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A Digby Brown partner has become the first solicitor in Scotland to be accredited as a specialist in both brain injury and spinal cord injury. Moira Kay, ...

Matthew Stimson considers the ramifications of the Stage 1 Report on the Planning (Scotland) Bill. On 17 May 2018, the Scottish Parliament’s Local Government and Communities Committee ...

More patients affected by violence will be offered support during admission to hospital to help them turn away from violence in their lives. The Scottish government has ...

Via @LyonCourt: The Lord Lyon King of Arms, accompanied by the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Lord Justice Clerk and the Officers of Arms, with Balaklava Company ...

Brewin Dolphin is growing its matrimonial team in Scotland with the appointment of family law and mediation expert, Anne Hall Dick, as a consultant. Ms Dick will ...

The Faculty of Advocates' Gavin MacColl QC, has been appointed independent chair of the Scottish Rugby Council standing committee on governance. Mr MacColl, who called in 2000 and ...

The Scottish Arbitration Centre has announced that Norman Fiddes has agreed to sit on its Arbitral Appointments Committee, joining its Domestic Sub-Committee. The centre’s arbitral appointments service has ...

Blackadders has appointed Susie Clark as an associate solicitor in its Dundee office. Ms Clark will help to develop the firm’s conveyancing credentials and portfolio of clients in ...

A gang which flew drugs into a prison using a drone filmed themselves for nearly 20 minutes, a court heard yesterday. The jury at Perth Sheriff Court ...

The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) has two paid placements available for law students. The SSSC is flexible with dates but is looking for people available between July ...

A prisoner who was found to be entitled to damages following a serious assault by another inmate after warning a prison officer that his attacker had previously ...

Lord Reed has been appointed Deputy President of the Supreme Court. Her Majesty The Queen made the appointment on the advice of the Prime Minister and Lord ...

A new legal resourcing business founded by an international lawyer aims to meet the needs of high-flying practitioners seeking a work-life balance. Natalie Kirk, who worked in ...

Police Scotland’s computer system is in urgent need of being updated, according to a report from the force’s deputy chief officer, The Scotsman reports. The single force ...

RSB Lindsays has appointed solicitor Alison Broomhall to its Dundee commercial property team. Ms Broomhall has worked in commercial property for over two-and-half years and her previous ...