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The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) is to undertake research into the Scottish legal services market to support the Scottish government’s response to the Roberton Review. Led by Esther Roberton, that review made a number of recommendations, including that there should be a single ind

A lawyer has lost a court case against his ex-wife who failed to hand over almost £1 million in their divorce settlement, The Times reports. Alexander Hutcheon, 63, and his former wife, Nicola, 49, divorced in February 2017 and Ms Hutcheon was ordered to pay her husband £900,000.

Fatal accident inquiry delays are causing severe distress to families who have lost loved ones, one sheriff has said. Sheriff Christine McCrossan spoke out after an inquiry found that a suicidal prisoner could have been saved if staff had followed proper procedures when he was admitted to prison, Th

Wealth management company Thorntons Investments has strengthened its Edinburgh team with the appointment of Gail Craig as portfolio manager. Ms Craig has over 25 years' investment management experience and takes up the position from Brown Shipley where she managed discretionary and advisory portfoli

The Supreme Court will sit in Wales for the first time when it arrives in Cardiff next month to hear three cases. The court hears appeals on arguable points of law of general public importance, concentrating on cases of the greatest significance.

A member of the Faculty of Advocates is going to the dogs, as part of National Licensing Week. Terra Firma advocate Scott Blair has taken to the world of blogging as his contribution to the annual event by the Institute of Licensing.

A former nurse who posed as a male lawyer in order to dupe women into sending her nude photos has been jailed for three years at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court. Adele Rennie, 28, targeted three women mere weeks after having been freed for the same crime, The Sun reports.

Pinsent Masons has signed up to The Valuable 500 campaign which seeks to place disability inclusion on the board agenda of 500 global businesses. The Valuable 500, which was launched at the World Economic Forum's annual summit, urges global business leaders to become accountable for disabi

A man who robbed a bank with a banana has been sentenced to 14 months in prison. Laurence James Vonderdell, 50, admitted offences of robbery and possessing an imitation firearm – a banana covered with an orange plastic bag.

Men prosecuted for same-sex sexual activity which is now entirely legal will be able to apply to have their convictions erased from October. Legislation passed unanimously by the Scottish Parliament last year will grant an automatic pardon to every man in Scotland criminalised for breaching homophob

A former Rangers administrator has been paid £80,000 in compensation over an order to freeze his assets that the Lord Advocate admitted was "wrongful", The Herald reports. David Whitehouse, 52, of Duff and Phelps, has been seeking £180,000 in damages against Lord Advocate James Wolffe QC

Glasgow-based solicitor John Frame has won the Law Society of Scotland’s In-house Rising Star Award for 2019. Mr Frame, legal director for transport in UK & Europe at Serco, has played a major role in the business, quickly becoming a trusted and valued colleague. He was appointed to the ro

The Scottish government is seeking views on plans to introduce a legal duty on Scottish public authorities to notify Police Scotland about suspected human trafficking and exploitation victims. Information collected through the ‘duty to notify’ will provide a more accurate picture of the

Family law expert Denise Laverty has joined Gilson Gray. Ms Laverty is a dual qualified family and divorce lawyer and accredited family law specialist with over 26 years’ experience in Scotland and England.

The Faculty of Advocates’ Jacqueline Fordyce has been elected to the board of Howard League Scotland, the independent penal reform organisation. She said: "I am delighted to have been appointed to the board of Howard League Scotland with the opportunity to work as part of a multi-disciplinary