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Rob Marrs, head of education at the Law Society of Scotland, details the support of the Scottish legal community for Ukrainian lawyers. I’ll confess that my knowledge of Ukraine prior to last year’s invasion by Russia was limited. I knew the names of some of the cities. I had a vague ide

Scotland saw a two per cent fall in the number of crimes recorded by police last year. Newly-published national statistics show that Police Scotland recorded 287,678 crimes in the year ending December 2022 compared to 292,316 crimes in the previous 12 months – and four per cent lower than the

With Scot­land and the rest of the UK con­tin­u­ally miss­ing house­build­ing tar­gets, Fraser Mitchell asks: what are the road­blocks to build­ing? Figures from industry body Homes for Scotland indicate that there is currently a shortage of almost 100,000 hom

The Edinburgh Tax Network, in conjunction with CIOT and Terra Firma Chambers, will present a seminar entitled ‘Exit planning – Employee Ownership and Enterprise Management Incentives’ at the Mackenzie Building, Old Assembly Close, Edinburgh on Thursday 30th March 2023. Gordon Buist

A very comprehensive programme will be presented at CLT Scotland’s Elder Client Conference taking place exclusively in-person on Tuesday 7 March at the Hilton Glasgow. Sponsored by Title Research, the conference will be chaired by Blackadders’ John Kerrigan and will include topics rangin

Disabling Barriers Scotland, established in December, last year, is holding its next meeting on 7 March at 17:30. The group, founded by Tom McGovern and Fraser Mackay, is open to support from all who have an interest in making the Scottish legal sector more accessible for those with a disability.

The Scottish Hotels & Leisure Team at CMS is celebrating after sharing the honours in the winning entry for the Deal of the Year category at this year’s Scottish Property Awards. Led by Roland Smyth, the head of the team, and Amy Norton, a partner in the firm’s Scottish real estate t

An appeal against a decision of the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission not to accept large parts of a complaint made against a retired solicitor for investigation has been allowed by the Inner House of the Court of Session. Federico De La Torre made a complaint against his former solicitor, Hamish

A notorious gangster has escaped prison by knotting bed sheets together into a makeshift rope and abseiling from a window. Marco Raduano, a leading figure in the Sacra Corona Unita mafia, made the cartoonish escape from the Badu 'e Carros prison in Sardinia.

Balfour and Manson has appointed Scott Foster as its new chief operating officer. Mr Foster, who spent 35 years at Royal Bank of Scotland, mainly as a relationship manager to professional service firms, joins on April 3rd. He has worked as a relationship banker with Balfour and Manson for 18 years.

An artificial intelligence start-up has struck a deal to develop a robot lawyer that can draft contracts. Robin AI has secured $10.5m (£8.8m) in equity funding and is developing a bot to parse contracts and suggest new wording to lawyers.

Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre, Old College Thu 30 March 202317:30 - 19:30 (GMT)

An advocate has called for the term “alternative dispute resolution” or “ADR” to be removed from the language of dispute resolution lawyers. Addressing the annual dinner of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Scottish Branch on Friday evening [24 February 2023], Westwater

Friday, 24 February 2023 marked one year since Russia launched its illegal invasion of Ukraine. Law Society of Scotland president Murray Etherington reflects on what has been lost and achieved in the past year, and on the importance of remaining steadfast in providing support through the struggles a

A former SNP MP who was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment for embezzling funds from a Scottish independence group and the Glasgow City branch of the SNP has had her sentence reduced by four months following an appeal to the High Court of Justiciary. In an appeal against her conviction and s