Legal news from the Scottish Press

Home reports 'changed the market' - BBC Online
The introduction of single surveys in the Scottish housing market saw a rush of new properties followed by two "wilderness" months, solicitors say.

New assisted suicide law 'will be highly dangerous' - The Scotsman
THE UK's leading charity against euthanasia has demanded MSPs block "highly dangerous" moves to legalise assisted suicide.
The letter to all 129 MSPs from Care Not Killing (CNK) is aimed at derailing Independent MSP Margo MacDonald's assisted deaths bill. The organisation warned it will create a new industry of "euthanasia on demand".

Prisoners revolt after being told to wear sex beast colours - Daily Record
Cons are in revolt after being told to wear the same colour of sweatshirt as sex offenders. Prisoners at Ingliston hall in Edinburgh's Saughton prison have been issued with maroon jerseys normally worn by rapists and paedophiles instead of their usual black ones.

Mortgage rates fall while house prices rise - The Herald
Homeowners received a boost yesterday as interest rates were cut to a new record low and figures showed house prices rose during January. Around four million people are set to see their mortgage repayments fall as a result of the Bank of England's decision to reduce the base rate to 1%.

Tobin is 'most evil' - The Sun
Internationally-renowned expert Dr Michael Stone has spent a lifetime interviewing and analysing the most twisted murderers on the planet. He even devised a controversial scale — from one to an appalling 22 — to rate them. And after closely analysing the killer of Vicky Hamilton and Angelika Kluk, Dr Stone has handed former church handyman Tobin a 22 rating — most evil. 
 
Police to launch appeal on Crimewatch in hunt for killer of Scots prostitute - Daily Record
POLICE hope a TV appeal will help find the man who killed a prostitute 26 years ago. Edinburgh woman Sheila Anderson, 27, died from horrific injuries after having a car repeatedly driven over her on April 7, 1983.