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It was my first meeting with new colleagues following my law firm’s merger with a larger, international firm. The litigation partners were having an away day to develop a plan for growing the division. Any anxiety about whether the integration would go smoothly was quickly dispelled; they were

Almost £3.4 billion will be invested across the justice system in 2023-24 to fund front-line services, provide continued support for victims and witnesses, and to tackle the causes of offending, the Scottish government has announced. The funding represents an increase of £165 million or

Dr Paul Behrens, a member of the Ending Conversion Practices Expert Advisory Group, responds to criticism of its recent report. Reports by experts tend to be read by experts only, then shelved forever. You can certainly not say the same about the report by the Scottish Expert Advisory Group on Endin

Bilaal Shabbir has been appointed as a commissioner of the Jersey Appointments Commission. The commission oversees the recruitment of Jersey States’ employees and appointees to states' supported or related bodies to ensure selection is fair, efficient and conducted in accordance with best prac

Scotland's women's national football team is bringing an equal pay legal action against the Scottish FA. Team captain Rachel Corsie will be the lead claimant in the case at the Employment Tribunal.

Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC today has renewed her commitment to tackling the crime of domestic abuse effectively. She said that the festive holiday period can be particularly difficult for women living in fear of a partner or ex-partner.

The High Court of Justiciary has restored the conviction of a private hire taxi driver who was charged with making a sexual verbal communication at two passengers after an appeal by the Procurator Fiscal in Edinburgh. Respondent Faisal Aziz had previously had his conviction quashed after a successfu

Seven new solicitor advocates have been introduced to court at a ceremony in Edinburgh.

NHS in-house solicitor Susan Murray has been named as the Law Society of Scotland’s president-elect for 2024/25. Ms Murray will assume the role of vice president in May 2023, when Sheila Webster succeeds Murray Etherington as president, before taking on the presidency herself in May 2024.

A person dressed as a Christmas tree who slashed car tires at a meat warehouse is being sought by police.

Highland lawyer and crofting expert Duncan MacPhee has passed away at the age of 70 in Fort William. "Duncan was brought up in a family of Lochaber builders, learning the trade of his father, Angus, an engineer, and uncles as they built many of the homes, dams and villages that comprise the town to

Aamer Anwar and his team of criminal law experts are the subject of a new eight-part documentary series commissioned by BBC Scotland, to be broadcast next year. Mr Anwar has worked on some of the biggest cases in Scottish legal history including the Ice Cream Wars appeal, the perjury trial of Tommy

Thomas Ross KC has detailed the likely challenges to the use of EncroChat evidence in Scottish criminal procedure. South of the border there have been a number of challenges but in Scotland there are two hurdles for a challenge to the admissibility of evidence, he said.

Jonathan Mitchell KC, of Arnot Manderson Advocates, is to retire from practice after a long and distinguished career at the bar. He retires at the end of this year and his departure follows a notable success in the case of For Women Scotland for judicial review of the revised statutory guidance prod

There will be a judge-led inquiry into allegations that the SAS killed civilians in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has announced. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said that the inquiry would look at the conduct of British forces between mid-2010 and mid-2013 in the wake of reports of summary exec