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Calls have been made for subsidised traineeships for law students seeking to qualify as criminal defence solicitors in order to preserve equality of arms in the profession. Many criminal defence firms cannot afford to take on trainees, despite a willingness on the part of law students to become crim

A new survey by MHA Henderson Loggie reveals that solicitors in Scotland specialising in commercial dispute resolution and family law are anticipating an increase in workload due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey also revealed that two-thirds of solicitors expressed a lack of confidence that the

DWF has reported a 10.9 per cent increase in net revenue to £297.2 million, up from last year's figure of £268.1 million. Earnings before taxes at the firm decreased by 21.6 per cent while profits before tax fell by 32.4 per cent.

Domestic abuse charges have reached their highest figure since 2015-16, the Crown Office has revealed. The report Domestic abuse and stalking charges in Scotland 2019-20 showed that there were 30,718 charges reported in 2019-20 related to domestic abuse. This is the highest number reported since 201

The Justice Secretary has contacted senior lawyers as he prepares to ditch sections of the Scottish government's controversial hate crime proposals. Humza Yousaf is planning to remove sections of the bill to secure opposition support at Holyrood for the bill.

A man has been slapped with a four-figure fine after stealing sand from a Sardinian beach. The man, who was not been named by the Italian island's authorities, was caught at the airport with a bottle containing around two kilograms of sand.

Defendants in Ireland who face unreasonable delays to their criminal trials will be able to apply for compensation under planned legislation, according to reports. The European Convention on Human Rights (Amendment) Bill is currently being drafted by the Department of Justice in response to a Europe

One of the UK government's most senior lawyers has become the latest in a line of civil servants to quit, seemingly over the government's U-turn on the Northern Ireland part of the Brexit deal. Sir Jonathan Jones QC has led the Government Legal Department (GLD) since 2014 (when it was known as TSol)

Scottish Legal News is saddened to report the death of Dundee solicitor John Hall who died aged 52 on 1 September after a short battle with cancer. Mr Hall flew as a commercial pilot with Loganair before deciding to become a lawyer. 

A citizen of Nigeria who challenged a finding that his petition for judicial review of the decision of the Home Secretary not to treat his further submissions as a fresh claim for asylum was not made within the statutory three-month time limit has had his reclaiming motion against the decision refus

Fiona Caldow and Gareth Hale consider a recent decision by the Supreme Court on restrictive covenants in restraint of trade. In Peninsula Securities Limited v Dunnes Stores (Bangor) Limited [2020] UKSC 36, the Supreme Court upheld the terms of a lease, finding that a restrictive

The corporate finance teams at MacRoberts and French Duncan have supported energy firm Together Energy in its £14 million acquisition of Bristol's residential customer base. The sale will see Together Energy acquire 155,000 residential meter points and the Bristol Energy brand and systems.

Benjamin Bestgen takes an honest look at marriage in his latest jurisprudential primer. See last week's here. During my legal studies, a professor opined that one of the most legally significant things the majority of people will ever do in their lives is to marry and divorce (the other th

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