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Justice Secretary Michael Matheson Prison officers in Scotland will now be allowed to organise strike action after Justice Secretary Michael Matheson announced the rule prohibiting it will be abolished.

Families Need Fathers Scotland has published a new, revised "user guide" for parents who have a child welfare report ordered in their contact or residence court case. The new edition incorporates the changes to court rules introduced by Act of Sederunt on 26th October 2015.

Laura Dunlop QC A seminar in celebration of the Scottish Law Commission’s 50th anniversary will feature Laura Dunlop QC, convenor of the Faculty of Advocates’ Law Reform Committee, as one of the speakers.

Andrew Mackenzie, chief executive of the Scottish Arbitration Centre The Scottish Arbitration Centre has hosted an international energy arbitration conference at its premises in Edinburgh.

Strathclyde University Law Clinic has celebrated a successful year at its AGM having worked on 382 cases and winning nearly £70,000 for clients in the last twelve months. Communications officer Rob McElroy said: “ With a new intake of 68 student advisors as well as further associate members, the

John Morgan, a trainee solicitor at Brodies The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association and the WS Society have announced that the winner of their Writing Competition for 2015 has now been found.

A gay man has been awarded compensation in what is thought to the first discrimination case to be brought against a service provider for the homophobic actions of its staff. When “Tim” (not his real name) asked for a refund on some patio locks, the shop assistant began to abuse him. A judge at S

Professor Alan Miller The Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has published its Annual Report for 2014-15.

Andrew Parker The head of MI5 has said he would like a mature debate on the intelligence services' interception of communications data.

Police Scotland are getting five requests a day under a domestic abuse law that gives worried individuals information on the potentially-abusive pasts of their partners. Clare's law was rolled out at the beginning of October and saw 109 disclosure requests between 1 and 21 October.

Ian Maxwell Ian Maxwell discusses changes enacted this week to the family court system.

Aberdeen Solicitors’ Property Centre Limited, in cooperation with the University of Aberdeen, Business School, Centre for Real Estate Research, has published statistics for the third quarter of 2015 relating to the Aberdeen housing market. The report is based on a "constant quality" methodology. T

Ben Bestgen With the rise of using social media for brand-recognition and brand-promotion purposes, many clients wonder if a logo or slogan that starts with or includes a "#" can be trademark-protected says Ben Bestgen .

Clockwise from left: Archie Gemmell (football), Louise Martin (chair, sportscotland),Rhona Martin (curling), Ken Scotland (rugby) and Margaret McEleny (swimming).

Proving they have green fingers as well as sharp legal brains, the management board of Pagan Osborne have been digging deep to transform a charity garden.