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Pictured: Ethel and former Law Society president Richard Henderson in 2009 when she was awarded honorary membership of the Law Society The Law Society of Scotland has paid tribute to Ethel Houston OBE, one of the first women to become a partner of a Scottish law firm, who died last week aged 93.

The Scottish Solicitors’ Discipline Tribunal has found Torquil MacLeod, formerly of Torquil MacLeod & Co, in Inverness, guilty of professional misconduct after he charged grossly excessive fees to an executry and failed to render fee notes in respect of the fees taken. He has been fined £3,00

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Yesterday's St Andrewstide Service at St Giles was attended by the Order of the Thistle, accompanied by the Secretary, Green Rod and the Lord Lyon King of Arms. The sermon was preached by Very Rev. Professor Iain Torrance TD, Dean of the Thistle.​ Via @LyonCourt.

The Sheriff Appeal Court has overturned a sheriff’s decision to refuse sanction for counsel in a summary cause action arising from a road traffic accident. The court held that the sheriff erred by failing to give sufficient weight to the “importance” of the case to the pursuer.

Nicola Edgar Nicola Edgar looks at a recent case on the damages regime for wrongful death.

Alison Di Rollo QC The Solicitor General for Scotland, Alison Di Rollo QC is to address the annual Scottish Women’s Aid conference entitled "Trapped: Changing Our Understanding of Domestic Abuse".

Blackadders' employment law trio Simon Allison, Jack Boyle and Richard Wilson have gotten into the Christmas spirit with a video depicting their festive car journey to the supermarket, no doubt to stock up for the gluttonous month ahead, set to Shakin Stevens' Merry Christmas Everybody. Enjoy!

Sarah Jayne Millar Gildeas Solicitors' Sarah Jayne Millar has gained her paralegal certificate in Civil Litigation: Reparation Law.

Philip Luther Syrian government forces have been using banned Soviet-era cluster munitions to carry out indiscriminate attacks on civilians amid a tightening siege in opposition-held Eastern Ghouta, near Damascus, bringing the enclave’s humanitarian crisis to breaking point, Amnesty International

Earlier this year, David Flint (pictured right) and Rebecca Ferguson discussed the ECJ overturning the General Court and Commission decision in Intel that clarified how rebates are to be treated in competition law. In another setback for the Commission, the EU General Court has annulled, in part, a

A father whose legal action for contact with his child was dismissed after he failed to lodge a joint minute in advance of a case management hearing has successfully challenged the sheriff’s decision. The Sheriff Appeal Court allowed the appeal after ruling that the sheriff failed to have the welf

The Faculty of Advocates is not convinced that specific hate crime legislation is required in Scotland. In a response to an independent review of hate crime legislation by Lord Bracadale, the Faculty stated: "Although others, in particular those to whom such behaviour is directed, are understandably

Following an article in SLN detailing Lady Hale's reflections on life in the legal profession for women, as part of the First 100 Years project, Sheriff Brian Kearney sheds light on an early milestone north of the border.