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Leonie Burke has joined Aberdein Considine as a partner in Edinburgh. Ms Burke is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as both a family law specialist and as a family law mediator.

Shoosmiths has appointed Thomas Morrison within its financial services team. Mr Morrison joins from Addleshaw Goddard and will be based in Shoosmiths’ London office.

David Bell considers unfair prejudice claims in business disputes and how the role of the forensic accountant can play a part in resolving these. There has been an increase in unfair prejudice claims in the last few years and they always bring out interesting and challenging issues from a forensic

In a video produced by Edinburgh Law School, Professor Martin Hogg discusses the concept of a 'restatement' of the law, which is gaining popularity in British law schools.

A round-up of deals involving Scottish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@scottishnews.com.

The number of offenders passing through the criminal justice system has fallen to its lowest level in 50 years, according to official figures. Between July 2018 and June 2019 there were 1.58 million people processed by the system, compared with 1.86m in 1970, data from the Ministry of Justice show.

A university is expanding its criminology programme to explore perceptions surrounding the actions of climate change activist groups like Extinction Rebellion. From next year, third-year students from the Division of Sociology at Abertay University will take on a new ‘Green Criminology’

Prison authorities have captured an inmate's cat which was being used to smuggle drugs into the jail. In CCTV footage released online, guards at a penal colony in the Russian republic of Tatarstan chase after a cat as it races towards the prison building.

As you would expect of properties in Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, the Faculty of Advocates’ Lord Reid Building and Mackenzie Building are steeped in history. The Lord Reid Building, behind 142 High Street, is within an enclosed court and accessed via the pend known as New Assembly Close. It h

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. ‘Depressed and unemployed’: China’s rights lawyers battle disbarment | South China Morning Post

A failed asylum seeker who claimed that it was “unlawful” for her housing provider to evict her from temporary accommodation by changing the locks to the property without first obtaining a court order has had her appeal dismissed. The Inner House of the Court of Session upheld

A man living with his severely disabled partner in a two-bedroom council house should receive full housing benefit because applying the so-called "bedroom tax" breaches his human rights, the UK Supreme Court has ruled. The ruling in favour of "RR" has implications for at least 155 other partners of

A judicial review case is to be brought against the UK government if it fails to release a report into potential Russian interference in British politics. The Bureau of Investigative Journalism has written to the prime minister demanding the publication of the Intelligence and Security Committee&rsq

A law graduate was rejected for various jobs after being forced to disclose a childhood offence he committed while in care, The Times reports. Robert Dorrian, who had been in care since the age of four, was given a verbal warning when he was 16 which he must disclose to potential employers.

A number of Scotland’s law firms have been chosen by their peers as among the top performers in the sector. The Best Law Firms index, compiled by The Times in association with Statista, looked at 26 categories of legal practice and asked for nominations.