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Via Judicial Office: Lady Justice Nicola Davies sworn in [...] as the first Welsh woman to be a Court of Appeal Judge. She was the first Welsh woman QC and the first Welsh woman High Court Judge.

Ashley Paterson, who has been admitted to the New York State Bar, reflects on her journey to qualification. Ashley's admission comes as the Scottish Bar Association of New York (ScotBarNY) looks to connect Scots law students and graduates with host organizations in New York City for work exper

US star lawyer David Rudolf, who featured in the popular Netflix documentary The Staircase, has urged Scotland not to scrap its historic ‘not proven’ verdict ahead of a new speaking tour focused on problems with the criminal justice system in the US and abroad. In an interview with Scott

Alan McIntosh writes on problem debt ahead of tomorrow's meeting of the Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee. The decision by the Scottish government this week to reject the evidence of Citizen Advice Scotland, Money Advice Scotland, Stepchange and Govan Law Centre over the evidence of Esther McV

Frances Ennis welcomes Glasgow Licensing Board's new pilot scheme. Glasgow's night-time economy is said to generate around £2.16 billion a year and supports 16,600 jobs. That is despite, not because of, what has sometimes been seen by trade and practitioners alike as a licensing system which d

A solicitor who sent a foul-mouthed rant to the Solicitors Regulation Authority has been banned from the profession. Luke Stephen Venton, 39, had three previous convictions from 2014-2017, two of which he failed to inform the SRA of. He has not practised since November 2015, the Gazette reports.

The celebrated US attorney, David Rudolf, has thanked the Scottish Criminal Bar Association for a “great” evening of discussion. Mr Rudolf was the guest at a special event in Glasgow and gave a talk about the case of Michael Peterson, a novelist in North Carolina who was accused of murde