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Hard work paid off for three Gildeas employees recently when they graduated with paralegal qualifications. Jodie McGregor and Marilyn McKee from the firm's Edinburgh office and Michelle Wright, who is based in Glasgow, undertook the specialist paralegal qualification in reparation law through C

A debate exploring whether complainers in rape cases should have their own lawyer in court is being staged by the Faculty of Advocates in association with Rape Crisis Scotland. The issue to be discussed will be: “This house believes that prosecution in the public interest cannot deliver justic

Limited tickets are still available for Jackson Boyd's charity ceilidh tomorrow night at Sloans in Glasgow. The ceilidh will raise money for the firm's nominated charities: SAMH, Cystic Fibrosis Trust and Brightest Star.

The anonymous blogger known as the Secret Barrister has encouraged the incoming Director of Public Prosecutions to make surprise court visits to see the "daily pressures" on the system. Max Hill QC begins a five-year term as head of the Crown Prosecution Service (C

A copy of the novel Lady Chatterley's Lover used by the judge in the obscenity trial over the book in 1960 has sold for £56,000 at auction. An anonymous online bidder picked up the book, which was expected to fetch £15,000.

A man convicted of unlawful sexual activity with a 14-year-old girl has successfully challenged a sheriff’s decision to impose an extended sentence. The Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary quashed the extension period after ruling that the sheriff failed to explain why she considered

A man who claimed to be entitled to PPI compensation in a situation in which there had been an intervening insolvency by virtue of a trust deed has had his appeal unanimously dismissed by justices in the Supreme Court, for whom the question was whether the trust deed had been brought to an end by th

Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) is to merge with CCW Business Lawyers, with effect from 3 December 2018. The merged firm will be known as Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP. This latest merger marks the next stage in it’s a strategic growth plan and comes as the firm enters its 16

Arnot Manderson Advocates has received high praise and top rankings from the Legal 500. The stable once again achieved a Tier 1 ranking and was noted as ‘handling instructions across a broad spectrum of areas, including commercial litigation, family, personal injury and medical negligence

Govan Law Centre has announced the appointment of Lorna Walker as a partner in the firm of Dailly & Co., Solicitors at Govan Law Centre. Mike Dailly told Scottish Legal News: “Lorna has been a senior solicitor at the law centre for a number of years leading on our casework to accommodate r

Individuals and communities in Inverness and the Highlands are being given a new route to access justice thanks to a partnership between Harper Macleod and the Aberdeen Law Project (ALP). The Inverness Law Project (ILP), being launched in late November, will see talented law students provide a

Between 2016-17 and 2017-18, the number of homicide cases recorded by the police in Scotland decreased by five per cent (three cases) from 62 to 59, according to a new report. Homicide in Scotland, 2017-18, published by Scotland’s Chief Statistician, shows that this is the joint lowest nu

A new protocol has been introduced to speed up the release of the bodies of murder victims that have been retained for post-mortem examinations. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) is responsible for the investigation of all sudden, suspicious, accidental or unexplained deaths in

The Legal Sector Affinity Group (LSAG) has urged lawyers to support Flag It Up, the UK government’s anti-money laundering campaign, and flag up suspicions about potential ‘dirty’ or laundered money. Flag It Up supports lawyers to spot the red flags or warning signs of money launder

A major annual regulatory conference will have a Faculty of Advocates finale, with a speech by senior counsel, Andrew Webster QC. Mr Webster, First Scottish Standing Counsel, is to look at Different Tribunals: Different Challenges: Different Results? in the last talk of the day at the 11th Annual Re