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Results from Gillespie Macandrew confirm the business has achieved a seventh consecutive year of growth for the year ended 28 February 2019. The firm saw an increase in revenue of 8.3 per cent to £13m and its year-end cash position rose to £1.3m, against £1m in 2018.

Digby Brown Solicitors has shown further growth with the appointment of five new associates. The promotions conclude a successful end to the 2018/19 financial year for the personal injury firm after it was also crowned Law Firm of the Year at the Scottish Legal Awards in March.

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) is to increase ‘complaints levy’ charged when its determination committee upholds a complaint of inadequate professional service. The complaints levy is currently £3,500, but for complaints heard and upheld at committee on or after 1

A former administrator of Rangers has begun a £2 million damages action against Police Scotland, alleging it unlawfully investigated his activities at the club. David Grier, 57, claims detective failed to follow legal procedures when they arrested him in 2014 in connection with the sale of the

An outgoing senior judge has said the UK government would be wrong to abolish prison sentences of less than six months. Sir Brian Leveson, the most senior criminal judge in England and Wales, retired from the bench on Friday.

Ryanair could be taken to court by passengers over its "disproportionate" fees of up to £115 that it charges to deal with spelling mistakes on bookings or to print out boarding passes, an aviation watchdog has said. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said the Irish budget airline was failing t

Via Rob Marrs: CMS hosted a brunch for Edinburgh Pride 2019, where the firm became the first to sign The Glass Network's Charter. Pictured above are Drew McCusker, founder of The Glass Network and CMS managing director Allan Wernham.

The US Supreme Court has quashed the conviction of a black Mississippi man in his sixth trial for a quadruple murder in 1996 after finding a prosecutor blocked potential black jurors, Reuters reports. In a 7-2 ruling written by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the court found that the prosecutor's actions w

One of the most prestigious events in the Scottish legal calendar returns this October. The Tumbling Lassie Ball 2019, the largest anti-trafficking fundraising event in Scotland, is a black tie charity ball sponsored by the Faculty of Advocates.

Janette Speed, real estate partner and head of Shoosmiths in Scotland, recently teamed up with her client Bellway Homes to complete a 15-mile hike at Kielder Water in Northumberland in aid of Cancer Research UK (CRUK). 

A man who stole a human skull and kept it for more than a year has been jailed for four months. Lucas Dawe, 20, found the skull exposed within a mausoleum-style tomb in an Anglican cemetery.

An employer which was found to have “victimised” a former employee after sifting out her application for a job has successfully challenged a tribunal’s decision to uphold her claim, after the employment judge “fell fully asleep not once but twice” during the hearing. Th

Planning minister Kevin Stewart said communities will have more say in shaping the future development of their areas after MSPs agreed to a “radical shake-up” of planning laws.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today fined Bank of Scotland (BOS) £45,500,000 for failures to disclose information about its suspicions that fraud may have occurred at the Reading-based impaired assets (IAR) team of Halifax Bank of Scotland. The FCA found that BOS failed to be open

The Scottish government has published legislation to extend the right to vote in Scottish elections to citizens of all nationalities legally resident in Scotland. The Scottish Elections (Franchise and Representation) Bill aims to benefit around 55,000 people and reaffirms the existing voting rights