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The Crown Office has announced that it will stage a single Fatal Accident Inquiry into two separate fatal accidents for the first time. Under sections 13 and ...

Pictured: Lois Craig, Catherine Bury, Hazel Moir and Allan Collie A senior associate with Ledingham Chalmers has become one of only four lawyers recognised as agricultural law ...

Pictured (l-r): Jenna Dicken and Paddy Fulton Balfour+Manson has announced the promotion of four members of its litigation team to associate: Mark Boni, Paddy Fulton and Iain ...

Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court (Photo credit: Google Street View) Sheriff James Williamson has criticised prosecutors over the number of cases in Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court which have been postponed ...

Thanks to all who took part in our quiz and congrats to the winners. Copies of Willie McIntyre’s Present Tense and £25 M&S vouchers are on their ...

The training, welfare and conduct of members of the Scottish Housing and Property Tribunals have become the responsibility of the Lord President, Lord Carloway (pictured) under changes ...

Scotland's total legal aid bill was £137.8 million in 2015-16, down slightly on £138.6 million in 2014-15, according to the Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB). The figures ...

Donald Findlay QC (pictured) earned more in legal aid payments than any other advocate in 2015-16, new Scottish Legal Aid Board figures show. Mr Findlay was paid ...

Glasgow-based Livingstone Brown Solicitors has maintained its status as the largest recipient of legal aid in Scotland, despite a 13 per cent drop in the total amount ...

Senior solicitor advocate Iain Paterson (pictured) of Paterson Bell Solicitors earned £195,000 in legal aid payments in 2015-16, new figures show. Mr Paterson's total payments represented a ...

A pilot court project in Aberdeen that sees sheriffs tackle the reasons behind persistent offending has been hailed as “pioneering” by Justice Secretary Michael Matheson (pictured). Since ...

Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP has announced the promotion of Martin O’Neill (pictured) to senior associate and Nicola Martin to associate. Mr O’Neill is a member of ...

Charles Livingstone Charles Livingstone, partner in the public law and regulatory team at Brodies LLP, explains the Scottish government's arguments in the Brexit case before the UK ...