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SFE (Solicitors for the Elderly), a training and best practice organisation for lawyers who specialise in older and vulnerable clients, has extended its membership to professionals across Scotland. The not-for-profit organisation provides practical advice, know-how and best practice for working lawy

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Claire Mitchell The vital role of defence counsel in the justice system has been highlighted by Claire Mitchell, new president of the Scottish Criminal Bar Association (SCBA).

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The SLN team take their hats off today to Aberdeen Considine for their arresting advert in today’s Herald which uses the Scots word “blatherskite”: “A person who talks at great length without making much sense” – the last thing a client wants from their lawyers. The OED entry for blather

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John MacMillan MacRoberts is delighted to have been shortlisted at the Managing Partner Forum awards for best collaboration with external specialists - in relation to their work with their digital agency, Moore Legal Technology.

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Marks & Clerk’s Scottish operation has been awarded "Gold" status by an intellectual property publication, World Trademark Review, making it one of the few firms in the country to be ranked in the top tier of trade mark specialist firms. Marks & Clerk was placed in the top tier of Scottish

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A sheriff has refused to sanction the employment of junior counsel in a low value personal injury case in which counsel was instructed for the pursuer to ensure there was no “unfair advantage” after the defenders agents had advised they had instructed an advocate to represent them at the proof.

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Thomas Ross Many criminal lawyers find themselves completely unable to agree with the Crown Office’s conclusion that there was “insufficient evidence in law” to raise criminal proceedings against David Goodwillie and David Robertson, the president of the Scottish Criminal Bar Association has s

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