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Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland QC The Scottish Young Lawyers’ Association has announced that Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland QC will deliver its Annual Lecture for 2015, in association with Scott & Co.

Seven men have been convicted of the sale and supply of drugs after a major police operation discovered a “drug empire” operated from a cell in HMP Edinburgh. Stephen Nisbet, 40, already serving an 18-year prison sentence for the murder of David James in 2003, was working with his brother James

Andrew Mackenzie The Scottish Arbitration Centre has confirmed that Scotland has made it into another international arbitration publication.

Barry Brooks Lawyers occupy more floor space than virtually any other professionals. Now one law firm has come up with an answer to the waste of space: young lawyers are to given cubicles instead of offices.

A man who was given a community payback order with restrictions on his internet use after being convicted of an attempt at “communicating indecently with an older child” has failed in an appeal against sentence. The appellant argued that the sheriff’s intention to restrict his “misuse” of

Donald Findlay QC A pensioner has been jailed for five years for historic sex crimes, despite claims he was unable to fully understand court proceedings due to his advanced dementia.

Lynda Towers Nominations for the Law Society of Scotland's In-house Lawyers Group (ILG) Rising Star Award are now open.

Aamer Anwar There are a number of "complex issues" to be taken into account in the investigation into Sheku Bayoh's death, the Lord Advocate has told Mr Bayoh's family.

Dr. Julie Nixon Dr. Julie Nixon, solicitor at MBM Commercial writes about recent changes to UK consumer law.

Pictured: Nicola Sturgeon cut the 50th anniversary cake First Minister Nicola Sturgeon yesterday visited the Scottish Law Commission at its Edinburgh offices to mark the fiftieth anniversary of its establishment.

Sir John Chilcot Sir John Chilcot has issued a statement saying he understands "the anguish" of families of killed British soldiers awaiting the delayed Iraq Inquiry report.

John McKinlay Multinational law firm DLA Piper has been appointed as the sole legal adviser to CodeClan, Scotland's first digital skills academy.

Paul Motion Scots law firm bto Solicitors has taken the stage at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the sixth consecutive year.

A trade union which challenged the introduction of fees for claimants to pursue employment tribunals has had an appeal for judicial review of the policy refused. Unison argued that the decline in the number of cases being brought to tribunal was due to claimants now having to pay anything up to £1,

Sir Stephen House Sir Stephen House, chief constable of Police Scotland has today announced he will leave his post by December 2015.