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The Scottish Arbitration Centre (SAC) and the Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC) have entered into a cooperation agreement.  Through their agreement, SAC and VIAC will cooperate to promote international arbitration in each other’s jurisdiction and recommend, where relevant, each

The percentage of law firms offering pro bono services for immigration, refugee and asylum matters has risen by 57 per cent in the past decade, according to a new report. The launch of Thomson Reuters Foundations’ 2024 Index of Pro Bono this month marked the 10th anniversary of the survey.

Ensuring committees are structured and equipped to deliver their key role in holding the Scottish government to account is being considered by the Scottish Parliament’s Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee. The inquiry will look at issues such as the size of membership, remi

The International Bar Association (IBA) Legal Policy & Research Unit has launched a new podcast series called Inspirational Legal Women. The series encourages inspirational IBA members with interesting careers and remarkable stories to share their thoughts and experiences about what it means to

Police have arrested a 40-year-old man for allegedly smuggling several bags of cocaine under his toupée. The "narco wig" was discovered by police at Rafael Núñez International Airport in Colombia last week, according to CBS News.

School pupils gathered in Parliament Hall recently for the finals of the Young Speakers Scotland’s Schools Mace Debating Competition, hosted by the Faculty of Advocates. Young Speakers Scotland is an educational charity that uses debating and public speaking to help young people realise their

Rob Aberdein has been appointed as group managing director of Simpson & Marwick. Mr Aberdein returns to the helm after three years as chief commercial officer at Progeny, the private-equity backed professional services firm that acquired Moray Group in 2022, a business he founded.

A painting of the Ten Commandments featuring the decree “Thou shalt not steal” has been stolen. Thieves made off with the Victorian mural from St Andrew’s church in Little Steeping, Lincolnshire, last week.

Lindsays has launched a new service – and appointed a new partner – advising individuals and businesses on immigration issues. Gurjit Pall, an experienced Glasgow-based immigration lawyer, has started work as a partner today to lead the new service. With more than a decade of experience

Belfast-based international libel lawyer Paul Tweed will begin his Scottish speaking tour later this month with an event at the Royal Scots Club on Monday March 17 which is open to the public and can be booked here. Mr Tweed will talk about his experiences battling mainstream media corporations and

Kennedys has celebrated its 10th anniversary in Scotland with an event at the Citation, Glasgow for clients, staff and friends. Rory Jackson, managing partner of Kennedys in Scotland said: “We have been on quite a journey since we opened our doors in 2015. Today, Kennedys in Scotland is one of

Gibson Dunn, one of the highest-paying law firms in the UK, has suggested Gen Z lawyers require more "hand-holding" as junior employees across the industry push back against long hours and criticism. The firm’s London office is looking for a professional support lawyer to provide targeted trai

The Crown Office is still investigating perjury claims related to the trial of Alex Salmond, nearly four years after the  complaint was first made. The allegations emerged following Mr Salmond’s 2020 trial, in which the former first minister was cleared of all 14 charges of sexual assault

Money is being raised on behalf of an Edinburgh law student diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer to enable him to visit Australia. Graeme Porter, 20, from Aberdeen, began the LLB at Edinburgh in 2022. In June 2023 he was diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma, at the age of 19.

The Herald has published an obituary of Professor Fiona Raitt. "Fiona Elizabeth Raitt, who has died 68, was born in the spring of 1956 in Perth, a community that was, like so many others, still negotiating its post-war identity. Those early years of austerity yielded within her an unwavering dedicat