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BTO Solicitors LLP is sponsoring Helensburgh Art Club’s Annual Exhibition for the second year in a row. The 71st exhibition and sale will run from 17-18 August in the Victoria Halls, Sinclair St, Helensburgh, from 9.00am to 5.00pm and is free of charge.

Eight leading children's rights and youth justice charities have called for an end to child imprisonment in England and Wales. A review by the Alliance for Youth Justice, Article 39, Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, Child Rights International Network, Howard League for Penal Reform, INQUEST, Ju

Dear Editor, Olympics and the law: The life of Carl Ludwig ‘Luz’ Long was a very interesting article. I understand that Owens and Long maintained contact after the 1936 Games and that after the outbreak of WW2, Long wrote a letter to Owens to be passed on by the latter to Long's son in t

Proposals have been lodged to fix the façade of Ayr Sheriff Court due to the “immediate risk” of falling masonry. The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service has made an application to South Ayrshire Council for permission to undertake alterations to the Wellington Square building.

Stronachs has announced that partner and head of private client, Jaclyn Russell, has been awarded a dual accreditation from the Law Society of Scotland. Ms Russell has been accredited as a specialist in private client tax and trusts law, becoming one of only four solicitors in Scotland to hold this

A lobby group has said it will seek to have hunters recognised as an ethnic group in the UK in order to protect their "way of life". Hunting Kind says it has obtained an opinion from a senior English barrister which supports its case for "protected status" either as an "ethnic group" or as a group o

A criminal silk has called for the creation of a register of domestic abusers to help reduce violence in the home. Thomas Ross KC said such a list might deter physical and psychological assaults.

Property experts Sarah Baum and Michael Connolly have joined forces to launch Scotland’s first estate agency specialising in accessible homes. Based in Edinburgh, Accessible Housing Scotland (AHS) will have a specific focus on individuals with a range of accessibility requirements, whether due

A health board has been fined more than £60,000 after it was prosecuted over the death of a patient who took his own life. NHS Grampian must pay £64,500 after it pleaded guilty to falling foul of health and safety legislation in the case of Vincent Mulsant, 40.

Victims of historic miscarriages of justice cannot claim back "bed and board" costs deducted from their compensation for the time they spent in prison. Last year, the Conservatives scrapped the policy of making such deductions in the wake of the high-profile Andrew Malkinson case.

More than 60 new Scottish solicitors were formally welcomed to the profession at an admissions ceremony held at the Signet Library in Edinburgh last week.

BTO is to run a webinar this month to take the legal traineeship experience to law students virtually. Four BTO trainees who have experience of working in a range of departments within the firm will form a panel and share their experiences.

MI5 has been sharply criticised over its late disclosure of materials to Operation Kenova, the long-running investigation into the alleged Provisional IRA informer codenamed “Stakeknife”. In a statement yesterday, Police Service of Northern Ireland chief constable Jon Boutcher said it wa

Andrew Webster KC has been appointed as president of the Pensions Appeal Tribunal Scotland ahead of the resignation of current president, Marion Caldwell KC. Mr Webster called to the bar in 1992 having trained with commercial law firm Bird Semple Fyfe Ireland WS in Edinburgh and London. He hold

Young people should get free Netflix if they surrender illegal knives, the head of Germany's police union has suggested. Jochen Kopelke, federal chair of the Union for Police (GdP), called for a knife amnesty in the wake of a high-profile attack in Stuttgart.