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The number of violent crimes recorded by Police Scotland has risen by 10 per cent, according to new figures. The number of murders, attempted murders and serious assaults all increased in the year to 31 March.

Alasdair Sutherland has joined Burness Paull LLP as head of the firm’s planning department. Mr Sutherland, currently a practising advocate, is regarded as a leading counsel for planning and environment. He was a solicitor in Burness Paull’s dispute resolution department immediately

There has been a 125 per cent increase in the use of post-nuptial agreements in the past year at one law firm. Alison McKee, partner and head of family law at Lindsays, told The Scotsman that the firm has seen a large increse in requests for post-nuptial agreements in the past year.

Proposals backed by a senior European politician to ban anonymity on social media could have an adverse impact on people living under repressive regimes, media lawyers in Ireland have warned. German politician Manfred Weber, the frontrunner for next president of the European Commission, told a TV de

Former Burness Paull chair, Philip Rodney, has joined the LAR Housing Trust Board as the organisation targets further growth across Scotland. Mr Rodney, a commercial litigation specialist, started his legal career with McGrigor Donald before joining boutique Glasgow firm Alexander Stone & Co, wh

Perthshire law firm Macnabs has appointed Stewart Baillie as director of property for the firm. Mr Baillie who joined the firm from Andersons in Kinross, has a wealth of legal experience advising clients on all areas including property, court, commercial and private client work.

Five years on from Dundas & Wilson’s combination with CMS, we should not mourn the loss of Scottish law firm brands, writes Allan Wernham. The number of elite Scottish law firm brands have diminished over the last decade, but we should not feel sentimental about the passing of historic nam

A total of 31 members of the Faculty of Advocates have been named on a new panel of counsel in Scotland for the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). The appointments are for four years, and the commission has also drawn up a list of preferred providers of external legal services in England a

The UK government is appointing an international ambassador for the promotion of human rights. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has appointed Rita French, formerly his principal private secretary, to the role.

TLT has advised Par Equity, a Scotland-headquartered venture capital firm, on a significant investment in Belfast-based data software company, Datactics. Par Equity facilitates investment in smaller companies with high growth potential with a particular focus on innovative companies doing things in

The Edinburgh Tax Network, in conjunction with Terra Firma Chambers, will present a seminar entitled “Practical aspects of Employee Share Incentives for Private Companies?” on Thursday 27th June 2019 at the Mackenzie Building, Old Assembly Close, Edinburgh. The speaker will be Karen Davi

Belgium's former king will be fined €5,000 a day until he agrees to take part in a court-ordered paternity test. King Albert II, who abdicated in 2013, was ordered last year to submit to a DNA test after a woman claiming to be his daughter took out court proceedings.

A vulnerable woman who was made the subject of a hospital-based care and treatment order has had an application to prevent disclosure of her identity dismissed by appeal judges. The mental health patient, who had lodged an appeal against a decision of the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland&nbs

The existing presumption against short prison sentences will be extended from three to 12 months and come into force this summer, subject to the approval of the Scottish Parliament. People released from a custodial sentence of 12 months or less are reconvicted nearly twice as often as those sen

People who help ill relatives die are being spared jail sentences and shown leniency, it has been claimed. Campaigners have identified a number of cases where people who have helped others to end their lives have not been jailed and, in some cases, have not even been prosecuted.