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Perth solicitor Amanda Millar has been confirmed as the Law Society of Scotland’s next vice president. Ms Millar will assume her new role in May 2019 succeeding current vice president, John Mulholland, when he takes up the reins from current President of the Law Society of Scotland, Aliso

CLT Scotland’s advanced offer for the first event in the Scots Law 2019 Exhibition/Conference Series ends on Wednesday. The event will take place at the Glasgow Hilton on 11th & 12th March and all bookings received on or before Wednesday 19th December will attract an advanced offer price s

More than 7,300 people in England and Wales were referred to the Prevent programme in 2017/18, a 20 per cent increase that includes a sharp 36 per cent in rise in referrals for concerns about right-wing extremism. A total of 7,318 people were referred to the UK's counter-terrorism programme in 2017/

Colleagues at CMS Scotland are celebrating after generating thousands of pounds in donations for this year’s Sleep in the Park fund-raiser staged last Saturday.

Neil Young has claimed victory in his pro-climate campaign against Barclaycard, who were due to sponsor his London concert with Bob Dylan. The music legend announced that the Hyde Park concert would go ahead next summer as an independent event, without backing from promoter British Summer Time (BST)

Section 17 of the Scottish ‘Brexit Bill’ – which requires Scottish Ministers’ consent to certain subordinate legislation – is ultra vires of the Scotland Act, which it would modify, though the bill is not entirely outwith the Scottish Parliament's legislative competence

A Scot wanted by the FBI over an alleged shares scam has successfully challenged a decision by the UK Government to delay the introduction of a possible defence to his extradition to the USA. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that the UK Government was acting “unlawfull

Law firms In the law firms league table, Livingstone Brown Solicitors once again came out on top, though its fees slipped by eight per cent. The figure for 2017-18 was £1,762,000, down on the previous year's £1,924,000.

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has welcomed the Court of Session decision in Gordon Neave v SLCC refusing leave to appeal. The complainer was appealing against the SLCC’s decision that his complaint was time barred.

Dame Elish Angiolini DBE QC today issued a call for evidence on the subject of police complaints. Dame Elish’s Independent Review is scrutinising the arrangements in Scotland for complaints handling, investigations and misconduct in relation to policing.

Colin Hulme comments on what new intellectual property data reveals. A recent report by the UK Intellectual Property Office confirms what we have already known: that designs are a key part of our economy in the UK. The report discloses that as of 2015, the UK design economy was worth six per cent of

The body which represents rank and file police officers has told MSPs that Scotland needs up to 900 more officers to deal with Brexit. The Scottish Police Federation (SPF) warned Holyrood that without more funds from the Scottish government, leaving the EU could result in a “catastrophic impac

The lawyer who said he would "take a bullet" for Donald Trump has been jailed for three years after being found guilty of lying to Congress and enabling illegal payments to women who had allegedly had affairs with the US president. Michael Cohen, 52, told the court he undertook the crimes becau

Australia has introduced sweeping new data laws without amendment or opposition, despite warnings from lawyers and civil liberties experts that the rushed legislation could have unintended consequences and overreach. The Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Act

Nigel and Nicholas Scullion of Scullion LAW took part in Social Bite's ‘Sleep in the Park’ in Glasgow on 8 December, raising £1,900 for the charity, which aims to end homelessness in Scotland. The pair joined hundreds of others in Kelvingrove Park to raise awareness