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The Scottish government's proposed Biometric Data Bill will be the subject of a discussion led by John Scott QC next week in Edinburgh. The government has said that the biometrics field is evolving rapidly and offers great potential in the identification and prevention of crime and the delivery of c

Legal professionals still have a couple of weeks left to sign up for this year's Scottish Legal Walks. he charity events, in aid of the Access to Justice Foundation (ATJF), consist of 10km walks in Edinburgh and Glasgow.

New research has uncovered incidents of men kissing cobras in a bid to use their venom as a substitute for opioids. The Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine has published a case study of two such men from the northern Indian state of Rajasthan.

The body representing Scotland's most senior police officers has hit out at watchdogs over “lengthy and damaging” investigations into misconduct allegations. The Scottish Chief Police Officers Staff Association (SCPOSA) complained in a submission to MSPs that “disproportionate, len

Pinsent Masons’ partner Jim Cormack has been appointed Queen’s Counsel by Her Majesty the Queen on the recommendation of the First Minister. Mr Cormack, a commercial litigation specialist with a focus on technology, IP and banking, has been a partner with McGrigors and successor fir

Vialex is opening a satellite office in Berwick-Upon-Tweed to serve its existing client base in the north of England, and to give it a platform from which to grow that client base further. The Edinburgh-based practice is taking premises in the Ramparts Business Park, as a first step to increase its

Inksters Solicitors is expanding its presence into the east of Scotland with the appointment of Steven McDonald as a consultant solicitor based in Edinburgh. Mr McDonald's experience is at senior management level, handling all aspects of residential property work including estate agency, purcha

BTO Solicitors LLP has announced that two of its associates have become solicitor advocates, bringing the total number in the firm to 21, and giving it the most of any firm in Scotland. Mark Hastings and Lewis Richardson, both associates at BTO, were admitted at a calling ceremony today at

Seven Scottish solicitors were admitted by the Council of the Law Society of Scotland as solicitor advocates with extended rights of audience at a ceremony yesterday.

Calls to separate transgender inmates from other women prisoners over safety concerns have been rejected by prison chiefs, The Herald reports. Campaigners have claimed that current policy, which provides that male-bodied transgender prisoners should be housed in women's prisons, is putting peop

Karen Cornwell, legal director at TLT, has been appointed to the Pursuers' Panel of the Law Society of Scotland. The panel consists of a handful of solicitors selected by the society on the basis of their expertise in dealing with professional negligence claims, to assist members of the public

Sir Douglas Flint CBE, former HSBC chairman, has been appointed non-executive chairman and director of IP Group plc. Sir Douglas will assume the role of chairman with effect from 1 November. Sir Douglas retired as group chairman of HSBC Holdings plc last September, having been appointed to that role

The impact of internet pornography on individuals will be the subject of two upcoming half-day workshops in Edinburgh and Glasgow – which lawyers are encouraged to attend.

Via Jack Kerr, a senior solicitor at Morton Fraser: Together with seven intrepid colleagues and an excitable cockapoo, I (just about) made it through the Edinburgh Kiltwalk yesterday, trudging 24 miles to raise funds for the amazing work done by SAMH [Scottish Association for Mental Health]. If any