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Ledingham Chalmers has appointed employment law expert John Lee to its team in Edinburgh. The University of Strathclyde graduate is qualified to practise in Scotland, England and Wales and has worked in London and Edinburgh advising clients from a wide range of sectors including energy and util

Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) has announced the return of Laura Boswell as an associate in its agricultural and rural property team in Glasgow. Ms Boswell worked with WJM from 2006 to 2013, before spending a few years working in a rural practice in South Lanarkshire. She is accredited b

The Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (PIRC) has found that in three police incidents the use of Tasers by specially trained officers (STOs) was both necessary and proportionate. Five hundred STOs have been trained by Police Scotland in the use of Taser devices and were deployed from Jun

Law students are set to provide free legal advice to workers under investigation by the Scottish Social Services Council following the announcement of a tie-up between the organisations. The SSSC and the Aberdeen Law Project (ALP) have announced that registered workers whose fitness t

It was with some level of schadenfreude that the press reported on the terms and conditions of Seaborne Freight, the company awarded a government contract to provide additional cross Channel ferry crossings from Ramsgate in the event of a no deal Brexit. As a new operator, Seaborne Freight created n

Unions have criticised the involvement of private companies in the justice sector following the collapse of three community rehabilitation companies (CRCs). Working Links, a private provider of probation services which manages thousands of offenders in Wales and south west England through three

Pictured (L-R): Alex Iliescu Liz MacKay, Maggie Moodie, Ewan Wilson and Hannah Gardner Morton Fraser will lend its support in helping to eradicate homelessness in Scotland by announcing Social Bite as its official charity partner for 2019.

A couple whose bonsai trees were stolen – including a prized specimen worth more than $127,000 – took to social media to give the thieves instructions on how to care for them. The miniature trees, one of which is 400 years old, were plucked from the home of a couple in Tokyo who are hope

The Scottish government's plans to introduce a presumption against prison sentences of 12 months or less would, in practice, apply to sentences of anywhere up to 18 months where a guilty plea is tendered early enough and would limit access to justice as declining summary business shrinks the pool of

A planned new piece of Scottish land law could be made more user-friendly, the Faculty of Advocates has suggested. The Scottish Law Commission (SLC) has produced a draft bill following a consultation last year on improving the much-criticised Section 53 of the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003.

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have today warned that “we still have no clarity around how people’s rights will be protected” as a series of letters between Police Scotland, the Crown Office and the Scottish Parliament’s Sub-Committee on Policing highlighted lingering concern

Entry requirements for the LLB at some of Scotland's ancient universities have been adjusted to increase the intake of students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. Edinburgh University's 'access threshold' programme lowers the grade requirements for prospectivee LLB students to ABBB at Scotti

Proposals to improve forensic medical services for rape and sexual assault complainers have been launched. The consultation, which addresses recommendations made by the Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMICS) to strengthen delivery of healthcare and forensic medical services, will s

Macnabs has announced a partnership with Harper & Stone, independent estate and letting agents, as it expands in the new year. The firm, which has four offices and has been advising the people of Perthshire and beyond since 1880.

Prince Philip will not face criminal charges for a crash last month in Norfolk that saw his car overturn and a two women injured. Prosecutors said that “no further action should be taken against a driver involved in a collision on the A149 at Sandringham”.