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Lady Smith Lady Smith, chair of the Scottish government's child sex abuse inquiry, has issued a statement calling on victims and witnesses to come forward as its investigations continue.

Gillian Rushbury, partner at BLM BLM has welcomed the introduction of the first online portal for launching court actions in Scotland as the “start of court action for the Netflix generation”.

House prices in Scotland's buy-to-let rental sector have risen by 5.4 per cent in the last 12 months, with Edinburgh and Lothians home to the highest rents in Scotland. The latest 2016 buy-to-let index from Your Move found that typical rental prices remained increased slightly from £574 in July to

Hannah Starritt Hannah Starritt, solicitor at Turcan Connell, explains the purpose of the Government's new Brexit department.

Charles Scott Shepherd and Wedderburn has announced the appointment of Charles Scott as a consultant to its Aberdeen office.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that the initial acquirer of a copy of a computer program, accompanied by an unlimited user licence, may resell that copy and his licence to a new acquirer — however, where the original copy has been damaged, destroyed or lost, the acquirer may not pro

Edinburgh-based Standard Life has been ordered by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to review its handling of pension customers dating back to July 2008 amid suspicions of the mis-selling of annunities. The insurance giant said it was opening the review following a wider FCA investigation that l

Judy Krieg, Shepherd and Wedderburn’s expert compliance, governance and financial regulation lawyer Three lawyers from Shepherd and Wedderburn's transatlantic disputes team are due to address over 1,000 defence lawyers and in-house counsel at the annual meeting of the Defense Research Institute (D

Secondary school students learnt about the law at the latest event in the Faculty of Advocates’ MiniTrials scheme at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.

Specialist firm Road Traffic Accident Law (Scotland) LLP (RTALS) has celebrated its staff's success in smashing a three-week active challenge.

Justice Secretary Michael Matheson The Scottish Women’s Rights Centre (SWRC) is to expand to Dundee and the Highlands after receiving £665,000 in Holyrood funds.

The Court of Session in Edinburgh has backed a bid by the Humanist Society Scotland (HSS) to seek a judicial review into the rights of pupils to opt out of religious observance in Scottish schools. Currently only parents can opt-out of religious observance on behalf of their children, although the G

Pictured (l-r): Suzanne Hardie and Nicola Ross Morton Fraser has promoted Suzanne Hardie and Nicola Ross to the position of Partner, bringing the firm’s total number of partners to 43.

Richard Barrie Specialist litigation firm Levy & McRae Solicitors LLP has appointed construction law specialist Richard Barrie as a partner.

Sheila Webster Sheila Webster, partner at Davidson Chalmers, writes on reforms to Scotland's judicial review process.