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Angela Constance Legislation to increase the number of women on public boards has been published.

Sarah with her mum and gran

A sheriff has ruled that a family home that was built on a plot of land owned by one party to a marriage but which was not matrimonial property could be valued separately from the land for the purposes of calculating financial provision on divorce. The pursuer claimed that when the house was built o

Simon Allison A lawyer from Dundee who survived a serious stroke in January is taking part in a charity walk to raise money for the Stroke Association.

Nur Ben-Hamida Cloch Solicitors has welcomed postgraduate law student Nur Ben-Hamida to the firm as part of its University of Glasgow LLM exchange programme.

Pictured (l-r): Laura Burns and Shirley Li-Ting A double appointment at Gilson Gray's Glasgow office has further bolstered the firm's pool of talent.

Baroness Hale of Richmond will succeed Lord Neuberger as President of the UK Supreme Court, making her the first-ever woman to hold the top judicial post, it was announced today. She will be sworn in on 2 October 2017, the same day that Lady Justice Black, Lord Justice Lloyd Jones and Lord Justice B

Advocate Niall McCluskey reflects on the life of his uncle, former judge and peer, Lord McCluskey, who passed away last week at the age of 88. When I was a child, my uncle John (Lord McCluskey) was a family legend. My father, Raymund, would recount how the family meals of his childhood were fre

The High Court has decided that the trial involving the rendition and torture of a leading Gaddafi opponent and his pregnant wife should be conducted in secret. Abdul-Hakim Belhaj and his wife Fatima Boudchar opposed the UK government’s request for a secret trial under section 6 of the Justice and

The judge in the Charlie Gard case has confirmed the declarations he made in an earlier judgment, to the effect that it is in the terminally ill child’s “best interests” for his life support to be withdrawn. The decision follows further tests which revealed that the 11-month old was “beyond

A man found guilty of rape who claimed that the advocate depute’s cross-examination and speech to the jury were so prejudicial that he did not receive a fair trial has had an appeal against his conviction refused – but appeal judges criticised the Crown Office over the way the prosecutor conduct

Pictured from back (L-R): Leah Steel from CM Hair, Heather McKenzie, Ewan Ramsay, Emre Sezen from A Class Barbers, Lee Corr, Colin Whyte and Cara MacGregor from CM Hair. Front (L-R): Craig Nicol, Vincent Chung, Lynne Steel, Stephen Brand, Stephen O’Hare.

Gillian Thompson  

The Faculty of Procurators and Solicitors in Dundee has elected Amanda Wilson as its new Dean. The Faculty, an organisation which dates back to 1820, held its AGM this week to appoint its new officer bearers. For the last four years, Ms Wilson has been involved as Secretary and latterly as Vice Dean

Professor Lorne Crerar The chairman of Harper Macleod, Professor Lorne Crerar, has been hailed for his contribution to rugby over more than two decades as he stepped down from a trio of high-profile disciplinary roles in the sport.