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Alison Sim Law firm HBJ Gateley has appointed Alison Sim a former legal director of oil and gas contractor Subsea 7, as a partner in its Aberdeen office.

Graham Ogilvy The number of subscribers to the Scottish Legal News daily newsletter has broken through the 10,000 level with the total number of subscribers to the service reaching 10,080 this month.

Lord Woolman The liquidator of a multi-million pound hedge fund who raised an action against the company’s solicitors alleging that the firm “breached its fiduciary duties” to its client has failed in a bid to have three of the firm’s new partners included as defenders in the case.

Campaigners hope a petition calling for greater legal protection for pet rabbits will get a second hearing in Holyrood next month, the BBC reports. Rabbits Require Rights Scotland's 2,044-name petition was first discussed by MSPs earlier this year.

Paul Motion Scots law firm bto Solicitors has taken the stage at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the sixth consecutive year.

John McKinlay Multinational law firm DLA Piper has been appointed as the sole legal adviser to CodeClan, Scotland's first digital skills academy.

Sir John Chilcot Sir John Chilcot has issued a statement saying he understands "the anguish" of families of killed British soldiers awaiting the delayed Iraq Inquiry report.

Pictured: Nicola Sturgeon cut the 50th anniversary cake First Minister Nicola Sturgeon yesterday visited the Scottish Law Commission at its Edinburgh offices to mark the fiftieth anniversary of its establishment.

Dr. Julie Nixon Dr. Julie Nixon, solicitor at MBM Commercial writes about recent changes to UK consumer law.

Aamer Anwar There are a number of "complex issues" to be taken into account in the investigation into Sheku Bayoh's death, the Lord Advocate has told Mr Bayoh's family.

Ronald Conway The fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into the Glasgow bin lorry crash has heard the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is "failing the public on a truly disturbing scale".

Sir Stephen House Sir Stephen House, chief constable of Police Scotland has today announced he will leave his post by December 2015.

A trade union which challenged the introduction of fees for claimants to pursue employment tribunals has had an appeal for judicial review of the policy refused. Unison argued that the decline in the number of cases being brought to tribunal was due to claimants now having to pay anything up to £1,

An American law graduate has offered his diploma for sale on Craigslist in an effort to recoup the massive $210,000 cost of going to university. The unnamed student wrote in his ad: “I'm selling my Juris Doctor because I don't use it and I'm trying to work my way out of debt slavery.

An Aberdeen man who admitted taking a bus for a drug-fuelled joyride has been sentenced to prison for 33 months. Hans Reid, 26, told Aberdeen Sheriff Court that he took the Stagecoach vehicle from Aberdeen's main bus station in May.