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The Law Society of Scotland has published new guidelines to help in-house solicitors who face pressure to give advice to someone other than their direct employer. The Who is your client? guide has been developed following feedback from the profession. It builds on the society’s existing Guide for

The European Commission is consulting on proposals to lower the fingerprinting age for children in the EU's Visa Information System (VIS). The changes would see children as young as six years old fingerprinted when applying for a visa to a country in the Schengen area, which includes most EU member

The UK’s first dedicated gluten-free microbrewery has achieved its fund raising target of £430,000 cash via equity to support its rapid expansion. The investment was led by the angel syndicate Equity Gap and was supported by Scottish Investment Bank, the investment arm of Scottish Enterprise and

Geoffrey Mitchell, QC, with the doctors on their day of discovery

A man found guilty of being concerned in the supply of cocaine who claimed that the sheriff misdirected the jury over how they were to treat opinion evidence from a police officer has had an appeal against his conviction refused. The Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary agreed that the sheri

Pictured: Jennifer Taylor (centre), Jaclyn Russell and Carol Crowther (right).

David Sheldon QC The appointment of David Sheldon QC, as a Faculty of Advocates member of the Scottish Legal Aid Board has been announced by legal affairs minister Annabelle Ewing.

Philip Rodney Burness Paull has seen profits dip from 2015/16's £22.5m to £22m. The firm delivered annual turnover of £53.8 million, up one per cent from £53.3m the previous year.

Sheriff Anwar A sheriff has published a Note that includes a letter to two children in a contact case in which the court held the pursuer (father) was entitled to indirect contact.

Govan Law Centre (GLC) has received £100,000 form the Bank of Scotland Foundation to fund an initiative to help prevent homelessness. According to the charity, people leaving facilities including hospitals and prisons can become homeless for various reasons including poor financial planning and a f

Louise Whitfield A heterosexual couple who have so far failed in their legal battle to have a civil partnership instead of a marriage have won permission to appeal to the Supreme Court.

RICS is pleased to have successfully recruited a new cohort of lawyers to its construction adjudicator panel. Shona Frame (CMS), Richard Silver (Silver Shemmings LLP), Brandon Malone (Brandon Malone & Co), Peter Aeberli (3 Paper Buildings), Kenny Valentine (Pinsent Masons LLP), and Chris Mackay

A driver in Canada has had a speeding ticket against him thrown out because a police officer only addressed him in English. Antoine Hacault, a native Canadian French speaker, was meant to face a judge over alleged speeding in the village of St-Pierre-Jolys in southern Manitoba, CBC reports.

Professor Lorne Crerar The chairman of Harper Macleod, Professor Lorne Crerar, has been hailed for his contribution to rugby over more than two decades as he stepped down from a trio of high-profile disciplinary roles in the sport.

Advocate Tim Haddow and his family had a "fantastic experience" working in a community in rural Eastern Uganda for two weeks with charity Mission Direct.