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The Electoral Commission is in discussions with prosecutors over a potential breach in electoral campaigning law by the Better Together campaign group. The pro-Union organisation, which was forged as an alliance between Labour, the Conservatives, and the Liberal Democrats, failed to submit all of th

Solicitors will hear from Scottish government minister for community safety and legal affairs, Paul Wheelhouse MSP, at the Law Society of Scotland's legal aid conference today. Law Society of Scotland president Alistair Morris will today open the two-day legal aid conference, which takes place after

Maclay Murray & Spens (MMS)'s EU & Competition team has been shortlisted in the UK-wide Lawyer Awards 2015. MMS acted for global travel search site Skyscanner in a landmark appeal that successfully overturned an earlier decision by the Office of Fair Trading.

Legal, financial and property specialist Pagan Osborne has announced a three-year charity partnership with Alzheimer Scotland. The charity, which aims to improve quality of life for 90,000 people living with dementia in Scotland, is set to benefit from the company's fundraising efforts.

Sector specialists from Shepherd and Wedderburn will attend the largest global gathering of water industry specialists in Edinburgh later this month. Nine hundred experts, including government representative, lawyers, regulators, environmental engineers and economists will converge at the fifteenth

Joanna Cherry QC Joanna Cherry QC, a member of the Faculty of Advocates, has been appointed as the Scottish National Party (SNP)'s justice and home affairs spokesperson in Westminster.

A member of the Faculty of Advocates will lead a training programme at the prestigious Energy Studies Institute (ESI) in Singapore. Steven Walker (pictured) has been invited to lead the ESI's specialist professional seminar training programme aimed at the global energy industry.

A severely disabled man is going to the Court of Session in Edinburgh today in a bid to clarify the Scottish legal position regarding assisted suicide. With the help of his solicitors at Patrick Campbell and Co., Gordon Ross, 66, is calling upon the Lord Advocate to issue guidance setting out whethe

The Criminal Appeal Court has issued an opinion clarifying the circumstances in which a sheriff can decline to accept the basis of a plea in mitigation in the absence of proof. The Lord Justice Clerk, Lord Carloway, sitting with Lord Malcolm, heard that in January 2015 at Inverness Sheriff Court, th

Mark Hordern, chief executive of Glasgow Solicitors Property Centre (GSPC) has resigned from his position after four years, GSPC directors announced today. Pamela Ross is succeeding Mark as chief executive with the 'enthusiastic support' of the Directors and her fellow staff members.

A prison officer who was injured while taking part in a riot training exercise has had an action for damages refused. A sheriff ruled that the pursuer failed to prove that the accident was caused to any extent by a breach by the defenders of any statutory obligation incumbent on them, or by fault on

L to R: Derek Duncan, Partner at RSB macdonald; Lesley Macdonald, Partner at RSB macdonald; (at front) Alasdair Cummings, Managing Partner, Lindsays; (at back right) Derek Petrie, Partner, Lindsays Scottish law firms RSB macdonald and Lindsays are set to merge with effect from 6 July 2015, both comp

Public health minister Maureen Watt MSP Scotland has become the first nation in the UK to introduce a new death certification system that scraps fees for cremation forms and creates new rights for relatives.

Morton Fraser represented international investment group Rockspring Property Investment Managers in the successful but "challenging" sale of student accommodation in Edinburgh for £20 million. The Morton Fraser team, led by lawyers Elspeth Carson and David Stewart, dealt with all property and const

Lord Carloway The Lord Justice Clerk, Lord Carloway, has launched a programme of workshops run by the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service to discuss methods to discover the truth in criminal trials in the modern era, and the greater use of pre-recorded evidence.