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The application window for Balfour+Manson traineeships commencing next year will close tomorrow. Would-be applicants have until Friday 21 July to submit their application and compete for a traineeship with the Edinburgh- and Aberdeen-based firm.

James McGachie James McGachie, legal director in DLA Piper's Edinburgh offices, writes on proposed changes to civil litigation funding in Scotland.

Liam Kerr The number of prisoners disciplined for taking drugs in jail has nearly doubled over the past four years, according to Scottish Prison Service figures.

Graham Stevenson Macdonald Henderson has advised The Glenallachie Consortium in the signing of an agreement to acquire the Glenallachie Distillery from Pernod Ricard.

Commissioner Kate Frame The Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) found a number of failings in the way police responded to reports of concern about a man suffering from Asperger’s Syndrome, who was later found dead.

Andy Kinsella Work on a £2 billion wind farm off the Fife coast will begin next year after the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) lost a long-running legal battle against the development.

The House of Lords' EU committee has warned that conferring legal personality upon Scotland, to enable it to negotiate its own agreements with the EU or third countries, would have "profound and unpredictable constitutional and political consequences". The committee's fourth report, published today,

Jody Crockett Burness Paull has announced a raft of appointments and partner promotions that it says underpin its ambitious strategy for the future.

Equalities secretary Angela Constance Public bodies in Scotland will become the first in the UK to be legally required to put reducing poverty and inequality at the heart of their decision making, under new proposals outlined by ministers.

Michael Dempsey Michael Dempsey called to the bar on Friday 14 July, joining Hastie Stable.

The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) has referred the case of Wendy Patricia Graham to the High Court of Justiciary for review. Ms Graham was convicted at Edinburgh High Court on 15 December 2008 of the murder of her partner.

A lawyer specialising in EU law is staging a show at this year's Edinburgh Fringe - Brexit: The Musical. Chris Bryant, EU and competition law partner at international law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner, was inspired by his day-to-day work to write the original 70-minute musical.

The Treasury has today banned what it has called the “rip-off” charges companies extract from consumers using credit and debit cards to buy goods. The UK government said today that it is unveiling the new rules that will mean card-charging in Britain – where people can be charged 20 per cent e

Kate Allen Amnesty International has called on the UK government to speak out over the detention of top Amnesty officials in Turkey over the past month.

The first joint Fatal Accident Inquiry into two separate fatal accidents is set to begin in Edinburgh this week. The FAI within the Lothian and Borders Sheriffdom will consider the death of Joy Robson at the Snowman Rally in Inverness on 16 February 2013 and the deaths of John Leonard Stern, Elizabe