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Women in Law Scotland (WiLS) is a new network for the legal profession in Scotland. It is aimed at lawyers and paralegals in private practice and in-house, irrespective of the size of firm and specialism.

Michael Matheson Justice Secretary Michael Matheson has announced a further £450,000 of funding to provide extra training staff for the Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) Scotland programme.

The House of Lords has called on the Prime Minister to halt the Scotland Bill amid fears the process is being undertaken with “undue haste” and without an assessment of the political and economic consequences for the UK. In its report A fracturing Union? The Economic Affairs Committee said there

Lord Lang Another House of Lords committee has called for the Scotland Bill to be halted owing to fears it will create “serious risks of future disputes and instability” in the country.

Morton Fraser has appointed Savita Sharma as a consultant and Marisa Cullen as an associate in its family law team in Edinburgh and Glasgow respectively. Ms Sharma (pictured right) is dual qualified and practised in England for over ten years before taking her position at Morton Fraser.

Lord Hain Laws are being drawn up by a group of cross-party politicians for a new Act of Union to “wrest back the initiative from the separatists” and ensure the preservation of the 300-year-old United Kingdom.

Philip Rodney Burness Paull LLP has secured its position as Scotland’s biggest and busiest transactional corporate law firm in Business Insider’s list of the top performing legal dealmakers.

British scientists from the Royal Society and Royal Society of Edinburgh are to teach the senior judiciary how to handle scientific evidence in court. Supported by the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, the scheme will launch with a “primer document” on DNA analysis

Professor Jim Murdoch The University of Glasgow’s professor of public law, Jim Murdoch, is to receive the fifth annual "European Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Social Sciences and Humanities".

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TLT Solicitors, with offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow, has reported a 15 per cent increase in turnover to hit £71.6 million for the 2015/16 financial year. This year's result comes at the end of the firm's current ambitious three year strategy, during which time the firm's revenue increased by 45 p

Petra Grunenberg Blackadders LLP has announced that partner and head of the rural land & business division, Petra Grunenberg, has been awarded accreditation in agricultural law.

Lady Dorrian The Rt Hon Lady Dorrian, who made history this year on her appointment as the first female Lord Justice Clerk of Scotland, will give the opening keynote speech at the Law Society of Scotland’s annual conference this month.

Shami Chakrabarti Former Liberty director Shami Chakrabarti is set to become the shadow attorney general in Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet.

Joyce Cullen The University of Dundee is to honour a leading lawyer this month.