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Former diplomat Craig Murray has been refused leave to appeal to the Supreme Court and will now apply directly. He had been sentenced to a prison term for unlawfully publishing information about women who gave evidence against Alex Salmond.

Private client lawyer JP Campbell will join Ledingham Chalmers in Inverness later this year as part of its growth plans. The University of Edinburgh graduate will expand the firm’s private client offering in the north of Scotland. He specialises in business succession, estate planning, executr

General awareness of the interim fee arrangements regime for legal aid is "very high" and lawyers are positive about it, according to the Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB). SLAB's findings come from a small piece of research on the use of the Covid-19 related interim fee arrangements.

Barristers and solicitors in Ireland will be able to form legal partnerships together under new legislation announced by ministers – despite concerns that the reforms will undermine the country's independent referral bar. Justice Minister Heather Humphreys and minister of state James Browne to

Serbian war criminal Ratko Mladić has lost his final appeal against his convictions for genocide, crimes against humanity and violations of the laws or customs of war. Mladić was convicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in 2017 of crimes committed by Serb f

Where should I put my money? This seems like a simple question, but it is faced by every investor and saver, writes Patrick Christie. The short answer is no one knows. It is simply not possible to predict next year which asset class will perform best. Will it be equities, property, government gilts

A woman who impersonated her teenage daughter to sit through an entire day of school has been arrested. Casey Garcia, 30, said she infiltrated her 13-year-old daughter's middle school in Texas to make a point about school security.

When Nicola Rylatt lost her husband Chris to suicide in 2017 it made her reassess her work priorities. The couple had been married for a year and, having begun her career as an asylum and immigration lawyer before moving to Swiss-based NGO Shelter Centre, Ms Rylatt was working in the Geneva office o

A judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session has granted a decree of divorce between a Pakistani man and his Scottish wife at the husband’s instance and made a contact order allowing him to meet his young daughter for the first time. The pursuer, SM, asserted that his wife

The Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC, has apologised in writing to Charles Green and Imran Ahmad for prosecutions that were taken against them in relation to their roles in matters associated with Rangers Football Club. In his letter to each man, Mr Wolffe said they should not have been prosecuted and

Plans to devolve a number of tribunals to Scotland as part of the Smith Commission reforms have been delayed for at least two years, The Herald reports. A report from the president of the Scottish Tribunals, Lady Smith, indicates plans to hand control of tribunals over to Scotland will be delayed un

Counsel for a man sentenced to a prison term for unlawfully publishing information about women who gave evidence against Alex Salmond has sought permission to appeal to the Supreme Court. Dean of Faculty, Roddy Dunlop QC said his client, Craig Murray, 62, should be given leave to appeal to the UK's

Dickson Minto has announced the appointment of two new partners and a new finance director. Craig Roberts, Nicola Mitchell and Alex Smith have taken up the respective positions. Mr Roberts and Ms Mitchell are based in the firm's Edinburgh office and support clients across the firm. They both joined

Austin Lafferty has been elected dean of the Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow.

Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP has promoted four members of staff: two to associate and two to senior solicitor. Sarajane Drake, from the firm’s commercial property team in Glasgow and Kirstin MacDonald, in the corporate team at the Inverness office, have each been promoted to the r