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Stephen Webster looks at the unintended consequences of regulation in the financial services sector.  The financial services industry is one of the most highly regulated sectors in the world. That’s a good thing because it means that professional practitioners are held accountable for the

Souter Investments has sold search company First Scottish to US firm Eli Global for an undisclosed sum, it announced yesterday. First Scottish produces searches and reports for solicitors, local authorities, financial institutions and others.

The new head of Police Scotland has acknowledged that mistakes were made in the creation of the single force five years ago. Iain Livingstone, who took up the post of Chief Constable on Monday, said the force "had not always engaged with communities sufficiently".

This year's annual Red Mass to mark the beginning of the new legal year in Scotland takes place on Sunday, 23 September 2018 at noon.

Police have launched a criminal investigation into the demolition of a historic Dundee mill. The derelict Halley's Mill, built in 1836, was demolished by Craigie Estates in May out of safety concerns.

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has been given additional in-year budget of £3.6 million to fund the recruitment of up to 140 permanent staff, including 60 lawyers. The funding boost has been agreed by the Scottish government in response to an “unprecedented&r

A partner in Balfour+Manson has been honoured for his outstanding contribution to personal injury law – joining a colleague as one of only three lawyers to receive the accolade. Iain Nicol has been accredited as only the third fellow of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) in Scot

The Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC, has spoken to The Herald about his family's past in Nazi Germany. On a visit to the Garnethill Synagogue in Glasgow, Mr Wolffe reflected on the lives of his father and grandparents.

Plans for a women's custody unit in Dundee have been submitted by the Scottish Prison Service (SPS). If approved, the community custody unit (CCU) will open in late 2020 on Nelson Street in the Hilltown area of the city.

Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner has launched an investigation into whether Facebook is breaching the GDPR by failing to fulfil requests to hand over information it collects about users' web browsing. The social media giant collects information about other websites that Facebook users acc

The Herald has published an obituary of Donald Sage Mackay, Lord Mackay of Drumadoon, who passed away last week at the age of 72. His earliest legal work saw him assisting women who had been subject to domestic violence, which he did on a pro bono basis. He was admitted to the bar in 1976 and took s

The government of Ukraine has lodged a new application with the European Court of Human Rights against Russia. The case concerns the detention and prosecution of Ukrainian nationals on various criminal charges. There are now four Ukraine v Russia inter-state applications pending before the cour

The Scottish government's newly published national action plan on parental involvement, parental engagement, family learning and learning at home 2018-2021 includes various commitments to improve engagement of fathers. The action plan was launched by Deputy First Minister John Swinney who said that

A criminal lawyer has been convicted of a drink-driving offence for the third time, the Daily Record reports. Martha Rafferty, 58, who was accused of failing to provide specimens of breath on two occasions, pleaded guilty at Hamilton Sheriff Court on Friday.