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One of Scotland's leading experts in forensic science will discuss the role of science in the courtroom with a senior member of the Australian judiciary at a conference later this month. Professor Niamh Nic Daeid, director of the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science (LRCFS) at the Univers

A family judge was forced to step in after a couple named their child "Griezmann Mbappe" after the famous football stars. The judge in Brive-la-Gaillarde, in southwest France, stripped the name from the five-month-old boy, AFP reports.

The owners of the former McEwens of Perth department store will not have to disclose the legal advice they were given before signing a personal guarantee granted to them by a bank in their action for reduction of the contract, a judge has ruled. John Bullough and his wife Georgina Bullough raised an

Two innovative judges from the US made a big impression with talks on "therapeutic justice" at a Faculty of Advocates seminar - and it seems Scotland made a big impression on them. Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren spoke of pioneering America’s mental health courts, while Judge Victoria Pratt discussed

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has invited solicitors to contribute to a research project looking at whether legal aid for discrimination cases provides effective access to justice for people who have suffered discrimination in Scotland. The equality body also wants to hear from any

DWF has completed its initial public offering and is now trading on the London Stock Exchange, making it the UK's largest listed law firm. The entire issued ordinary share capital of 300,000,000 shares was today admitted to the premium listing segment of the Official List of the FCA and to trad

We hope you’ll have fun with our St Patrick’s Day quiz. Entries close on Monday morning. The winner will be announced in the SLN newsletter on Monday. Happy googling!

The SLCC Consumer Panel has launched a new discussion document for legal professionals and regulators on Consumer Rights Day today. Building on the panel’s previous publication on the internationally recognised consumer principles, the guide is designed to help practitioners and regulator

A new series of talks at the University of Dundee will explore the use of forensic science within the criminal justice system. Forensic science experts and leading criminal lawyers will be among speakers at the "Crime Café" series hosted by the university's Leverhulme Research Centre for Fore

Clyde & Co Scotland welcomed over 60 guests to The Signet Library, one of Edinburgh's most iconic venues, to celebrate the Scottish commercial disputes market with an evening of drinks, canapés and speeches. Key figures from across the sector heard Michael Payton, chairman of Clyde &

By Leon Hutchinson, senior manager at PwC Every year, PwC’s Law Firms’ Survey provides a fascinating snapshot of the current state of the UK legal sector. In this year’s study the picture appears fairly bright, with over 90 per cent of firms reporting growth in fee i

An MP has been widely ridiculed after suggesting all knives in the UK should be fitted with GPS trackers to crack down on knife crime. Scott Mann, Conservative MP for North Cornwall, also said there should be a "national database like we do with guns".

The Faculty of Advocates is proud custodian for the nation of “a most curious Scots relic” from the Battle of Flodden. The standard of a Scottish nobleman which was carried into battle that fateful day – 9 September, 1513 – is now to be found adorning a wall in the Faculty&rs

The Law Society of Scotland has criticised Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) proposals for a third consecutive above-inflation levy on solicitors, which it says will lead to rising costs for legal services consumers. In its response to the SLCC annual budget and levy, the Law Society has d

Northern Ireland prosecutors have announced that a single British soldier is to be charged with two murders and four attempted murders on Bloody Sunday in 1972. Lawyers for the families of those killed and wounded on Bloody Sunday have welcomed the prosecution, but voiced their disappointment that 1