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Lady Dorrian A packed First Division courtroom witnessed Scottish legal history, with the installation of Lady Dorrian as Lord Justice Clerk. She is the first woman to hold either of the two senior judicial titles in Scotland.

Mark Harris Awarding-winning paralegal Mark Harris will be among the experts addressing next week’s Scottish Paralegal Association Conference.

A ferry operator that sued the Scottish Government after it unsuccessfully bid for a contract to provide services between the Northern Isles and mainland Scotland has failed in a £12 million damages action. A judge in the Court of Session dismissed the claim by Shetland Line (1984) Limited because

Professor Fergus McNeill Experts have warned of “mass supervision” by the justice system following news the number of Scottish offenders serving community sentences has increased sevenfold while the prison population remains stable, The Herald reports.

David Kaye David Kaye, a partner at Harper Macleod, has become the first lawyer in Scotland to be awarded the Qualified Franchise Professional (QFP) accreditation by the British Franchise Association (bfa).

Aileen McLeod Nine million pounds has now been awarded from the Scottish Land Fund to help 52 communities to buy land.

Once again the issue of the “not proven” verdict and its viability in Scots criminal law has been raised after MSPs on Holyrood’s Justice Committee rejected a bill to abolish it. Scottish Legal News is now asking readers whether they think it is time for “not proven” to be consigned to the

Kate Hodgkiss Lawyers have taken opposite sides over proposals to devolve employment law to Holyrood, with some arguing Scotland could become overwhelmed with cases from elsewhere in the UK because of the Scottish government's intention to scrap controversial hearing fees.

Professor Lorne Crerar Harper Macleod has been appointed as external legal adviser to the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR), its latest competitive tender win under the Scottish Government Legal Services Framework.

The Law Society of Scotland has welcomed the announcement from Rural Affairs Secretary, Richard Lochhead, that the Scottish Agricultural Wages Board is to be retained. The society’s equalities law committee recommended that the board continue to protect the pay and conditions of agricultural worke

Responding to the Scottish government’s draft budget for 2016-17, announced yesterday, Christine McLintock, president of the Law Society of Scotland said the budget set for legal aid – £126.1 million – is “clearly unrealistic” and risks serious damage to justice in the long term. Speaking

Stating a date rather than setting a time limit could help avoid mistakes in requests for permission to appeal decisions of the Scottish tribunals, the Faculty of Advocates has suggested. The Scottish government has proposed in draft regulations a time limit of 30 days to submit an application.

Martin Darroch Harper Macleod has been appointed by the Scottish government to help administer the £195 million successor to its hugely popular Help to Buy schemes.

Alasdair Cummings Lindsays has said it has no intention of merging with an English firm but is nevertheless open to opportunities as the Scottish legal sector continues to consolidate.

An accountant in High Wycombe could become the next Baronet of Stichill if the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council finds in his favour in a pioneering DNA case. Seven judges will decide whether an affair in the early 20th century has affected the bloodline in an attempt to resolve the case of ar