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Since September 2016, the Faculty of Advocates via its Equality and Diversity Committee has, with the full support of our Dean, Gordon Jackson, QC, and Vice-Dean, Angela Grahame, QC, been considering how Faculty can improve its approach to equality and diversity. Our review is principle-driven but a

France's Constitutional Council has upheld the constitutionality of a law preventing the commercial use of images of buildings protected as "national domains" without permission. Under section L.621-42 of the Heritage Code, the commercial use of "the image of the buildings that constitute the nation

Annabelle Ewing A bill to reform the law of negative prescription, by which certain legal rights disappear if not acted upon, has been introduced to the Scottish Parliament.

Cameron Fyfe Cameron Fyfe, who was struck off the roll of solicitors in September 2016 for breaches of accounting practices, is back in business with the launch of his new firm Cameron Fyfe Claims.

Solicitors and non-solicitors have an opportunity to influence decisions on the regulation of the Scottish legal profession and help shape good law in Scotland. There are currently vacancies on 16 of the Law Society’s diverse range of committees. Committee members are volunteers from the legal pro

Solicitor estate agents in Scotland have a higher success rate when it comes to selling properties, compared with other estate agent models, according to the latest data from SPC Scotland. Following the recently released Jefferies research on Purplebricks, indicating that the firm may have misled cu

A group of British emigrants in the Netherlands have won permission to refer their case for continued EU citizenship after Brexit to the European Court of Justice. The five British nationals asked Amsterdam District Court to refer their case to the ECJ on the grounds that their existing rights could

Justice Secretary Michael Matheson An independent report published today has highlighted benefits of police reform.

Sheriff Principal Craig Turnbull will consider the challenges and opportunities of the Sheriff Appeal Court in a speech to the Society of Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland. He will tackle the subject at the next SSC Society meeting in the SSC Members' Lounge, Parliament House, Edinburgh a

Bermuda has become the first jurisdiction in the world to reverse the legalisation of same-sex marriage, The Guardian reports. Governor John Rankin has signed into law a bill which reverses the legalisation of same-sex marriage by Bermuda's Supreme Court last year.

Assets worth more than £2.5 million have been recovered from a man linked to an extensive VAT fraud on a global scale. Land, properties, bank accounts, jewellery and cash belonging to ex-boxer Ronnie Decker are among the assets being handed over to the Crown.

John Paul Sheridan TLT has appointed disputes partner John Paul Sheridan as its new head in Scotland.

Craig Nicol Thorntons has recorded strong financial results to May 2017, reporting profits of £5.1 million, up by 18 per cent from the previous year's figure of £4.3m.

The Faculty of Advocates has announced a new "Fair Instructions Policy", putting robust systems in place to ensure that counsel are instructed solely on the basis of skill, experience and ability. Under the policy, the Faculty will monitor the allocation of work given to its members to ensure fairne

Philip Gormley The chief constable of Police Scotland has resigned following months of intense scrutiny over allegations of bullying and questions aout ministerial oversight.