Holyrood’s Rural Affairs and Islands Committee has confirmed its support of the general principles of the Crofting and ...

A valedictory court gathered at Edinburgh Sheriff Court to mark the retirement of Sheriff Alistair Noble after 39-years.

Ali Harris and Professor Shazia Choudhry have been appointed as interim commissioners at the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).  Ali Harris is chief executive of Equally Ours, a human rights ...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. Ronnie Clancy KC takes a look at a legal case that was ...

The Scottish Conservatives have renewed their call for the Scottish government to make drink-spiking a specific offence, in ...

A crucial part of the legal framework for the free flow of personal data between the EU and the UK post-Brexit has been ...

Ministers are examining whether legislation banning smoking in public places should be amended to permit the smoking of crack cocaine within supervised drug consumption facilities in Glasgow and ...

Santa and his elves have shoplifted huge volumes of food to share with the needy at Christmastime. Police in Montréal, Canada ...

Compass Chambers has raised £12,103 for Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS) this year. The sum primarily came from the ...

Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC has expressed her "deep hope" that victims of domestic abuse can see routes to a safer future ...

Over the course of 2025, Scottish Legal News published more than 240 articles in our popular And finally section – sharing ...

An overwhelming number of respondents to an SLN survey think Judge Alexander Kemp should be investigated over anomalies in ...