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Brodies LLP has been reappointed to the Scottish government's latest legal services framework across five out of the six available lots. Following the competitive tender process, Brodies will provide public bodies across Scotland with legal services relating to contract, commercial and corporate law

Scotland's legal aid sector has been "left in the dark" for another year, the Law Society of Scotland has said in the wake of First Minister Humza Yousaf's unveiling of his first programme for government. Mr Yousaf yesterday announced welcome changes in areas of concern for the justice sector includ

Morton Fraser and MacRoberts have agreed to merge in a move that will create a new, top-tier independent law firm in Scotland. With 250 solicitors and £46 million in annual revenues, the newly-merged firm says it will form part of a new 'big four' in Scotland's legal sector, being over 30 per

The understandable furore over the wrongful conviction of Andrew Malkinson on a charge of rape in the English High Court has led to calls from many eminent lawyers for a public inquiry. The failures of the police, the Crown Prosecution Service and the Criminal Cases Review Commission add up to a dis

Holmes Mackillop have announced recent promotions within the firm. Kathleen Macleod in the property team and Finlay Swan in the corporate team have both been promoted to the role of senior solicitor in their respective teams.

A man with links to serious organised crime who operated a multi-million pound smuggling operation to traffic Class A drugs from South America to Scotland has been jailed for three years and nine months. Tony Bennett, 33, relied on trusted couriers to import raw cocaine and heroin from Ecuador.

TLT has appointed Keith Anderson as a partner in its Edinburgh office. Joining TLT from Gilson Gray, he brings over a decade of experience to the firm's commercial dispute resolution team in Scotland.

English courthouses built in the 1990s are being urgently checked for the presence of dangerous aerated concrete after its discovery at a London court building. The UK government is scrambling to respond to a developing crisis over the historic use of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in

A hotel investigating the theft of 50 koi carp worth around £100,000 was surprised to identify an unexpected suspect: an otter. The Grosvenor Pulford Hotel, near Chester, installed CCTV cameras after the disappearance of the expensive fish, the BBC reports.

A recent decision provides much welcome clarity on the application of Qualified One-way Costs Shifting (QOCS), writes Kelly Brotherhood. Some may feel that, like buses, we can wait a long time for an established qualification to the Scottish costs shift in personal injury litigation to turn up. Well

Fraud has reached its highest ever levels in Scotland, with nearly 50 cases a day, according to new figures released by the Scottish Police Authority.

A German court has rejected the extradition of an Albanian man to the UK over concerns about British prison conditions – in the second judgment of its kind this year. In June, an Irish court made the same decision when it declined to extradite an individual to Scotland, citing concerns that he

The long-established law firm of Robert Ferguson & Sons is merging with John Jackson & Dick, and relocating to JJD’s office.

Scotland can position itself as a leading Ethical Digital Nation by adopting new recommendations regarding private sector access to data held by the public sector, according a new report. An expert group chaired by Angela Daly, professor of law and technology at the University of Dundee, was commiss

Police Scotland are to stop investigating certain crimes in a new 'pilot scheme' in the North East due to a lack of resources. Where crimes are reported where there is "no associated threat, risk, harm or vulnerability and also no proportionate lines of enquiry for local police officers to investiga