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Research published today on the drivers and motivations that determine how people seek to resolve small claims disputes (up to £3,000) recommends a critical evaluation of small claims system, finding that people are generally unaware of civil procedure and costs involved. Focusing on Edinburgh and

Michael Matheson The proportion of people being reconvicted within 12 months has reached the lowest level in 17 years.

Carl Powlson

DWF has appointed Caroline Colliston as a director in the firm’s tax team joining from corporate and commercial law firm Blackwood Partners LLP. Based in Edinburgh, she will support the firm’s private and public sector clients domestically and internationally with a focus on tax and share incent

The Law Society of Scotland has updated the guidance on client communication (Rule B4) and the new guidance will come into effect on 1 June 2016. It has made substantial changes as this is the first full review of the guidance since 2005, when it became mandatory for solicitors to issue terms of bus

Pictured (L-R): Hugo Allan; Tom Cullen 1st XI player; Daire Guilfoyle, VP for sports & societies for the Napier University Students association and Keith Flannigan, club president

McEwan Fraser Legal has launched its unique sponsorship of both Dundeeand Dundee United football clubs.

A High Court judge has issued a note following the conviction of a couple who were was charged with causing death by dangerous driving while both were sitting in the driver’s seat, after one of the two accused claimed he was not “driving” the vehicle at the material time. Nathaniel Cooper and

Bella Sankey A coalition of more than 130 of the UK’s most prominent organisations – ranging from religious and professional bodies to law firms, unions, environmental charities and the families of terrorism victims – have publicly committed to oppose any attempt to repeal the Human Rights Act

The legal community in Dundee and Tayside has been stunned by the sudden death of local solicitor Bob Bruce, a popular figure in Forfar Sheriff Court. Mr Bruce, 57, was taken ill at his home last weekend and died in hospital on Saturday. He was a partner in the Dundee firm of Bruce Short & Co in

The Scottish Solicitors’ Discipline Tribunal (SSDT) has found a former solicitor guilty of professional misconduct in relation to 14 transactions, having considered the complaint against her dated 15 January 2015 at the instance of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland. The SSDT found Sheena

Iain Nicol

Alex Neil Alex Neil has stood down from his post as Social Justice Secretary in order to concentrate on his constituency of Airdrie and Shotts.

No licence. No air gun. That’s the message to air weapon owners who will need certificates for their weapons when new laws come in to effect. The Scottish government has joined forces with animal charity Scottish SPCA to launch a campaign to raise awareness of the new air weapons legislation.

Dominic Grieve An independent report concluding that the repeal of the Human Rights Act is likely to breach the Good Friday Agreement was launched at Westminster yesterday.