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An easy-to-use, written application procedure should be considered for Protective Expenses Orders (PEOs), the Faculty of Advocates believes. New rules on PEOs have been drafted by the Scottish Civil Justice Council, and in a response to a consultation on those rules, the Faculty said that it endorse

Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh Hamilton Burns WS Ltd, the collapsed Glasgow law firm which included recently deposed SNP MP Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh as a partner, went bust owing creditors more than £600,000, including £210,000 to the taxman, administrators FRP Advisors have now said.

Professor Leo Martin Levy and McRae consultant Professor Leo Martin has been awarded an MBE for services to healthcare and education in the the Queen’s birthday honours.

Angela Constance Legislation to increase the number of women on public boards has been published.

Making available and managing an online platform for sharing copyright-protected works, such as ‘The Pirate Bay’, may constitute an infringement of copyright because the operators of that platform play an essential role in making those works available, the Court of Justice of the European Union

A man found guilty of brandishing a knife at two men who came after him with nunchuks and a baton has failed in an appeal against his conviction after claiming the non-availability of CCTV evidence resulted in an “unfair” trial. The Criminal Appeal Court ruled that there was no “miscarriage of

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Pictured: Arun Smith and Matthew McIlree winners of the Dewar Debate 2016/17 (centre) pictured with presiding officer Ken MacIntosh MSP, Andrew Stevenson, Glasgow Bar Association and Graham Matthews, president of the Law Society Scotland

A man already imprisoned for murder was sentenced via video link at Perth Sheriff Court for the first time ever in Scotland, yesterday. Adam Gallagher, 30, deemed “too dangerous” to appear in court, was convicted via video link from HMP Perth.

Prime Minister Theresa May’s decision to shake up the ministerial team at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is an opportunity to reset the UK’s priorities abroad, a human rights group has said. Reprieve said the appointment of Mark Field as FO minister and Rory Stewart and Alistair Burt

To help raise awareness of Pancreatic Cancer in Scotland, Glasgow firm, Just Employment Law has picked up the baton and on Saturday 17 June 2017 will be hosting a Glitzy Summer Ball in aid of its charity of the year for 2017, Pancreatic Cancer Scotland.

A disabled woman who converted a bedroom in her rented housing association property into a second living room so she could have a living space separate from her carers was still liable for the higher rate of the so-called “bedroom tax”, appeal judges have ruled. The Inner House of the Court of S

Andrew Flanagan Andrew Flanagan, chairman of the Scottish Police Authority (SPA), has announced plans to step down.

Muir Myles Laverty, one of Tayside’s leading law firms, has promoted an employment law specialist to partner status.

Lord Keen Lord Keen of Elie QC has been reappointed as Advocate General for Scotland.