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Legal academic Professor Jonathan Fitchen has passed away just a week following his promotion to personal chair at the University of Aberdeen. Professor Fitchen, who directed the university's Centre for Private International Law, passed away on Friday, the head of the law school told colleagues.

Edinburgh-based real estate consultancy ESPC has revealed the top selling areas in Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders throughout 2020. The top location by average selling price in 2020 was the highly desirable area of Merchiston in Edinburgh, with an average selling price of £5

The number of corporate insolvencies in Scotland fell below 2019 levels last year as the array of government Covid-19 support measures continued to provide a lifeline for those businesses who have been adversely affected by the pandemic, according to new figures released by KPMG. Analysis by KPMG&rs

There never has been a clearer case made out for the utility of law and lawyers than the so-called Salmond Inquiry in the Scottish Parliament. The "Committee on the Scottish government handling of harassment complaints" to give it its correct title, has thus far failed to unearth the truth about the

DLA Piper Scotland will relaunch LAW, the firm's global gender balance network, tomorrow at an event with guest speaker Dr Cal Major. Scotland will host the first in a series of events across the UK to celebrate the global relaunch of LAW, which was established to promote gender diversity and streng

Jodi Gordon, partner at Road Traffic Accident Law (Scotland) LLP, comments on the development of remote hearings during the Covid-19 pandemic. ‘Working from home’ has become the norm for so many of us over the last 10 months. There have been challenges along the way requiring both employ

Neil Mackenzie QC, Dorothy Bain QC and Vinit Khurana QC will speak to law students about their experience at the bar at an information day event this evening. The University of Dundee Mooting Society will host the online Faculty of Advocates Information Day today, Monday 25 January 2021, at 6pm.

The Edinburgh University Palestinian-Israeli Dialogue Society (EUPIDS) has announced its first-ever academic conference. The postgraduate-led conference on issues relating to Palestine and/or Israel has now opened a call for papers and is welcoming submissions until 11 February 2021.

Young couples are increasingly asking lawyers to write social media clauses into their pre-nuptial agreements. Family law firm Fields and Dennis, based in the US city of Boston, said young couples are worried about their online reputations in the event of a divorce.

An Aberdeen-based IT company has successfully appealed against a decision of the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission after it dismissed a complaint the company made against a firm of solicitors that it had instructed. Aberdeen Computer Services Ltd ultimately agreed twelve issues of

The Scottish Parliament should be able to pass a law to hold an independence referendum without the consent of the UK government, a judge in the Court of Session has heard. Declarator to this effect is being sought by Martin James Keatings. He also argues that no amendment would need to be made of t

More than 4,000 digital files stolen from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) in a cyber attack over Christmas have now been illegally published online after the public body rejected a ransom demand.

Scottish Labour has criticised the Scottish government’s refusal to support the Culpable Homicide (Scotland) Bill after the stage one debate at Holyrood. The bill, introduced to the Scottish Parliament in 2019 by Scottish Labour’s Mid Scotland and Fife MSP Claire Baker, sought to ensure

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published proposals to introduce a price cap on the fees claims management companies (CMCs) charge their customers in relation to claims for financial products and services. Some consumers currently pay fees of more than 40 per cent of the redress they recei

Lesley Weber has been appointed to the Scottish Sentencing Council as its new victims expert member. Ms Weber, who is the head of effective practice at the Risk Management Authority (RMA), is a qualified social worker specialising in children and families, domestic abuse and violence against women a