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M&A volume in Scotland last year rose by 38 per cent over 2020 while deal values rose to £16.4 billion over the same period, the latest Experian United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland M&A Review shows.

The Aberdeen Law Project (ALP) has announced that Anna Robertson has been elected chair of the board. Ms Robertson succeeds Margaret Ross, who retired from the School of Law at Aberdeen University last month.

There are at least 15 previously-unidentified cases of people who may have been tortured with UK complicity, it has been revealed as part of a High Court hearing in which the UK government is trying to have all evidence of the 15 cases heard in a secret court. The revelation came as part of a hearin

The fourth season of activities organised by the Tumbling Lassie Committee drew to a close with the holding of the fourth Tumbling Lassie Ball at the Stables, Prestonfield House.

Harper Macleod has promoted five lawyers to partner across the country. The promotions of Andrew Upton in dispute resolution, Collette Miller and Jill Fryer in public sector & social housing, and employment team members Scott Milligan and Lorna Davis take the firm's total number of par

A judge has appeared in court after allegedly viewing a case file she has a person interest in, The Register reports. Her Honour Judge Karen Jane Holt appeared at Southwark Crown Court this week over allegations she viewed the file for one Cecil McCready in September 2016.

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Lord Hughes Primers on scientific evidence are being introduced in UK courts as a working tool for judges.

Professor Niamh Nic Daéid A new code of practice for the investigation of fires and explosions within the criminal justice system has launched today.

Shami Chakrabarti Shami Chakrabarti, 46, director of Liberty, is to step down from the role after 12 years.

A former judge who was jailed for lying to police in the Chris Huhne speeding points scandal has failed in her appeal against conviction. Last May, Constance Briscoe, 57, one of the UK's first black female judges, was handed a 16-month sentence after she was found guilty at the Old Bailey of attempt

It was a crime that shocked early 20th century society and attracted international coverage – the apparently motiveless killing of an elderly spinster in her home. Now University of Dundee researchers are to explore one of Scotland’s oldest unsolved murders to demonstrate the vital role