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The Scottish Arbitration Centre has appointed Alice Leggat as a director of the board and Laura West as a member of its court. Ms Leggat, a solicitor ...

Harper Macleod proudly took part in the Cash for Kids Mission Christmas campaign. The firm’s collective efforts resulted in more than 100 donations, helping ensure that children, ...

The 2024 Shared Parenting Scotland annual user survey of clients who have received the charity’s help in the past year has revealed a dramatic increase in the ...

Scottish information commissioner David Hamilton has called for the urgent reform of key elements of Scotland’s freedom of information (FOI) law. FOI, which celebrates its 20th anniversary ...

The Crown Office has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a fatal accident inquiry into the death of Jordan Little.   Mr Little, ...

Police Investigations & Review Commissioner Michelle Macleod has received a CBE in the King’s New Year’s Honours list for services to criminal justice and law enforcement. She ...

Burges Salmon, which has an office in Edinburgh, has completed around 80 corporate and M&A transactions since January 2024, totalling in excess of £3 billion in deal ...

A man who promoted a banned far-right Neo-Nazi group online has been given an extended 15-year prison sentence for terrorism, firearms, public order and drugs offences.  Alan ...

An engineering company has been fined after a labourer died during the construction of a wind farm on the Shetland Islands. Liam MacDonald, from Tain, Ross-shire, lost ...

More victims of crime are to receive support through a fund financed by penalties imposed on offenders. More than £1.1 million from the Victim Surcharge Fund (VSF) ...

Over the course of 2024, Scottish Legal News published more than 240 articles in our popular And Finally section – sharing offbeat and weird legal news stories from ...

The biggest miscarriage of justice in UK history is "even wider than first thought", a solicitor has said. Hundreds of postmasters and subpostmasters across the UK were ...

Digby Brown Solicitors recovered a record £160 million in compensation for clients last year. Accounts for 2023/24 show the firm helped people after high-profile incidents like the ...