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If one of your colleagues or contacts is an in-house Scottish solicitor or trainee; or if you work in an in-house legal role, then you might be eligible to nominate or be nominated for the In-house Rising Star Award. Launched in 2013, by the Law Society of Scotland, the award celebrates and rewards

A solicitor and RAF wing commander found guilty of behaving in a “threatening or abusive manner” towards his wife has had an appeal refused after claiming he should have been given an “absolute discharge”. The Sheriff Appeal Court rejected the appellant’s claim that there had been a “mis

Kirk Murdoch Kirk Murdoch, chairman of Pinsent Masons in Scotland and Northern Ireland, has passed away.

David Horne David Horne takes a look at how fintech, the application of technology to the financial industry, is addressing crime and corruption.

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Professor Alan Paterson OBE of Strathclyde University’s Law School has been appointed as the international and expert adviser to the Independent Review of Legal Aid in Scotland announced by legal affairs minister Annabelle Ewing. Professor Paterson is chair of the International Legal Aid Group, an

Manchester Crown Court (Credit: Google Street View) A retired judge has come to the aid of a colleague who came under fierce criticism for warning women that getting drunk and becoming disinhibited made them targets for rapists.

A Turkish judge who was dismissed in the wake of last year’s attempted coup d’État has had her application to the European Court of Human Rights unanimously declared inadmissible on the basis domestic law provides a remedy. The case concerns the dismissal of Kadriye Çatal by the Supreme Counci

The Scottish Arbitration Centre has again sponsored the University of Edinburgh’s Pre-Vis Moot event as well as its Multi-Tier Dispute Resolution in Practice conference, which was held in in Edinburgh on Friday 10 March. Lord Hope of Craighead delivered the opening and closing remarks at the confe

” by the appellant. Accordingly, it would not have been sufficient for the appellant simply to have knowledge of assaults being committed by her co-accused and, it was submitted, it was essential that the jury were given clear directions to enable them to understand what was necessary by way of ev

Thousands of shareholders suing the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) over its “misleading” £12 billion rescue fundraising during the financial crash must prove they have the insurance to satisfy the costs of a trial, a High Court judge has said. RBoS Shareholder Action Group, which consists of 27,0

Plans from the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) to increase its annual levy by eight times the rate of inflation have caused unprecedented “anger and frustration” within the legal profession, the Law Society of Scotland said today. In its detailed response to the SLCC’s draft budget

Briony Clarke A 31-year-old woman has become the UK's youngest ever female judge just 16 years after beginning her law career, The Telegraph reports.

Gillian Craig Gillian Craig, partner and head of property litigation at MacRoberts has been named the new chair of the Scottish branch of the Property Litigation Association (SPLA).