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Scots lawyers have helped provide "essential front-line legal advice" at a camp in Greece that is in urgent need of help as it deals with a mounting influx of refugees.

Brodies LLP enjoyed a double success at the Law Awards of Scotland, scooping the awards for Outstanding Contribution and Innovation. Bill Drummond, managing partner of Brodies for 20 years, received the Outstanding Contribution award in recognition of his services and commitment to the legal industr

Healthcare services for rape and sexual assault complainers and victims will be improved through £8.5 million of investment. The Scottish government will provide the money over the next three years to help health boards deliver better services for victims. In this financial year, £2.5m w

Smoking has been banned in Scottish prisons in an effort to help inmates quit. It is thought that about 72 per cent of prisoners in Scotland smoke regularly.

Harper Macleod has announced it is extending its support for Scottish EDGE, the funding competition for entrepreneurs which will hold its latest final this week, for another year. Harper Macleod has also become the first organisation outwith past EDGE winners to sign the EDGE Pledge – a commit

French MPs have approved legislation which will make it illegal for parents to smack their children, but without providing for any criminal sanction against them. The draft bill would modify the French civil code to assert the right of children to "an education without violence".

A campaign has been launched to raise funds to support law students from disadvantaged backgrounds and drive fair and equal access to the legal profession.

Three US police officers are facing criminal charges for allegedly beating up a protester who turned out to be an undercover cop. Dustin Boone, 35, Randy Hayes, 31, and Christopher Myers, 27, are accused of beating a 22-year-old black police officer so badly that he couldn't eat and lost around nine

The Sheriff Principal of Glasgow and Strathkelvin has published his reasons for refusing an application to participate in the fatal accident inquiry into the Clutha helicopter crash by the half-sister of the pilot who died in the disaster. Evelyn Mitchell argued that her involvement in the FAI would

MacRoberts’ real estate team has been named Property Team of the Year at the 2018 British Legal Awards, on the same night Rebecca Barrass was crowned Junior Solicitor of the Year at the Law Awards of Scotland. The British Legal Awards, which took place in London last night, celebrates achievem

The Law Society of Scotland has welcomed the Scottish government's announcement of a three per cent uplift in the legal aid rates but said simplifying the legal aid system and implementing evidence-based review system for fees remain major priorities. The Scottish government’s response to the

In 1987 mobile ‘phones were the preserve of stockbrokers, laptop computers an idea on Tomorrow’s World, video conferencing a Star Trek fantasy, and fax machines a modern mystery. In those primitive times, advocates depended on a Filofax, phone cards, and their clerk. And so it was on 1 J

The litigation and recoveries team in the Edinburgh office of UK law firm Shoosmiths last night celebrated being named Debt Recovery Team of the Year for the third consecutive year at the Law Awards of Scotland 2018. Rod Macphail, partner and head of the litigation and recoveries team in Scotland, s

Ross Caldwell comments on the demotion of floating charge holders that will follow the reinstatement of Crown preference in 2020. Amidst all the hype attending the recent Budget about the £20bn windfall which befell the Exchequer and was thereafter shovelled towards the NHS, one could be forgi

DWF has secured an appointment to the UK government's Crown Commercial Service (CCS) legal framework panel. The CCS brings together policy, advice and direct buying to provide commercial services to the public sector. DWF has been appointed to a new three-year panel that will deliver legal advice to