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Andrew Mackenzie Andrew Mackenzie, chief executive of the Scottish Arbitration Centre, has been appointed co-chair of the International Bar Association Access to Justice and Legal Aid Committee.

Alan Rodgers Thompsons Solicitors has announced the appointment of Alan Rodgers as a partner.

The Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee has endorsed the Islands Bill in a new report but said it is vital that the actual priorities of Islanders are reflected in the National Islands Plan that will follow the bill. The committee recommends:

DWF is sponsoring the annual Lord Jones Mooting Competition for the second year. The intervarsity competition will be held on Saturday 27th January 2018 at the Scrymgeour Building at the University of Dundee. Teams of law students from universities across Scotland will compete against each other to

Jamie Watt looks at the business risks associated with cryptocurrency projects, and the potential for it to be a gamechanger. The concept of exchanging items of value for trade or payment has been with us for thousands of years. Evidence has been found dating back to 7000BC. Sumerian cuneiform table

A man who was given a non-harassment order (NHO) when his sentence was deferred for “good behaviour” after he was found guilty of “threatening or abusive behaviour” likely to cause “fear or alarm” has had an appeal against the order dismissed. The appellant challenged the competency of t

Solicitors in Dunbartonshire have explained why they joined their colleagues across Scotland in withdrawing from the Scottish Legal Aid Board’s police station duty scheme. On Thursday, new laws will come into force entitling anyone who faces police questioning to legal advice, regardless of whethe

Alison Saunders The Director of Public Prosecutions has said remaining silent during a rape could be evidence of consent.

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Katie Russell Shepherd and Wedderburn’s employment team has collaborated with 30 leading law firms across Europe to produce the European Employment Law Update for 2018.

Lord Hope of Craighead A newly-introduced policy on bullying and harassment has received a strong endorsement from one of the Faculty of Advocates’ most acclaimed former leaders.

Some solicitors have expressed concern about what they claim to be the Law Society of Scotland’s “lack of dialogue” with the legal profession over the approval of its proposed regulatory scheme for alternative business structures (ABS) and the society's progress as a regulator of ABS. ABS allo

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A rape prosecution against a student has collapsed after police admitted errors in gathering evidence. Oliver Mears 19, a student at Oxford University, was on bail for two years after he was accused of raping a teenage woman after a party in 2015.

A Cameroonian woman who claimed she would be subject to forced marriage and female genital mutilation if she were returned to Cameroon has been granted permission to appeal in her bid for asylum. A judge in the Court of Session granted leave to appeal after ruling that the challenge had “substanti