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Scotland’s newest solicitors with Alison Atack, president of the Law Society of Scotland, Lorna Jack, its chief executive and Lord Eassie, who spoke at the admissions ceremony at the Signet Library yesterday.

Donald MacKinnon looks at how the rights of House of Fraser’s 17,500 employees may be affected following the deal with Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct. Does ‘pre-pack’ deal protect House of Fraser’s staff?

A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment and will serve a minimum of 17 years in jail for the murder of Ansar Shah 25 years ago. Jagtar Singh, 51, murdered Mr Shah in the car park outside a restaurant in Ayr in the early hours of 4 October 1993.

After a busy summer, the SYLA is back with a series “So you want to be...” events as well as an interprofessional networking evening in September. You can check out SYLA’s full calendar of events here. So you want to be a judge? - Wednesday 19 September 2018, Atria One, Edinbu

An informal gathering in memory of solicitor Michael McGinley will be held next Wednesday in Dundee at Clarks on Lindsay Street and to which friends and colleagues are warmly invited. The event will begin at 5pm.

A law allowing graves to be rented out was the subject of a recent public inquiry. Under an act, relatives can rent graves for periods of 25-99 years if they cannot afford the leasehold fees on a permanent grave.

The UK's bulk interception regime violates article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, judges in the European Court of Human Rights have ruled by five votes to two. The case of Big Brother Watch and Others v the United Kingdom concerned complaints by journalists and rights organisations ab

The European Parliament has given its backing to controversial new copyright rules which critics say will limit freedom of expression on the internet. The revised proposal for an EU Directive on copyright in the digital single market was approved by MEPs by 438 votes to 226, with 39 absten

DWF has announced its results for the year that ended 30 April 2018. Revenue increased by 18 per cent from £199 million to £236m, while profit per equity partner also increased. Andrew Leaitherland, managing partner and CEO, said: “This has been another very strong year for DWF, wi

Partner Jacqueline Leslie (second from left) receives the firm's accreditation from STEP representative Gemma Copestick Harper Macleod has become one of a select group of practices to be recognised as an 'Employer Partner' by STEP, the global professional association for practitioners who speci

Dentons has announced that it is one of the first law firms to partner with Women Returners Scotland, which aims to help qualified lawyers to re-enter the legal profession after an extended period away.  Women Returners Scotland is supported by the Scottish government with funding from the

Professor Hector MacQueen has recorded an account of the laws of medieval Galloway with particular reference to the period between 1150 and 1300.

An advert in the programme for the Wigtown Book Festival has thrown up its own bit of mystery, in the shape of an advocate’s wig. The illustration for Well-Read Books of Wigtown, proclaimed as the town’s newest bookshop, features the wig and a bunch of grapes.