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Nicola Gilchrist The Faculty of Advocates’ Nicola Gilchrist has been featured in a magazine list of “remarkable women” for her work with Scottish Women’s Aid (SWA).

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Kerry MacBeth

Prisoners facing outstanding charges could be given a jail amnesty if a pilot scheme in Glasgow is rolled out elsewhere, The Herald reports. The scheme “rolls up” outstanding warrants and complaints in an effort to deal with rapid returns to custody for serving prisoners and covers assault, frau

Michael Watson Michael Watson discusses an innovative approach by Aberdeen City Council to raising cash.

Niall McCluskey

Radha Stirling The British Irish Commercial Bar Association (BICBA) should cancel an arbitration seminar in Dubai because of wide-scale legal abuse and corruption in the UAE, a campaign group has said.

A call for evidence from all interested individuals and organisations has been issued on the Contract (Third Party Rights) (Scotland) Bill. Provision for third party rights is currently made in common law. Scots law currently allows parties to a contract to create an enforceable right in favour of a

Lord Neuberger President of the Supreme Court Lord Neuberger has lauded the “accelerating endeavours to achieve greater diversity in the senior judiciary”, which, he said, is a result of greater diversity in the lower courts.

A worker who was seeking damages from his ex-employers after being injured in an accident at work is now suing his former solicitors for loss caused to him over their failure to raise an action in time. Christopher Brits raised an action against Kilcoyne and Co after they missed the three-year time

Ruth Davidson A member's bill on whole-life sentences will be brought before MSPs following an exchange at Holyrood this week.

David Ridley David Ridley looks at what the Scotland Act means for the oil and gas sector.

Lord Gill Lord Gill, former Lord President of the Court of Session, heard his final appeal as a member of the UK Supreme Court’s supplementary panel this week.

Andy Wightman A £750,000 defamation claim against Green MSP Andy Wightman has been condemned by freedom of speech campaigners.

Lord Carloway The Times has today picked up SLN’s Annual Review interview with the Lord President, Lord Carloway: Scots legal system is centuries out of date, its highest judge complains.