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Ruth Charteris Arnot Manderson Advocates has announced the appointment of Ruth Charteris as second standing junior to the Scottish government an appointment which will run for the next four years.

Gordon Jackson QC A major new event is being added to the nation’s legal and cultural calendar – a dinner hosted by the Dean of the Faculty of Advocates to celebrate all things Scottish.

Academically gifted students from less advantaged backgrounds in Scotland are set to benefit from a game-changing quarter of a million pound investment through the Lawscot Foundation. The Law Society of Scotland has donated the proceeds of the May 2016 sale of Legal Post to the foundation; a charity

in the EIA process. The extent of such provision must, however, be tempered with a degree of realism. It should not create an endless process of notification of, and consultation on, every matter which is, or becomes, available to the decision-maker prior to the decision. The process is to inform t

Scotland’s tribunals that hear appeals against education authority decisions regarding educational support are to be transferred to the Scottish Tribunals system under new regulations currently out for consultation. the Additional Support Needs Tribunals for Scotland (ASNTS) will transfer into the

Donald Cameron Advocate Donald Cameron has been put in charge of election policy for the Scottish Conservatives, The Herald reports.

A target date for entirely smoke-free prisons will be announced by the Scottish Prison Service at the launch of a major report into the exposure of prison workers to second-hand smoke. The now-completed Tobacco in Prison Study (TIPS) was led by Glasgow University with input from Aberdeen University.

A couple from England have been granted a court order to adopt two Scottish children despite the children’s parents opposing the applications. The siblings were taken into care following concerns about their well-being while in the care of their parents and had been living with their natural mothe

Philip Rodney Burness Paull has seen profits dip from 2015/16's £22.5m to £22m. The firm delivered annual turnover of £53.8 million, up one per cent from £53.3m the previous year.

The Law Society of Scotland raised a series of concerns over the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill’s second reading at Westminster. The Law Society criticised the draft legislation as being complex, difficult to interpret and lacking in clarity. It has also highlighted concerns about the potential

Blackadders' Simon Allison has been named Lawyer of the Year at this year's Scottish Legal Awards.

The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Malta to pay €20,000 to a theatre company and three individuals after unlawfully banning the play Stitching by Scottish playwright Anthony Neilson. Unifaun Theatre Productions Limited, a limited liability company, and four Maltese nationals, Adrian

The Scottish government has has urged the UK government to remove the parts of the EU Withdrawal Bill that constrain devolved powers, following a vote in the Scottish Parliament. Brexit minister Michael Russell said the decision of the Scottish Parliament to withhold consent from the withdrawal

Thursday 21st June, Aberdeen Grammar School FP Club,