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Alistair Morris Alistair Morris, the former chief executive of collapsed law firm Pagan Osborne has resigned from the Scottish government’s review of legal services, The Herald reports.

Eleanor Mannion MacRoberts has added to its employment law team with the arrival of senior associate Eleanor Mannion.

Lord Pentland The Scottish Law Commission’s has published its annual report outlining progress on the commission’s law reform work during 2017.

The Scottish Civil Justice Council (SCJC) has launched a public consultation as part of its review into how well Simple Procedure Rules are working. The consultation runs until 31 May 2018. Simple Procedure has been in place since November 2016 and the council’s Access to Justice Committee is curr

Kevin Clancy Kevin Clancy discusses the possible implications of a recent Supreme Court judgment on prohibition notices.

Over a thousand criminal lawyers in England and Wales have experienced failures of disclosure in the past year, according to a BBC investigation. The BBC conducted a survey in conjunction with the Criminal Law Solicitors' Association (CLSA), the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) and the London Criminal

Liz McRobb Shepherd and Wedderburn is lead legal adviser to an international consortium that is examining how electricity and gas frameworks across the EU incentivise innovation and the security of energy supplies.

Jennifer Henderson Jennifer Henderson has been appointed as the new Keeper of the Registers of Scotland by the the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, with the consent of the Lord President of the Court of Session, Lord Carloway.

A nightclub that encourages revellers to strip naked and “do whatever you want” has been described as a breeding ground for “broken souls” by a nearby church. Naked partygoers are given free entrance to Klubb Naket, a venue on Stockholm's “hipster island” of Södermalm.

Two oil and gas exploration companies who are seeking judicial review of the Scottish Government’s decision to ban “fracking” in Scotland have been granted permission to proceed with their legal challenge. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that the application brought by Ineos Upstream Lim

Helena Brown Addleshaw Goddard continues to grow its Scottish and data protection services with the hire of Burness Paull's head of privacy, Ross McKenzie.

Letting agents and landlords have been urged to drop blanket bans on housing benefit claimants after a single mother successfully argued that a lettings agency discriminated against her.

David Flint and Rebecca Henderson look at how Brexit could affect competition law.

The High Court will today hear the first part of Liberty’s legal challenge to the UK government’s flagship surveillance law, the Investigatory Powers Act. The challenge has been funded by donations from members of the public, who gave more than £50,000.

Lord Briggs In a speech entitled "Dispute Resolution in Uncertain Times", delivered in January at the Peace Palace in The Hague, Lord Briggs discusses dispute resolution in the context of globalism.