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Ten staff members at Thorntons Law LLP are taking part in a charity head shave in aid of Cancer Research UK early next month.

Alan Macdonald Alan Macdonald, senior solicitor in the commercial dispute resolution team at MacRoberts in Glasgow, writes on the activation of the break clause in the British Grand Prix contract.

Gordon Jackson QC The Dean of the Faculty of Advocates has said it is "harder than ever before" for defence lawyers to secure acquittals for serious crimes.

Sir David Edward A former judge of the European Court of Justice has criticised the "facile optimism" of UK government ministers who believe the legal challenges posed by Brexit can be overcome by March 2019.

A film crew recorded the calling of five new members to the Faculty of Advocates in a twist to time-honoured tradition.

Austin Lafferty The average selling price of homes sold in Glasgow has increased by 10.7 per cent between April and June 2017 year-on-year, and by 11.2 per cent in the first six months of the year, according to GSPC.

Diane Nicol Diane Nicol, head of employment at Pinsent Masons and one of three panel members supporting Matthew Taylor on the Taylor Review, writes about the implications for employers.

Aberdeen-based family law specialists Patience and Buchan have appointed senior solicitor Gillian Smith to the position of associate.

Calum MacNeill Westwater Advocates’ Calum MacNeill QC has qualified as a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), the leading professional membership organisation representing the interests of private dispute-resolution practitioners worldwide.

Kenny Rose A team of Scottish-based lawyers at CMS have helped a world-leading yacht services company complete its successful listing on London’s AIM exchange.

Andy Harris, associate partner at Hazlewoods Profitability at UK law firms jumped to a seven-year high last year, driven by robust fee income growth coupled with tight control of overheads.

A target date for entirely smoke-free prisons will be announced by the Scottish Prison Service at the launch of a major report into the exposure of prison workers to second-hand smoke. The now-completed Tobacco in Prison Study (TIPS) was led by Glasgow University with input from Aberdeen University.

Simon Allison A lawyer from Dundee who survived a serious stroke in January is taking part in a charity walk to raise money for the Stroke Association.

Graham Matthews, President of the Law Society of Scotland The Law Society of Scotland has called for a "whole of governance" approach to the so-called Great Repeal Bill, the first of eight Brexit bills.

Rules coming into effect in September will make new provisions for case management, and pre-proof hearings in Court of Session family actions. The new rules, announced today by the Scottish Civil Justice Council, make provision for a case management hearing which must be fixed when defences are lodg