Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is to establish a commission to consider whether the UK should withdraw from various ...

Four men convicted of bribery and corrupt practices over the awarding of NHS contracts worth £6 million have been imprisoned ...

A trainee lawyer who was mocked and beaten by police following an anti-globalisation protest in Italy in 2001 suffered a ...

Harper Macleod has advised on the sale of The Golden Lion Hotel, one of Scotland’s oldest and most culturally significant ...

David Cameron, the former prime minister, has joined DLA Piper as a consultant.  He will provide guidance on the various ...

A city's ban on yoga classes in public parks and beaches has been rubbished by a court. The US city of San Diego’s ban on ...

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. DRC: M23 rebels executed at least 21 civilians in Goma, Human ...

A new bill aimed at tackling problems with Scotland’s 20-year-old freedom of information (FOI) regime has been welcomed. The ...

David J Black reviews a brace of new books on Edinburgh, ‘Scotia’s darling seat’. Alistair Moffat’s A New History of ...

Legislation to improve tenants’ rights and introduce homelessness prevention measures has completed stage two scrutiny by a ...

The Sheriff Appeal Court has refused an appeal against a sheriff’s decision that two residential landlords were not in breach of occupiers’ liability legislation as a result of their tenant’s children ...

A man who coated pheasant carcasses in rat poison to bait and injure other legally protected wildlife has been ordered to carry out 135 hours of unpaid work. Clive Burgoyne, 38, of Forfar, carried out ...