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Four solicitors have been promoted to partner at Morton Fraser, bringing the number of new partners at the Scottish law firm in the past year to eleven. In recognition and reward for their depth of experience and expertise, Iain Young, David Stewart, Brian Macfarlane and Lucia Clark will take up pos

A landowner who is seeking to challenge a decision to grant consent to plans for a new wind farm near his estate has had an application for a protective expenses order refused. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that, having regard to the petitioner’s financial position, the proceedings would n

Lord Carloway The lord justice clerk has been criticised by an advocate for saying his critics have “transparent self-interest”.

Murray McCall Anderson Strathern’s managing partner has said the firm is considering expanding into Dundee and Aberdeen.

Andrew Mackenzie (left) and Sir David Edward QC

New Sheriffs have been appointed in South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway and Glasgow and Strathkelvin Robert Weir QC (pictured) has been appointed as sheriff of South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway and Joan Kerr has been appointed as sheriff of Glasgow and Strathkelvin.

Lord Malcolm (centre) with the finalists

DLA Piper’s Alistair Drummond (pictured) is set to run the London Marathon later this month, in an attempt to raise £4,000 for the firm’s charity partner,UNICEF. The Edinburgh-based litigation lawyer’s efforts add to a string of fundraising and pro bono work aimed at helping the global charit

John Forsyth John Forsyth discusses the issues surrounding the remit of the Scottish Sentencing Council, which is to be constituted later this year.

Judges from across the UK have explained why they withdrew from a legal conference in Glasgow at which Wikileaks' founder Julian Assange (pictured right) spoke via video link from London. Mr Assange, who has lived in the Ecuadorian embassy since 2012, addressed attendees at the Commonwealth Law Conf

A new alcohol bill at Holyrood has come under fire from licensing lawyers and figures in the trade who say the proliferation of licensing law “beggars belief” and is “a disgrace”. The Alcohol (Licensing, Public Health and Criminal Justice) (Scotland) Bill, introduced on April 1 by Labour MSP

The founder of Wikileaks has said Scottish nationalists were not paranoid to think the UK security services were involved in last year’s independence referendum. Julian Assange (pictured), speaking at the Commonwealth Law Conference in Glasgow said the referendum amounted to a “national security

The lord president Lord Gill (pictured) delivered the opening speech at the Commonwealth Law Conference in Glasgow this week on the independence of the judiciary and the independence of the legal profession. He discussed how the independence of the judiciary can be threatened in seemingly innocuous

Family rights charity Families Need Fathers (FNF)Scotland has announced significant funding support confirmed for 2015-16 and beyond. The Scottish Government is providing strategic partnership grants totalling £25,000 for 2015-16 for FNF Scotland’s core work of providing information and support t

Lord Prosser