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The Law Society of Scotland has launched a new mental health resource, Lawscot Wellbeing, to coincide with Mental Health Awareness Week 2018. The web-based resource provides information, help and guidance to those working in the legal sector through a dedicated online portal on the Law Society of Sc

Police officers dealing with digital disclosure are under-trained and often unaware of what they are looking for, a Justice Select Committee has heard. Digital forensic experts have said police failures have led to a number of court cases collapsing, The Guardian reports.

A third year law student at Edinburgh University has won a three week paid work placement with the Solicitor’s Office at the Scottish Parliament and a £500 cash prize for her winning entry in a student competition. Run jointly by the Law Society of Scotland and the Scottish Parliame

A new legal resourcing business founded by an international lawyer aims to meet the needs of high-flying practitioners seeking a work-life balance. Natalie Kirk, who worked in the Middle East for eight years with US law firm Weil Gotshal & Manges, is set to open Element Legal Services in Gl

A woman who fell over a large stone while walking in the grounds of a Scottish estate has had her action for damages dismissed. The All-Scotland Sheriff Personal Injury Court ruled that the pursuer, Louise McKevitt, failed to prove that the defenders, the National Trust for Scotland, breached their

An international law student whose scholarship has not been honoured will be denied the opportunity to gain his LLB and will be sent back to his home country unless he can satisfy his university debts. Raphael Chinwuko was admitted to Durham University in 2016 and was offered a scholarship by a priv

TLT has appointed Douglas Gourlay as a partner in its Glasgow office, building on the firm's national strength in banking and finance. Mr Gourlay joins TLT from national firm Weightmans, where he established the Scottish banking team and led the firm’s UK real estate finance practice. His trac

Pictured (L-R): Euan, Corrie and Jack Three of Team Scotland’s star swimmers returned to the Brodies Scottish Schools Swimming Championships yesterday to support the event and reflect on their own experiences as former competitors.

Pictured (L-R): Zoe Irving, Katie Hobkirk, Jamie Lyons,Iona Anderson, Danny McGinn, Ling Deng, Colin Graham and Rachel Lawson Thorntons has appointed seven newly-qualified solicitors.

Three newly qualified members of the Scottish legal in-house community have been shortlisted as finalists of the 2018 Law Society of Scotland In-house Rising Star Award. The finalists are: Victoria Davidson, Royal Bank of Scotland; Sarah Haig, Glasgow City Council; Oksana Orlova-Farre

Pictured: Headway Tayside Chairman with Thorntons representativeand Ron, Robin and George who have all benefited from Headway’s services. Thorntons Solicitors recently took part in Hats for Headway, a fancy dress fundraiser in aid of Action for Brain Injury – and raised more than £

Glasgow solicitor Sarah Haig has been named as the Law Society of Scotland’s In-house Rising Star 2018. Working as part of Glasgow City Council's Legal Services team, she has acquired a high level of knowledge in the field of information law and played an integral role in implementing GDPR not

A Dundee University LLB student will graduate with a First today after overcoming years of adversity – which threatened her dream of studying law. Katherine Wade always dreamed of being a lawyer, but when she was 13 years-old she was diagnosed with severe epilepsy and had to take a year o

A man who was found guilty of sexually abusing his step-daughter and her cousin over a number of years starting when they were only eight years old has been ordered to pay them damages totalling £200,000. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that both pursuers, who also claimed that they were

David Morgan found himself reflecting on a famous American idea as the US celebrated its independence day this week. As the 4th of July marks the anniversary of the adoption of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, I found myself reflecting on the well-known phrase in the introduction to the Declara