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On Saturday 25 June 2016, 16 brave souls from the BLM Glasgow office took part in the mammoth challenge of a 26-mile marathon for Macmillan Cancer Support along Hadrian’s Wall. The hike along Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage Site took the team past old Roman forts, settlements and stunning sc

The newly-elected Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, Gordon Jackson QC, has been introduced formally to the Court of Session in a short ceremony. Mr Jackson was presented to the Lord President, Lord Carloway, sitting with Lords Brodie and Bracadale, in the First Division courtroom.

A challenge to a 2008 decision endorsing a prohibition on settlement of the British Indian Ocean Territories has been dismissed by the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal by a majority of 3 to 2. Lord Mance gave the majority judgment, with which Lord Neuberger agreed. Lord Clarke g

Michael E. Lamb A member of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry panel has resigned, claiming the Scottish government has “doomed” the inquiry before the first witness has been heard by repeatedly threatening its independence.

Murray Shaw Gillespie Macandrew LLP has announced an increase in profits in its last financial year of over 18 per cent from £2.4 million to £2.86m on the back of an increase in turnover of 6.7 per cent from £9.81m to £10.47m. These figures are incorporated in the firm’s annual report and acco

Pictured (L-R): Prof Sir Kenneth Calman, Prof David Sellar, Prof John Briggs

Two Scottish prisoners who complained about the excessive length of criminal proceedings brought against them had their article 6 rights violated, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. The applicants, Charles Bernard O’Neill and William Hugh Lauchlan, were born in 1962 and 1976 respectivel

On Saturday 20 August, Edinburgh’s Phoenix Choir will be staging an up-beat, fast-paced soul and gospel concert in the heart of Edinburgh’s old town in order to raise money for the Child Brain Injury Trust, a charity that supports children and young people who have sustained acquired brain injur

Gordon Jackson QC The new Dean of the Faculty of Advocates is Gordon Jackson QC, the current Vice-Dean and former MSP.

Nicola McCartney Expert asbestos-related disease lawyers at Irwin Mitchell Glasgow, which helps hundreds of people affected by mesothelioma every year, has backed Action Mesothelioma Day, which takes place on Friday 1 July.

An appeal which sought to challenge a sheriff’s decision to grant a residence order on the basis that the sheriff erred in making certain findings in fact has been dismissed as “entirely devoid of merit”. The note of appeal challenged the sheriff’s approach to evidence led at a child welfare

Neil Stevenson Commenting on a recently published court decision in which a Scots lawyer failed in a challenge against a decision by the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC), chief executive of the SLCC, Neil Stevenson, said: "it is vital that solicitors respond appropriately when the SLCC co

Derek Penman Scotland’s police force is to overhaul its approach to counter corruption following the publication of a report that raises concerns about legality, proportionality and procedural fairness.

An Aberdeen based company has admitted health and safety offences after steel pipes being carried by a forklift struck and injured an employee at Aberdeen Harbour. North East Stevedoring Company Limited, which provides quayside, vessel, and cargo handling services at Aberdeen, Kirkwall and Lerwick h

Roseanna Cunningham Provisions of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 on the use of common good land, business rates for shooting and deerstalking, and deer management have come into force.