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A solicitor who went on a racist rant against a woman and her son because they were in first class on a train has been fined. Alexander MacKinnon, 47, racially abused Sanaa Shahid and her son Zayn on a Virgin train travelling from London Euston to Glasgow in December.

Donna Kelly-Gilmour Gilson Gray LLP has strengthened its real estate team in Glasgow, with its appointment of partner Donna Kelly-Gilmour from Brodies.

A former footballer found to be a rapist in a civil case is to appeal. The legal team of David Goodwillie, 27, who was found to have raped Denise Clair, 30, in a damages case at the Court of Sessionhave lodged papers in court.

Mike Dailly Solicitor advocate Mike Dailly, a former Labour campaigner, has defected to the SNP, citing fears the Conservatives will be in government for a generation.

Martin Waite Shepherd Chartered Surveyors has been retained by the Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB) to deliver a range of chartered surveying services for a further two years.

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The owner of The Willow Tea Rooms has won a trademark dispute over the use of the name, The Herald reports. The tea room was previously housed in a building designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and is a Glasgow landmark.

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has welcomed the Scottish government's announcement of an independent review of legal aid but pointed to an imbalance between the service which legally-aided clients receive in comparison to fee-paying clients. It said that where fees paid to solicitor

Members of the Scottish Parliament will have a vote on the UK government’s bill to trigger Article 50 on Tuesday 7th February. The news comes as the UK government this week published a white paper on Brexit entitled The United Kingdom's Exit from and New Partnership with the European Union.

Three complaints by the Crown Office about a TV programme on the Glasgow Bin Lorry crash have been upheld.The BBC Trust upheld complaints about Lies, Laws and the Bin Lorry Tragedy, which was broadcast in 2015.The programme looked at the decision not to prosecute Harry Clarke over the crash in Decem

A teenager who was issued with a fixed penalty notice for a breach of the peace but failed to pay has had a bid to suspend registration of the fine dismissed as “incompetent”. The appellant claimed that the fixed penalty legislation breached his human rights because it presumed guilt and failed

Simon Brown Scottish property consultant CKD Galbraith has reported that increased sales activity published by Registers of Scotland has been reflected in the firm’s network of branches across Scotland.

Anyone who wants to understand modern Russia and the collective sense of humiliation felt by the Russian people should read this powerful collection of interviews, mainly with Sovoks, those Russians brought up in the Soviet era and who lived through the transition of the crumbling one-party state in

A Scots lawyer who has was found guilty of professional misconduct has failed in an appeal against a decision to strike him off the roll of solicitors. Cameron Fyfe, a former partner at Ross Harper Solicitors, was barred from practising as a solicitor in September 2016 for breaching accounts rules.

Martyn Evans An independent review of legal aid has been announced by the Scottish government.