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Dear Editor I read your article on the sad passing away of Liz Wilson. Her name seemed familiar and, when I went to my bookshelf, there it was - her short book on Setting up a Law Practice - A Guide. My copy was covered on the front with the scribbles of my then toddlers.

The Equality Network celebrates the work of the late Derek Ogg QC. We are deeply saddened to hear the news that Derek Ogg QC has died.

Criminal barrister Joanna Hardy shares her experience of remote courts in England. “I haven’t met the defendant, Your Honour,” I tell a screen in my kitchen. Silence. “Can… can you hear me?” My words echo through the judge’s laptop in a courtroom three mile

Peter Gray QC has raised more than £5,600 for charity after he cycled 200 miles in less than 24 hours in support of the National Bereavement Partnership COVID-19 Hub Response Appeal.

Inksters Solicitors held a virtual birthday party as it turned 21.

Thorntons LLP is currently accepting applications for legal traineeships beginning in 2022. Trainees at the firm have the opportunity to work in its offices in Dundee, Perth, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Fife and Angus.

To mark Star Wars Day, Simon Allison takes Yoda to task over his poor management skills.

A man has been charged with trespassing after being caught camping on a closed Disney island. Richard McGuire, 42, said he didn't realise the "tropical paradise" was a part of Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.

The Inner House of the Court of Session has granted decree of absolvitor to the Chief Constable of Police Scotland for the actions of a police officer towards a member of the public. The original case was brought to the Outer House by a Mrs K, who was found by the Lord Ordinary to be entitled t

Elizabeth May Wilson has passed away at the age of 73. One of Scotland's youngest ever solicitors, she became a tribunal chairwoman, as well as a tutor at Dundee University and a professional reflexologist.

Following the success of the Tayside Commercial Court, it is set to expand to cover the whole Tayside, Central and Fife Sheriffdom. This will mean the appointment of four further commercial court sheriffs across the region.

Holyrood's Justice Committee is backing Scottish government plans to change the law on deciding parent-child contact in family breakdown cases, but is warning that it may make little practical difference to the lives of children unless it is properly resourced. The Children (Scotland) Bill was intro

A British member of the Court of Justice of the European Union is suing her judicial colleagues after they attempted to sack her on the basis the UK has left the EU, The Critic reports. Advocate General Eleanor Sharpston QC has launched a claim in another of the EU courts after the EU issued a decla

Dentons has hired Brian Hutcheson as a partner in its UK real estate practice. Mr Hutcheson will be based in the firm's Glasgow office and joins from Morton Fraser where he has been a partner since 2006. He specialises in development work, investment sales and purchases, property finance and leasing

Cat MacLean, partner and head of dispute resolution at MBM Commercial, has been appointed to the Law Society of Scotland's Pursuer’s Panel. The panel consists of seven solicitors selected by the Law Society on the basis of their expertise in dealing with professional negligence claims.