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The Judicial Institute for Scotland has released its annual report for the year to 31 March 2016. The Annual Report 2015/16 looks at, among other things, educational strategy, and technology enhanced learning.

Sean Maher

Macdonald Henderson has ranked as one of the top three corporate law firms in Scotland in terms of number of MBOs (management buyouts) completed in 2015/16. The results of the deal table, which is published by Scottish Business Insider in its 2016 Yearbook, caps a busy year in which the firm complet

A 55 year old man has been jailed after being found guilty of sexually abusing three young girls. At Kilmarnock Sheriff Court, Duncan Mulholland was sentenced to three and a half years imprisonment and placed on the Sex Offenders' Register for abusing the girls who were aged between 7 and 15 .The of

Alan Sheeley Pinsent Masons has warned that police budgets risk being swallowed up by law firms unless work given to them to seize fraudsters' assets is done either on a “no win no fee” basis or according to competitive tendering.

Four legal claims worth tens of thousands of pounds each arising out health care products for the treatment of urinary incontinence have been remitted to the Court of Session. A judge allowed the actions to be remitted from the sheriff court after ruling that “cause had been shown” as there was

The Law Society of Scotland has successfully petitioned the Court of Session to appoint a Judicial Factor over Paisley legal practice, Robertson and Ross Solicitors Limited. Morna Grandison, director of interventions at the Law Society, was appointed by the court as the interim Judicial Factor. As a

Derek Mackay The Scottish government has asked the UK government to reform laws allowing for a Scottish business vehicle to be used in criminal activity.

Alan Strain Davidson Chalmers has announced the appointment of Alan Strain as partner and Jenny Davies as a senior solicitor.

David Flint David Flint considers the potential consequences of Brexit on competition law.

Alan Matthew A strict new copyright law will ensure extra protection for artists and designers from those attempting to rip off their designs.

Michael Fallon Birmingham firm Public Interest Lawyers (PIL) will close at the end of August after being told it will receive no more legal aid funding.

Alison Wild Westwater Advocates’ Alison Wild is taking part in the Edinburgh Culture Crawl to raise money for Maggie’s, the stable’s sponsored charity.

Harper Macleod chief executive Martin Darroch and Sammi Kinghorn

A man accused of drugs-related offences who challenged the admissibility of “expert” evidence of a police officer whose report included content copied from the “Ask Frank” government-funded website has failed in an appeal. The Criminal Appeal Court upheld the sheriff’s decision to repel th