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HMRC will be made a preferred creditor in insolvencies, chancellor Philip Hammond announced in his budget yesterday, but the decision could lead to an increase in corporate failure numbers, according to a Scottish insolvency practitioner. The move was revealed among a range of measures designed to c

Grampian Woman’s Aid (GWA), the charity which offers support to women, children and young people experiencing domestic abuse across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, has bolstered its board by appointing a family solicitor from one of Scotland’s oldest law firms. The work of GWA across the cit

A fascinating murder mystery will be the subject of an evening of discussion with an American lawyer in Glasgow next month. David Rudolf, the defence attorney for Michael Peterson, whose case is depicted in the hit Netflix documentary series The Staircase, will be hosting a show exclusivel

A scientist in Antarctica is alleged to have stabbed his colleague after the man repeatedly revealed the endings of books he was reading. Sergey Savitsky, 55, and Oleg Beloguzov, 52, passed their hours in a remote outpost reading over the course of four years together.

A judge should not become a party litigant’s law agent and advise on procedural matters when dealing with applications to appeal, the Court of Session has ruled. The First Division made the observation in refusing an appeal by a builder who was seeking to challenge a sheriff’s

Cyclists in Scotland who cause death or serious injury to others could in theory be prosecuted under common law, but it is unlikely, the Faculty of Advocates has suggested in a submission to the Department for Transport. The department is proposing new cycling offences, such as causing death or seri

The new Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) centre for child and vulnerable witnesses, due to open next year, will benefit from £950,000 in funding from the Scottish government. The facilities will include flexible hearing suites and vulnerable witness suites with a direct video link

Tracy Kirk has joined Glasgow Caledonian University as a lecturer in law. Ms Kirk obtained a first class LLB (Hons) from the University of Stirling in 2011. After many years of working with children and young people in education and healthcare, she commenced a PhD at Northumbria University in 2015.

The laws of access and rights and responsibilities are the subject of a new book by law lecturer Malcolm Combe. Scotland has unique and progressive rights of access to land for the public. With a landscape internationally renowned for its beauty and diversity and attracting increasing visitor number

The Scottish Debt Arrangement Scheme has jokingly had its acronym, DAS, compared with a famous washing powder (Daz), the idea being it washes away debts, which is appropriate. Like many a washing powder, it has been through numerous re-launches, with each promising to be better than the last, writes

Ireland has voted to scrap its constitutional ban on blasphemy just a day after the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found that Austria's blasphemy law does not violate freedom of expression. In a referendum on Friday, 65 per cent of Irish voters backed a proposal to remove Arti

The 83rd annual general meeting of the Stair Society will be held in the Mackenzie Building, Old Assembly Close, Edinburgh on Saturday 17 November 2018, courtesy of the Faculty of Advocates. The business part of the meeting will take place from 10.30 to 11.00 am, after which tea and coffee will

Alison Saunders, the outgoing Director of Public Prosecutions, has warned that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not have the resources to cope with the demands of modern trials. On the eve of her exit from the CPS, whose budget was slashed by a quarter during her leadership, Ms Saunders reve

Via law lecturer Emma Jackson: "It’s been a fantastic week for some of our HND Legal Service students at City of Glasgow College!

A prize for excellence in advocacy in the name of the late Lord “Mike” Jones is to be awarded for the first time next month. An event at Parliament House, Edinburgh, will feature a moot involving teams of two from junior members of the Faculty of Advocates and devils, as well as a lectur