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A Scottish solicitor who entered into a sexual relationship with a “vulnerable” client has been found guilty of professional misconduct. The unnamed lawyer was fined £5,000 by the Scottish Solicitors Discipline Tribunal (SSDT) for “acting in a manner that raised issues as to his trustworthine

The man charged with the murder of Irish student Karen Buckley pleaded guilty at the High Court in Glasgow yesterday. Alexander Pacteau, 21, admitted grabbing Ms Buckley by the neck and hitting her repeatedly with a spanner while sitting in his parked car in the early hours of Sunday 12 April.

Angus Sinclair, the man convicted last year of committing the World's End Murders in 1977, has dropped the appeal against his conviction. However, he is continuing to appeal against his minimum sentence of 37 years, the longest ever handed down by a court in Scotland, according to BBC News.

Duncan Osler MacRoberts has been appointed to the Scottish government’s legal panel framework.

Gary Rae Road safety charity BRAKE has announced it is backing the campaign calling for the introduction of presumed liability for Scotland’s less vulnerable road users.

Miriam Byrne Employment law, HR and health & safety specialists, Law At Work (LAW), has bolstered its team ahead of an effort to expand the business into England.

Lord Janner Lawyers for Lord Janner of Braunstone QC have told a judge he should not be made to attend court on Friday to answer child abuse charges because of his dementia.

Landowners and representatives of Registers of Scotland (RoS) have taken further steps towards the completion of Scotland’s Land Register with meetings in the Highlands to discuss the process of voluntary registration. RoS has been asked by the Scottish government to complete the country’s land

A man who was convicted of a number of offences including robbery and dangerous driving after he assaulted a woman and stole her car has successfully challenged a sheriff’s decision to impose an extended sentence. The Criminal Appeal Court ruled that a sheriff's purported disposal was “incompete

The families of two students killed by a driver with a history of blackouts say the Crown Office could have prevented the Glasgow bin lorry crash by prosecuting him. Laura Stewart, 20, and Mhairi Convy, 18, were killed after being struck by a Range Rover in Glasgow five years ago when driver William

Amendments suggested by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) to tackle online copyright infringement would see file sharers punished by up to ten years in prison. File sharers have been threatened with criminal charges in the past – even where they did not seek financial gain or share in the cou

Emma Carr A number of Scottish local authorities have been criticised by a campaign group for their "shockingly lax attitudes to protecting confidential information".

Brandon Malone Brandon Malone, chairman of the Scottish Arbitration Centre, has been appointed to the International Chamber of Commerce UK Committee for Arbitration and ADR.

Gordon Tainton Davidson Chalmers has announced the appointment of Gordon Tainton as its new chief operating officer.

Norman Dalgleish Morton Fraser has hired Norman Dalgleish, a former senior financial planner at Turcan Connell, adding expertise and experience to the firm’s wealth management practice.