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Alison Britton Drivers should be held criminally responsible for allowing others to smoke in cars with children present, the Law Society of Scotland has said.

Graham Ogilvy Preparations for next year's edition of Scottish Legal News Annual Review 2016 are now well underway.

Alan Delaney Alan Delaney of Maclay, Murray & Spens LLP (MMS) writes on recent announcements about parental leave for grandparents.

Mungo Bovey QC A panel of witnesses, including representatives of the Faculty of Advocates and Brodies LLP, has been thanked by MSPs for "saturating" them with information on human rights aspects of the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill.

Glen Gilson Law firm Gilson Gray LLP is celebrating its "date with George Clooney" as it gears up for the Scottish Business Awardsceremony on 12 November 2015.

The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association (SYLA) will host its annual Criminal Day Conference next month in association with the Scottish Criminal Bar Association (SCBA). The one-day conference is taking place in the Corinthian, Glasgow on Saturday 7 November 2015.

Peter Gray QC Glasgow City Council spent almost £250,000 in legal fees over the course of the Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) into the Glasgow bin lorry crash.

A part-time judge who claimed that his pension should be calculated on the basis of his sitting days since he was appointed rather than the date on which an EU law protecting part-time-time workers from being treated less favourably than equivalent full-time workers came into force in the UK has had

The Faculty of Advocates has identified human rights issues relating to parts of the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill. The Faculty was invited by the Scottish Parliament’s Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee to comment on the Bill from the perspective of the European Convention on H

Frank Mulholland Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland yesterday told MSPs he did not see the need for an inquiry into the process of communication between the Law Society of Scotland and the Crown Office.

Shepherd and Wedderburn has promoted eight solicitors to the position of Associate in its Edinburgh and Glasgow offices.

Lord Neuberger The President of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger last night addressed an audience at Lincoln's Inn to mark the 150th anniversary of the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales (ICLR).

Solicitors are not being threatened by other will-writing service providers in the wake of deregulation in 2011, new research carried out by Will Aid suggests. Although there are slight year-on-year fluctuations in the percentage of people using a solicitor to write their will, the proportion was hi

Sean Humber Some prisoners in the UK may be able to challenge a blanket ban on prisoner voting after the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on the French case Thierry Delvigne v Commune de Lesparre-Médoc and Préfet de la Gironde.