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Cati Johnstone is joining MacFarlane Young in Paisley. Ms Johnstone will join from McVey & Murricane where she began work as a member of the support staff before becoming a pre-trainee while studying for the LLB at the University of Aberdeen.

Justice of the peace courts across Scotland will reopen for hearings on Monday. The plan to restart JP court criminal business was announced following the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service’s review of operating arrangements in courts after the Scottish government announcement of the easing

Clyde & Co has announced it will pay a universal three per cent bonus to all its employees globally, with a minimum payment of £1,000, in recognition of their exceptional efforts over the past 12 months. The one-off bonus will be paid in the next available pay round and is independent

Danish MPs have defied international condemnation to approve legislation providing for asylum seekers to be transferred to detention centres outside of Europe for processing. The bill, approved in a 70-24 vote yesterday, will amend the Aliens Act to allow Denmark to move refugees to asylum centres i

A new book edited by legal academics in Dublin and Glasgow considers the role of human rights in tackling the global challenges of poverty and economic inequality. Poverty and Human Rights: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, edited by Suzanne Egan of University College Dublin and Anna Chadwick of the U

CMS has opened its annual competition to find its next CMS Law Scholarships students in Scotland. The CMS Law Scholarships Scheme awards £2,500 each year to three high-performing Scottish S5/S6 state school pupils from economically disadvantaged backgrounds while they are completing their law

Police have paid tribute to their "bovine unit" after wandering cows brought a car chase to a safe end. The 13-mile pursuit ended when the fleeing suspect drove onto a farm and had to brake when faced with a wall of cows.

An Indian citizen serving a long-term prison sentence for an offence under the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 has been unsuccessful in his challenge of a decision of the Scottish Ministers not to release him on licence. Harpreet Singh, who had a live Deportation Order made a

A legal challenge by Trees for Life to the Scottish government’s beaver killing policy is being heard by the Court of Session today and tomorrow. Trees for Life says the government’s nature agency NatureScot is breaking the law by failing to make the killing of the protected species a la

Remote jury centres enabled 197 sheriff solemn evidence led trials to proceed in the latter part of 2020/21, a return to pre-pandemic throughput, new figures show. In the High Court, the number of evidence led trials continues to grow showing a 28 per cent increase from 106 in 2020/21 Q3 to 136 this

LGBT+ charities have launched an appeal against the Charity Commission's decision to award charitable status to an organisation they say seeks to "roll back legal protections for trans people". The LGB Alliance, which opposes "new ideologies conflating biological sex with the notion of gender identi

An employment solicitor is calling for greater recognition of menopause in the workplace.  Liam Entwistle, employment law specialist and chairman at Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP, believes more employers should take steps to introduce menopause policies, in order to acknowledge the

The Scottish Solicitors Bar Association is hosting a CPD event free to its members. On Wednesday 30 June a distinguished panel will discuss "Trauma Awareness in the Criminal Justice System".

​Two Scottish solicitors have been shortlisted for the Law Society of Scotland In-house Rising Star Award 2021. Anna Ziarkowska, a conveyancing and planning solicitor at Aberdeenshire Council, and Angus Niven, in-house general counsel for media and production company, Boxmedia, have been shortlist

The Edinburgh Tax Network, in conjunction with CIOT and Terra Firma Chambers, will present a webinar entitled Employment Taxes – Latest Updates on 23 June 2021 from 1pm to 2pm. The speaker will be Caroline Colliston, Corporate Tax Partner at DWF. She will discuss:-