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On International Women Human Rights Defenders Day Arnot Manderson Advocates pays tribute to women in Kenya who stand up for equality and human rights. Every 29 November, International Women Human Rights Defenders Day highlights the efforts of hundreds of thousands of women who work tirelessly to def

A barista who is determined to carve out a career in law has been awarded the Kirk Murdoch Scholarship, which was set up in memory of the respected lawyer and business leader. Jo MacLeod, 27, worked in a number of retail jobs after leaving school but gave up her full-time Starbucks position to retur

Justice Secretary Keith Brown is encouraging people experiencing domestic abuse to seek help, advice or support – and where appropriate, report incidents to the police. Official statistics for 2021-22 released today, show a one per cent fall in the number of domestic abuse incidents recorded b

The Law Society of Scotland has welcomed the introduction of a bill aimed at consolidating and modernising Scottish law around trusts and making limited changes to the law of intestate succession. The long-awaited Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Bill, was introduced in the Scottish Parliament last

A Crown appeal against a trial judge’s decision to sustain an objection against the leading of a docket narrating that the accused in a rape trial had previously raped an ex-partner by removing a condom during consensual intercourse has been allowed by the High Court of Justiciary. Respondent

Social Work staff from justice services and representatives from Police Scotland, NHS, Education, Housing and third sector gathered at the Concert Hall in Motherwell recently for the first in-person Justice Conference since 2019.

A Highland estate agency and solicitor firm has sponsored Glen Urquhart Shinty Club’s junior teams, adding to the company’s long tradition of community youth support funding.

We have previously written and spoken about the Lloyd v Google representative action, a case which progressed through the English courts before the Supreme Court unanimously decided that representative actions for 'damage' caused by the data controller cannot be decided in a group basis using a repr

Munro & Noble has opened a new office in Inverness, The Press and Journal reports. "It was walking down Inglis Street in Inverness and seeing an empty business property which prompted Munro & Noble to add to its existing portfolio of offices from those in the Highland capital, Dingwall and A

A student has been left stunned after receiving two boxes of Weetabix instead of the MacBook he ordered from Amazon.

The final Shared Parenting World Series webinar of 2022 will bring together judicial insight from Israel and Scotland. The webinar will be held on Thursday December 15 2022. Retired family judge, Philip Marcus, will set out the principles and practice of family courts in Israel which aim to take a p

Executive search firm Saxton Bampfylde has announced that former chair of Burness Paull, Philip Rodney, has joined the company as a senior adviser.  A stalwart of the Scottish legal profession, he was chair of Burness Paull until 2018. Since then, he has taken on a range of cross-sector non-exe

The public and organisations are being asked to give their views on improving access to information about public services. The Access to Information Rights in Scotland consultation aims to gather views and evidence on what information rights should look like.

Addleshaw Goddard has announced partner Alan Shanks as its new head of Scotland. Mr Shanks, who currently heads the firm's finance & projects team north of the border with a focus on the transactions in the energy sector, takes over leadership of Addleshaw Goddard's Scottish operations from fell

Mr and Mrs Claus have instructed teams of high-powered North Pole advocates to represent them in their upcoming divorce action at the Court of Session, and everyone is invited to come along in December and watch the drama unfold. Key players in the proceedings include Dean of Faculty Roddy Dunlop KC