company based in Aberlour has succeeded before the Employment Appeal Tribunal after it found that the Employment Tribunal had erred in its ...

Prison reform campaigners have called for a cap on the number of prisoners in Scotland as jails grow dangerously overcrowded ...

There is just over a week until changes to the immigration rules take effect, writes Ashley Fleming. The Home Office has ...

As most of France celebrates the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille, one Frenchman is returning to prison two days ...

On this day 150 years ago, 14th July 1875, 24-year-old Stevenson passed the entrance examinations of the Faculty of Advocates ...

The Inner House of the Court of Session has refused a reclaiming motion against a decision that the licensee of several patents owned by a UK company was liable to pay royalties until the end of the ...

Lawyers in six Scottish cities and towns will take part in "legal walks" in support of access to justice this autumn, including for the first time in Paisley. The Scotland committee of the UK-wide Acc ...

Prison reform campaigners have called for a cap on the number of prisoners in Scotland as jails grow dangerously overcrowded and under-resourced. The country’s prison population reached ...

A man who filmed his dogs while they hunted, injured and killed numerous wild animals has been imprisoned for 12 months and banned indefinitely from owning or keeping animals. Brandon Robb, 28, of ...