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Two members of the Faculty of Advocates have been named winners in the Scottish bar section of The Legal 500 UK Awards 2019. Roddy Dunlop QC, was ...

The Irish government has given its formal backing to a joint initiative of The Bar of Ireland, the Law Society and the wider legal community in promoting Ireland ...

Sheriff Officers and enforcement specialists Fraser Irvine Sheriff Officers LLP has announced its accreditation as a Living Wage employer. Alex Irvine, partner, said: “We believe that people ...

A man robbed a bank on a remote Arctic archipelago that is home to more polar bears than humans. The armed thief stole money from the bank ...

There needs to be a "fundamental change in approach to the funding of legal aid", solicitors in Glasgow have said in an open letter to the ...

Short term prison sentences of less than 12 months will be brought to an end this year, Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf has announced. New figures showed more ...

Measures to help police and prosecutors to tackle domestic abuse will come into force on 1 April next year, ministers have announced. The Domestic Abuse Act 2018, ...

The number of people found guilty of drink driving has gone up for the first time in 10 years, official statistics show. The figures indicate that 3,646 ...

Aberdein Considine has appointed four newly qualified solicitors and hired seven new trainees. The new solicitors and trainees are spread across the firm’s offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow, ...

Ledingham Chalmers saw a rise in turnover and a six per cent uptick in profits in the year to the end of March last year, accounts lodged ...

The judiciary must become more diverse to address the perception that judges are “beings from another planet”, the president of the UK's highest court has said. Lady ...

Blackadders saw profits rise last year to £3.26m in the year to March 31 – up from £3m in 2017. Results at Companies House show that the ...

Scottish business could be left behind unless it builds stronger trade links with China as the superpower capitalises on its new status as the number one driver ...

This year should bring hope for prospective first-time buyers in Edinburgh who have been at the sharp-end of rising prices and prohibitive premiums, according to property experts ...

Police are forced to attend Scottish courts dozens of times each month to deal with a range of 999 calls, new figures have shown. Between 2016 and ...