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Nine new Queen’s Counsel have been appointed by Her Majesty the Queen on the recommendation of First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. The new appointees are Una Doherty, advocate; Bruce Erroch, advocate; Jane Farquharson, advocate; Ruth Innes, advocate; Vinit Khurana, advocate; Ronaldo Renucci, advoc

A solicitors' tribunal has questioned delays over a professional misconduct hearing into Hamilton Burns partners Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh and Nial Mickel, who are the subjects of a disciplinary action by the Law Society of Scotland. The Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal (SSDT) rais

A woman convicted of assault and then admonished and whose case was taken up by the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission and referred to the High Court of Justiciary, which refused the appeal, has, in an exceptional occurrence, had her case referred for a second time. The Scottis

The UK government has said claims that its Agriculture Bill is an attempt at a 'power grab' are "false and misleading" and that agriculture will "remain devolved" to Scotland. The government is not seeking consent from the Scottish Parliament on the bill because it is not legislating in areas of dev

Following much controversy surrounding the European Union’s proposed Copyright Directive, MEPs have voted again on the Directive, this time in a vote of support with 438 in favour, 226 against and with 39 abstentions, writes Euan Duncan. MEPs previously voted against the Directive in July of t

Scotland’s newest solicitors with Alison Atack, president of the Law Society of Scotland, Lorna Jack, its chief executive and Lord Eassie, who spoke at the admissions ceremony at the Signet Library yesterday.

Donald MacKinnon looks at how the rights of House of Fraser’s 17,500 employees may be affected following the deal with Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct. Does ‘pre-pack’ deal protect House of Fraser’s staff?

A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment and will serve a minimum of 17 years in jail for the murder of Ansar Shah 25 years ago. Jagtar Singh, 51, murdered Mr Shah in the car park outside a restaurant in Ayr in the early hours of 4 October 1993.

After a busy summer, the SYLA is back with a series “So you want to be...” events as well as an interprofessional networking evening in September. You can check out SYLA’s full calendar of events here. So you want to be a judge? - Wednesday 19 September 2018, Atria One, Edinbu

An informal gathering in memory of solicitor Michael McGinley will be held next Wednesday in Dundee at Clarks on Lindsay Street and to which friends and colleagues are warmly invited. The event will begin at 5pm.

A law allowing graves to be rented out was the subject of a recent public inquiry. Under an act, relatives can rent graves for periods of 25-99 years if they cannot afford the leasehold fees on a permanent grave.

The UK's bulk interception regime violates article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, judges in the European Court of Human Rights have ruled by five votes to two. The case of Big Brother Watch and Others v the United Kingdom concerned complaints by journalists and rights organisations ab

The European Parliament has given its backing to controversial new copyright rules which critics say will limit freedom of expression on the internet. The revised proposal for an EU Directive on copyright in the digital single market was approved by MEPs by 438 votes to 226, with 39 absten