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Kate Hodgkiss New rules coming in 2018 will require offices to make massive changes, says Kate Hodgkiss.

Neil Stevenson The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has called for the government to consult on opportunities to reform legal complaints handling, based on its experience of handling over 8,000 complaints.

Cammy Day Police in Edinburgh are investigating an increase in hate crime following the EU referendum.

Martin Gill Business optimism and output in Scotland have fallen to a three year low while hiring intentions are at a two year low according to the latest Business Trends Report by accountants and business advisers BDO LLP.

The Supreme Court has released a statement on the appointments process ahead of the retirement of Lord Toulson in September: Lord Toulson reaches his statutory retirement age this September and a further five vacancies for Supreme Court Justices are due to arise before the end of 2018.

Sarah Hutchinson Barbri International, the legal education company that prepares lawyers for the US bar exams has reported a surge in demand as young UK solicitors seek out a global future after the Brexit vote.

Nine students from schools in Edinburgh have enjoyed an insight into life as an advocate as part of a programme organised by Through the Looking Glass, a charity which helps teenagers explore unexpected career paths. Through the Looking Glass, founded in London in 2012 by a City lawyer, Lesley Wan,

Scotland’s police force is to delete millions of vehicle movement records amid concerns its retention of this data breaches data protection laws, The Ferret has revealed. Police Scotland’s database was created from Automatic Number Plate Recognition cameras placed throughout Scotland.

Duncan Osler MacRoberts has successfully bid to provide external legal services required by Scottish ministers, as well as by a range of departments, agencies and other parts of the UK government.

Dr Jonathan Fitchen writes about the effect Brexit will have on international and cross-border law. The UK’s vote for Brexit has thrown up a huge range of complex legal problems concerning the disengagement of the UK from the European Union. One such problem concerns the effect of Brexit on exist

Dee Flanigan Govan Law Centre (GLC) has given evidence to the United Nations Committee on Economic and Social Rights on housing and human rights in Scotland.

Lord Pentland The Scottish Law Commission will now publish discussion papers and reports on its website only.

Congratulations to our new Law Officers, Lord Advocate James Wolffe and Solicitor General Alison Di Rollo. Good lawyers both and deserving of their appointments. We wish them a fair wind. On one condition. White collar crime in Scotland is patently not getting the attention it should. All has been P

The Faculty of Advocates has sent a message of support to lawyers in Kenya who have taken part in nationwide protests in defence of the rule of law. The protests were mounted following the murders of a human rights lawyer, Willie Kimani, and his client, Josephat Mwenda and a driver, Joseph Muiruri.

Tim Wishart Last week was quite a week - England was dumped out of the Euros twice! To top it off, instead of the stockmarket getting trounced, as most doom-mongers forecast, it has rallied strongly – notably in the UK’s FTSE 100, the apparent provider of abject misery the world over.