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John Scott QC reflects on his time as a member of the Scottish Sentencing Council. As the advert has now appeared for the next solicitor member of the Scottish Sentencing Council, I thought that it might be useful for colleagues to hear a little about the work of the Council in the last three y

Hindles, a UK firm of patent and trade mark attorneys in Edinburgh, has opened a new office in Liverpool. The office is headed by director Dr Robert Gregory, who has many years’ experience of working with clients in the region.

A cheesemaker is demanding £400,000 in compensation from a council after it lost a court battle against him over the safety of his produce, The Herald reports. Humphrey Errington, 74, can sell his cheese again after succeeding in a legal case against South Lanarkshire Council, which wanted it

Solicitors and non-solicitors have the opportunity to get involved with the work of the Law Society of Scotland, influencing decisions affecting the Scottish legal profession and helping to shape the law. There are currently vacancies on 30 of the Law Society’s diverse range of committees and

A report has found that Police Scotland was justified in using PAVA irritant spray to subdue a man whom officers were trying to detain during a drugs search and to prevent him from escaping. The 32-year-old man had struggled violently with officers trying to detain him prior to the spray being

Two top advocates will help ensure all angles are covered in a debate about vulnerable witnesses. Derek Ogg QC and Thomas Ross QC are among the speakers at the Dean’s Debate, Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow, which will examine the limitation of powers to cross-examine vulnera

Plans to switch more criminal trials to video links will destroy local justice and confidence in the legal system, a leaked response from magistrates to the senior judiciary has revealed. Magistrates in Kent have detailed their concerns over UK government proposals to close courts and make greater u

A fishmonger has been closed for sticking fake eyes on fish to make them appear fresher.

Six new summary sheriffs have been appointed, the Judicial Office for Scotland has announced. Valerie Mays and Paul Brown have been appointed to the Sheriffdom of Glasgow and Strathkelvin, sitting at Glasgow Sheriff Court.

MacRoberts has announced it has retained five of its trainees as they become NQs on the same day that it welcomes eight first-year trainees and announces a number of internal promotions. Hannah Ward, Rhea MacKenzie, Amy Drew, Rebecca Henderson and Emily Wallace all qualified as solicitors on 1 Septe

Anderson Strathern has announced a new partner appointment in its commercial litigation team together with a raft of senior promotions and trainee retentions following a strong year of growth so far in 2018. Gillian Jamieson, who becomes partner, joined the firm in 2016 and has been instrumental in

Michael McGinley, who has died aged 69, was a well-known solicitor in Dundee where he served as president of the Dundee Criminal Bar Association and became the ‘go-to’ lawyer of Dundee’s labour movement. Born and educated in Helensburgh, Michael attended the University of Aberdeen