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Lindsay Montgomery CBE (pictured), chief executive and accountable officer of the Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) since 1999, has announced that he is to retire from the post in August. Iain Robertson CBE, chairman of SLAB, said: “Lindsay has been an outstanding chief executive of SLAB who has pla

Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie has announced that David Boyce (pictured) will be retiring from the partnership with effect from 30th April, but he will be taking up a new role with the firm in a business development consultancy role as of 1st May 2015. Mr Boyce will working out of the Glasgow offi

Shepherd and Wedderburn has attained Investors in Young People accreditation, adding to its existing Investors in People (IIP) award. Carole Ritchie, HR director, Shepherd and Wedderburn (pictured) said: “We are delighted to have received this accreditation as we see young people as immensely impo

The Law Society has announced the results of the 2015 presidential elections. Solicitor advocate Joe Egan, who specialises in criminal law, will take office as deputy vice president in July this year when Jonathan Smithers becomes president and Robert Bourns takes over as vice president.

Highlands and Islands Airports has been granted a full hearing in its £14 million action for damages against Shetlands Islands Council over alleged “defects” in the local authority’s works to extend the runway at Sumburgh Airport. Judges in the Inner House of the Court of Session upheld a dec

An employee at a law firm in Glasgow has admitted to embezzling £180,000 from her employers. Teresa Kidd, 44, a purchase ledger clerk at Maclay Murray and Spens LLP (MMS) took thousands from her employers between October 2006 and November 2011.

Paul Wheelhouse The Scottish Women’s Rights Centre (SWRC) is being launched today to ensure that women in Scotland who have or are experiencing gender based violence are able to access timely and appropriate legal advice and information.

The number of Scots going bust in the first quarter of 2015 fell by 2.4 per cent compared with the last quarter of 2014 and by 15.2 per cent compared to the first quarter of last year according to analysis of the latest Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB) figures by accountants and business advisers BDO

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Judges in Germany are to decide the fate of a man on 300,000 counts of accessory to murder following allegations he assisted in the functioning of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland while serving there as a guard. Oskar Groening, 93, in what is expected to be one of the final N

Alison Saunders Senior politicians have called on the director of public prosecutions to reverse her decision that it was not in the public interest to pursue

A Pakistani national who married a British woman but was refused leave to remain in the United Kingdom after his visa expired has successfully challenged that decision on human rights grounds. Muhammad Irfan Khan brought a petition for judicial review,arguing that the refusal of leave to remain in t

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A campaigner for a public inquiry into historical child sex abuse has expressed concern that a unit established to deal with paedophiles will buckle under the weight of historical cases. Police Scotland unveiled the National Child Abuse Investigation Unit this week – which comprises 50 dedicated o