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Lady Smith The Advocate General for Scotland has successfully challenged an Employment Appeal Tribunal decision that a solicitor who worked part-time as a clerk to the General Commissioners of Income Tax was entitled to a pension.

Ministers have been urged by the Faculty of Advocates to wait at least five years to see the impact of same sex marriages before considering further changes to the law on civil partnerships. The Faculty said that it felt the “pace of change may be too fast” and that time was needed to take stock

A librarian has won a court battle over a threat to remove the private papers of the UK's last Communist Party MP from her control after a sheriff ruled she should be custodian. Audrey Canning, 79, has run the Willie Gallacher Memorial Library for nearly four decades.

The Scottish Sentencing Council’s inaugural meeting was held in Parliament House on 14 December when members laid the ground for future work, including an agreement to fully consult on sentencing guidelines. The council is obligated to consult Scottish ministers and the Lord Advocate when preparin

Morton Fraser has appointed Savita Sharma as a consultant and Marisa Cullen as an associate in its family law team in Edinburgh and Glasgow respectively. Ms Sharma (pictured right) is dual qualified and practised in England for over ten years before taking her position at Morton Fraser.

Although research reveals people who petition the Scottish Parliament find it a positive experience, the process is to be further strengthened through greater transparency and by asking the public directly what they want from ‘their committee’, according to a report by Holyrood's Public Petition

Following a review announced in March this year, the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has today confirmed the new approach that will be taken to tackle agricultural crime in Scotland.

Rory Alexander The City of Edinburgh Council has re-appointed Morton Fraser to provide its commercial, planning and property, litigation and employment legal services for the next two years, with the option to extend the contract for a further two.

Roseanna Cunningham Fair Work Secretary Roseanna Cunningham has confirmed that a further memorandum on the UK government’s Trade Union Bill has been lodged with the Scottish Parliament.

Alison Saunders The Director of Public Prosecutions has been criticised for living in a bubble over the shambolic state of magistrates' courts – in particular poor advocacy standards.

An man in the Czech Republic allegedly hid in a restaurant after it closed in order to have a private feast. He is accused of waiting until the staff had gone home and locked up for the night before feasting on six geese, three ducks, 13 pounds of goose fat and liver as well as a one-gallon jar of p

An Indian student who married a British woman has successfully challenged a decision to refuse his application for leave to remain in the UK as a spouse and to certify his human rights claim as “clearly unfounded”. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that the Secretary of State for the Home De

A bill widely ridiculed for being tantamount to pointless has been recommended for review by a Holyrood committee. The Lobbying (Scotland) Bill in its current form could leave a “great deal” of important information unregistered, said a majority on the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointmen

Drysdale Graham Aberdeen Harbour has appointed Pinsent Masons as legal adviser for its proposed Harbour Expansion Project.

James Burns Clyde & Co has announced first half fee income for FY15/16 was £192 million, up 8 per cent from £178m in FY14/15. On a currency constant basis the firm said the increase would be closer to ten per cent. The figure does not include revenues from Simpson & Marwick, which ‎merge