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Strathclyde Mediation Clinic was presented with the 2021 Community Contribution Award at the Scottish Legal Awards in Glasgow last week.

There are "reasonable questions" around the money used by Donald Trump to buy his properties in Scotland and the continuing source of the wealth used to finance them, a court has been told. A judge in a case on the Scottish government's refusal to pursue an unexplained wealth order (UWO) into the fo

A human rights group has failed in its legal attempt to force Holyrood to investigate how Donald Trump paid for two Scottish golf courses. New York-based Avaaz had wanted to Scottish government to undertake a 'McMafia' probe into how Mr Trump obtained funding for Menie golf course in Aberdeenshire a

Morton Fraser has advised on the sale of the largest full-service film studio in Scotland to a US-based real estate investment company. A multi-disciplinary team, including corporate, real estate and banking experts, advised Wardpark Studios, which is home to the hit TV series, Outlander.

Kenny MacAskill has said the Scottish government must “come clean” over whether it was allowing prosecutors and women's groups to lay the ground for radical reform of the justice system as senior legal figures continue to insist on juryless trials. Mr MacAskill wrote to Justice Secretary

Shoosmiths has been appointed to Taylor Wimpey’s Scottish legal panel. Shoosmiths is the only firm to secure a place on the housebuilder’s legal roster in Scotland, and England and Wales. This follows Taylor Wimpey concluding its latest panel review.

The Inner House of the Court of Session has allowed a reclaiming motion by the Scottish Ministers challenging a Lord Ordinary’s decision ordering them to reassess a fishery pilot proposal for the waters around the Inner Sound of Skye. The Scottish Creel Fishermen’s Federation had been gr

A two-year equality fund has been launched to make Scottish workplaces, including those in the legal sector, more inclusive and diverse. The Scottish government-funded initiative has £800,000 available in its first year and aims to address barriers in the labour market.

More than £2.3 million has been generated to fund legal action in Scotland through online donations, according to new figures. The first study into litigation crowdfunding reveals almost 78,000 people have donated cash to support cases through the Scottish courts.

The Law Society of Scotland has today published a report into racial inclusion within the Scottish legal profession, finding an increasingly diverse and progressive sector that wants to do more, but is hampered by slow progress, lack of visible minority role models and experiences of bias. Alongside

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has written to the Scottish government, warning it against simplifying the legal requirements for gender recognition. LGBT+ equality campaigners said the EHRC's approach was “deeply troubling” and that it was “failing to stand up for equalit

Solicitor Nadhia Ahmad-Ali has been appointed as a non-executive director to the board of Scottish Ballet. Ms Ahmad-Ali was recently made head of legal for Europe at UnitedHealthcare, part of the UnitedHealth Group, a Fortune 500 company. Before this, she worked at The Weir Group PLC and Cigna, wher

Pupils from 16 schools across Scotland have progressed into the semi-finals of the Donald Dewar Memorial Debating Tournament, organised by the Law Society of Scotland. The second-round heats of the annual debating competition in January saw 32 teams from 31 schools debate the motion "This house woul

A reclaiming motion challenging part of legislation that required 50 per cent of the people sitting on public boards in Scotland to be women has succeeded before the Inner House of the Court of Session. It was argued by the reclaimer, For Women Scotland Ltd, that in disapplying parts of the Equality

The number of alleged fraud cases being heard in Scottish courts rose dramatically last year, according to KPMG UK’s latest Fraud Barometer. A total of 16 cases totalling £5.9 million reached Scottish courts in 2021, skyrocketing from 2020 when only one case worth £240,000 came to