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Fraser Gillies Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) has appointed Fraser Gillies as the firm’s next managing partner from the 1st April 2017, to succeed Liam Entwistle who is stepping down after over three years in the role.

Zibya Bashir Zibya Bashir, a senior associate at Eversheds Sutherland has been accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a "specialist in debt and asset recovery law". Ms Bashir is understood to be the first female solicitor in Scotland to achieve this accreditation. Presently there is only one o

A sheriff’s as-yet-unreturned wig was just one of the items stolen from court in a number of thefts revealed in new documents, The Herald reports. Crooks have also taken handbags, wallets and computer equipment from Scotland's sheriff courts, security officials have said.

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James Kelly An attempt to have controversial laws meant to curb sectarian behaviour at football matches repealed will go ahead at the Scottish Parliament before the end of the season, the MSP leading the campaign has pledged.

Brenda Mitchell This year’s SLN Annual Review profiles PI lawyer and motorcycle expert Brenda Mitchell who established the UK’s first legal practice devoted to helping her fellow motorcyclists.

A Scottish mother has lost a legal dispute with the Australian father of her child after failing in an appeal against a judge’s ruling that their one-year-old son should be returned from Scotland to Brisbane so judges there can determine the baby’s future. The Inner House of the Court of Session

Lord Keen of Elie QC The Advocate General, Lord Keen of Elie QC, 62, has been charged with a firearms offence for allegedly breaching the Firearms Act 1968 s.2 after he failed to secure a shotgun.

Nicola Gilchrist The Faculty of Advocates’ Nicola Gilchrist has been featured in a magazine list of “remarkable women” for her work with Scottish Women’s Aid (SWA).

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Prisoners facing outstanding charges could be given a jail amnesty if a pilot scheme in Glasgow is rolled out elsewhere, The Herald reports. The scheme “rolls up” outstanding warrants and complaints in an effort to deal with rapid returns to custody for serving prisoners and covers assault, frau

Michael Watson Michael Watson discusses an innovative approach by Aberdeen City Council to raising cash.

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Radha Stirling The British Irish Commercial Bar Association (BICBA) should cancel an arbitration seminar in Dubai because of wide-scale legal abuse and corruption in the UAE, a campaign group has said.