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Former Lord Advocate Dame Elish Angiolini has been appointed as the new chair of Reprieve’s board of trustees. She succeeds Lord Wallace of Tankerness in the post.

Lord Ericht reflects on the significance of the cases that topped the Session Cases poll. In July 1930, a full bench of the High Court of Justiciary heard an appeal against conviction in relation to a series of sexual assaults against female employees in a “drapery establishment” at 186

Priti Patel's Home Office was yesterday accused of insensitivity after an immigration raid was ordered in the First Minister's constituency and phone calls from Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf to the Home Office were ignored.

The Scottish government has made a conscious decision to deprive the legal aid system of funding. The number of lawyers able to service the scheme is dwindling. Wooed by COPFS or simply unwilling to be the sticking plaster in a broken system, they have left. As lawyers strike today, solicitor advoca

Vialex has signed the Mindful Business Charter, joining a wide range of businesses and professional service firms around the world in a collective commitment to address the avoidable stresses in our working practices and to promote healthier and more effective ways of working. The charter, originall

An architecture student at Edinburgh University has won the Scottish Land Commission’s national student award for 2021. Final year student Harry Whitmore will use the £1,000 award to undertake research into urban development and the role of community arts organisations to focus and drive

The High Court of Justiciary has refused an appeal against conviction by a man convicted of attempted murder made on the basis that he had a ‘jigsaw’ basis for a special defence of self-defence. Aaron Dines, also known as Morrison, was sentenced to 8 years’ imprisonm

Seven trainees at MacRoberts will remain with the firm and become newly qualified lawyers in September.  Christie Carswell, Calum Lavery, Douglas Leslie, Michael Gallagher, Sarah Milne, Nicola Kelly, Nikita Sandhu and Sarah Milne will be joining the firm’s construction, corporate fin

The Edinburgh Tax Network, in conjunction with Trustbar, will present a seminar to celebrate the Trusts (Scotland) Bill (SLC 239) – the first major reform of Scottish Trust law to have been proposed in 100 years. The event will be held on Wednesday 16th June from 5.30pm to 7.45pm at Parliament

Lesley Larg has become the first female managing partner of Thorntons. Ms Larg, an IP specialist, takes over from Craig Nicol, who served as managing partner for 10 years, six of which were as joint managing partner with Scott Milne.

The Edinburgh Tax Network, in conjunction with CIOT and Terra Firma Chambers, will present a webinar entitled Employment Taxes – Latest Updates on 23 June 2021 from 1pm to 2pm. The speaker will be Caroline Colliston, Corporate Tax Partner at DWF. She will discuss:-

Dickson Minto has announced the appointment of two new partners and a new finance director. Craig Roberts, Nicola Mitchell and Alex Smith have taken up the respective positions. Mr Roberts and Ms Mitchell are based in the firm's Edinburgh office and support clients across the firm. They both joined

Former miners who transferred pension funds after they were made redundant could claim tens of thousands of pounds in compensation. Glasgow and Yorkshire-based solicitors Corries has acted for men who were given bad advice and told to leave employer-run pension schemes. 

A significant milestone will be reached for the Law Society of Scotland later this year when long-standing chief executive Lorna Jack steps down. The professional membership body for Scottish solicitors announced that Ms Jack will be retiring at the end of 2021. She has been in post for almost 13 ye

A legal services student has won the F&C Investment Trust Prize competition. Honor McAlpine, a City of Glasgow College HND Legal Services student, has made it three in a row for the college after winning the competition.