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Perthshire law firm Macnabs has announced the opening of an office in Aberuthven, bringing its total number of offices to four. Macnabs, which has offices in Perth, Pitlochry, Blairgowrie and now Aberuthven, employs almost 40 staff and provides advice on commercial law, employment law, litigation, p

Peterkins has announced the promotion of Caren McNeil as a partner in the northeast Scotland firm's commercial property division. Ms McNeil joined the firm in January 2017 and has over 10 years' experience in commercial property.

Addleshaw Goddard (AG) has announced its reappointment to The Co-op's legal panel. Following a formal tender process, the international law firm - which has offices in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow - was appointed to provide full service advice to the Co-op's food retail, funeral services, general

The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Malta to pay €20,000 to a theatre company and three individuals after unlawfully banning the play Stitching by Scottish playwright Anthony Neilson. Unifaun Theatre Productions Limited, a limited liability company, and four Maltese nationals, Adrian

Thompsons Solicitors has announced the opening of a new office in Dundee, to be run by newly-promoted associate Eilish Lindsay.

The Scottish government has launched a consultation on how children and victims of domestic violence can be prioritised in family court cases when parents separate. The role of the courts in cases involving children of separated parents and the law around parental responsibilities and rights will be

The Law Society of Scotland has launched a new mental health resource, Lawscot Wellbeing, to coincide with Mental Health Awareness Week 2018. The web-based resource provides information, help and guidance to those working in the legal sector through a dedicated online portal on the Law Society of Sc

Lawyers from Morton Fraser have raised nearly £2,000 for the Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH) after participating in ‘Gung-Ho! Seriously Fun 5k’ on Saturday 12th May.

The All-Scotland Sheriff Personal Injury Court has published a judgment which deals with the approach to be taken for certification of skilled witnesses. The sheriff in the case ofMargaret Hunter v East Lothian Council held that while the witness was “skilled”, the relevance of his skill

The Scottish Parliament is to consider a private members' bill creating a new form of protection order in cases of stalking. SNP MSP Mairi Gougeon will bring forward legislation to create "stalking protection orders", which would allow police to apply to court for a protection order on behalf of a v

The Supreme Court has begun hearing an appeal by a mixed-sex couple who are fighting to have a civil partnersip instead of a marriage. London-based couple Rebecca Steinfeld, 36, and Charles Keidan, 40, lost their case at the Court of Appeal last February following a ruling that said they could not e

Scottish lawyer and academic Professor Joe Thomson passed away over the weekend at the age of 70. He was Regius Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow from 1991 to 2005, and later an honorary professor in the School of Law.

Eamon Keane, solicitor and convener of the Scottish Legal Action Group (SCOLAG), responds below to recent comments by Lord Carolway on the conduct of rape trials. On the 1st of May 2018 the Lord President announced that “rape victims should not have to appear in court”. Speaking to the B