Legal news from the Scottish press

Jury Duty? But I'm 108!  - Daily Record
A WOMAN was stunned to be cited for jury duty - aged 108. Great - gran Marion Richardson was sent an official letter asking her to report for service. It arrived the day before she turned 108.

Public enemy No1 - The Sun
SCOTLAND’S top cop backed a shake-up of booze laws yesterday — and said alcohol-fuelled chaos now brings more carnage to communities than illegal DRUGS.

'Rough Justice' killer fails to clear name after 35-year battle - The Scotsman
A MAN'S attempt to clear his name over a murder 35 years ago was rejected yesterday by appeal court judges. George Beattie, 55, served nearly 15 years of a life sentence for the frenzied stabbing of a young woman but has always protested his innocence.

The jury is still out over real value of new home reports - The Scotsman
THE controversial compulsory home reports are keeping the Scottish housing market alive, Scotland's surveyors have claimed.
But the claim, based on research published today, has been dismissed by critics of the new buying and selling regime as bearing no resemblance to reality.

Lawyers reduce their hours to save jobs - The Scotsman
LAWYERS in the commercial property department of Burness have stuck a deal to reduce their hours rather than face redundancies. Philip Rodney, chairman of Burness, yesterday told The Scotsman that two posts out of 16 had been at risk but that a proposal to reduce hours had been put forward as part of the firm's consultation process.