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Current and former Supreme Court judicial assistants (JAs) visited Edinburgh last week to regale practitioners with stories from the highest court in the land. Attendees learned about their work summarising cases, deliberating with justices, the annual JA trip to the US and the immensely positive im

Law At Work has appointed Sarah Liversidge to the new role of health and safety manager in its Aberdeen office. Ms Liversidge previously spent eight years as HM inspector of health and safety with the Health and Safety Executive.

Staff from the Aberdeen office of Balfour+Manson have been raising funds for its nominated charity of the year, the Scottish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Around £1,700 was recently handed over to the charity which was raised from a number of activities. The most challenging of

Vets are being inundated with cases of dogs that have been ingesting marijuana and getting stoned. Dogs are finding and eating marijuana on the Massachusetts peninsula of Cape Cod, leaving their owners worried.

An environmental campaign group which sought reduction of a decision by Aberdeen City Council to grant planning permission for the development of a new stadium for Aberdeen Football Club have had their legal challenge dismissed. A judge in the Court of Session refused a

The Scottish government's failure to take steps towards reforming trusts and other areas of law has been criticised by a judge. In his last report as chairman of the Scottish Law Commission, Lord Pentland said that "the position in respect of trust law is concerning".

Scotland’s largest landlord membership organisation has called on the UK government to scrap legislation which makes landlords responsible for checking the immigration status of tenants, after the High Court ruled the law was in breach of human rights legislation. Under the ‘Right t

Lynda Clark, Lady Clark of Calton, has retired from the bench after serving as a judge for 13 years. Lady Clark was appointed a judge of the Supreme Courts in 2006 and was appointed to the Inner House on 1 October 2013.

A legal inquiry into whether people with mental health conditions, cognitive impairments and conditions including autism are experiencing discrimination in the criminal justice system has been launched by the Equality & Human Rights Commission (EHRC). The inquiry will focus on the accused person

Three lawyers have been made Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. In addition to Lord Advocate James Wolffe, Christine Bell, James Chalmers and Lesley Jane Smith have all become Fellows.

Eighteen members of the Faculty of Advocates have gone through intensive training and emerged as Fellows of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. The group used a specially-designed course at Aberdeen University for the first steps on to the platform of international arbitration.Those now proudly

Morton Fraser has appointed Alan Stewart as partner to its commercial real estate team. Mr Stewart, who joins Morton Fraser from Dentons and brings over 20 years’ experience in the Scottish real estate sector will be based in the firm’s Edinburgh office.

The Housing team at law firm Harper Macleod has seen the overall tally for Scottish housing association funding deals it has advised on in the current financial year approach the £500 million mark after the latest investments were announced. Led by partner Derek Hogg, one of Scotland's leading

Charities working to reduce reoffending will share almost £3 million to fund specialist services including employment training, early intervention and support for families of prisoners. Criminal justice social work service provider Sacro and Families Outside, which supports children and famili

Transgender inmates at a women's prison in London are set to be moved to the UK's first transgender prison unit later this week. The new wing at HMP Downview will accommodate three trans women prisoners, all of whom have Gender Recognition Certificates, BBC News reports.