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By Dr Nick McKerrell James Wolffe, Lord Advocate of Scotland: It seems like an entire lifetime but it was only six weeks ago that Scottish politics was riven with cataclysmic rhetoric on the future of the First Minister and the failings of the Scottish state as the Holyrood investigation into the Scottish government complaints policy reached its climax. Central to this was perhaps surprisingly the unique constitutional role of the Lord Advocate, a position that has existed in Scotland for centuries.  Alex Salmond had claimed that ...

HEALTH boards are preparing to fight legal claims for hospital-acquired cases of Covid-19.

Sign up for our daily Politics briefing for political exclusives, analysis and debate. Thank you for signing up to our Politics newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A looming Supreme Court battle over Holyrood legislation has been described as a “technical argument” that will go “right to the heart of devolution”. Legal experts highlighted the “tension” between the Westminster and Scottish parliaments after the UK Government asked the country’s highest court to determine whether MSPs acted within their rights when they passed two Bills last m...

One of the storm clouds hovering over this morning’s appearance of the First Minister was her potential breaches of the ministerial code.

THERE is no “rabbit in the hat” solution for finding a way to secure independence without a Section 30 agreement, according to a law expert.