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Cathy Donald and Emma Reid Ergo Law, a boutique law firm specialising exclusively in employment law and providing advice to both employer and employee clients, launched by two Edinburgh lawyers, Cathy Donald and Emma Reid, is poised to celebrate a successful first year in business.

Laura Irvine Laura Irvine, a criminal solicitor advocate and associate in BTO’s data protection defence team, has been appointed as a director of the Scottish Business Resilience Centre (SBRC).

CLT’s Certificate in Project Management for Lawyers is now available online. Using a personal login, delegates can access a range of videos, notes and presentation materials to guide them through their studies. Four multiple choice assessments are also submitted online. Course tutor Iain Sim obser

Bobby and the Bobcats Two Aberdeen law firms have raised over £3,000 in a Battle of the Bands event as part of their annual inter-office annual charity challenge.

Andrew Lowe, chair of child and adult protection for Renfrewshire The independent review into the fatal stabbing of a 16-year-old at an Aberdeen school has recommended legislative changes to protect pupils.

Penelope Warne, senior partner for CMS UK Partners at CMS UK, Nabarro and Olswang have voted to combine their firms to create what will become the world’s sixth largest law firm by headcount and sixth largest in the UK by revenue.

Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC The Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC, has welcomed the beginning of UK Hate Crime Awareness Week with a promise to use the full force of the law against hate crime.

Justice Secretary Michael Matheson The number of homicides in Scotland fell to their lowest on record last year, according to new figures published today.

Lawyers with an interest in children’s rights are being invited to a roundtable event on using the law and human rights to advance policy. Clan Childlaw, which provides children and young people throughout Scotland with free information about the law and their rights, is bringing together voluntar

Following a successful event in Oban, Terra Firma Chambers are looking forward to the next stops on their ‘Autumn Tour’ - Inverness on 26th October and Aberdeen on the 27th. These events are part of TFC’s ongoing commitment to strengthening links with law firms and direct access organisations

Internet users who incite people to harass others online could face prosecution under new guidance adopted by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). The Director of Public Prosecutions, Alison Saunders, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "The internet's not an anonymous place where people can post wi

RGL Management Limited, the group gearing-up to launch a class action lawsuit against Royal Bank of Scotland over the conduct of its disbanded Global Restructuring Group, has said its numbers and value will soar after internal documents containing damning revelations were published. RGL had recently

The GMB union has called for a “massive” housebuilding programme to get underway “without delay” after a report by the union found that workers on average earnings in Scotland are priced out of the housing market in 21 out of 32 local authority areas. Published yesterday, the report shows cu

Paralympian Samantha 'Sammi' Kinghorn, Scotland's leading wheelchair racer, has signed up as Harper Macleod's Athlete Ambassador for the fourth year in a row. The firm's relationship with Sammi began after the firm became legal advisers to the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and they supported the t

Shepherd and Wedderburn have been crowned Scotland’s brainiest business after winning the Marie Curie Glasgow Brain Game.