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Following 11 years of service to the community, the University of Strathclyde Law Clinic has expanded its activities. Collaboration with the Refugee Survival Trust has enabled it to employ Barbara Coll as a part-time supervisor to oversee assistance to asylum seekers.

Gillespie Macandrew has announced the appointment of two new associates. Fiona Cameron (pictured right) has been made an associate within the litigation & dispute resolution team.

Distinguished figures in the field of family law will converge on Edinburgh from throughout the UK and Ireland for a major conference this weekend. The Four Jurisdictions Family Law Conference this will examine a host of issues, including child protection, legal aid, enforcing divorce judgments and

The lord advocate, Frank Mulholland QC(pictured), will visit Aberdeen to give a key note speech on access to justice and how it impacts society. The event, which is being organised by the award-winning Aberdeen Law Project, is expected to attract a capacity audience when it is held on Friday 27 Febr

Fraud in Scotland increased by 67 per cent in 2014 compared to the previous year at the same time that fraud levels were falling across the UK according to the latest BDO FraudTrack which examines all reported fraud cases over £50,000 in the UK. The total value increased by £4,074,500 from £6,055

Seventeen members of the Faculty of Advocates have been appointed to a new panel of counsel for the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). The commission has drawn up two groups, for Scotland and for England and Wales. In total, there are 81 advocates, barristers and solicitor advocates who wi

Detailed information on the scale and reach of social security benefits to be devolved to Scotland has been published. The new report gives Scottish specific statistics on each of the 11 benefits that will be controlled by theScottish parliament, such as number of claims, gender and age breakdown an

One team took the title, but everyone was declared a winner at the final of the 2015 Bar National Mock Trial Competition. Scotland hosted the final for the third time in the competition’s 24 years, and some 340 school students from throughout the UK gathered in Parliament House, Edinburgh, to batt

Paul Wheelhouse Legal highs are the cause of an increasing number of drug deaths according to the latest statistics.

The Faculty of Advocates has pointed to “the potential to enhance justice” if US-style damages based agreements (DBAs) are introduced in Scotland. However, it stressed the need for regulation of such agreements, and voiced concern at the Scottish government’s decision not to regulate claims ma

Today sees the publication of Standards of Service for Victims and Witnesses by a number of Scottish criminal justice organisations. The document explains what victims and witnesses can expect to happen at each stage of the criminal justice process, specific standards of service to expect, and inclu

The Scottish Government's Commission on Local Tax Reform has appealed to the public and interested organisations to submit evidence on the future of local government funding. The commission is expected to report to the government and local government body COSLA in Autumn, ahead of next year's Scotti

Simpson & Marwick's family law team is joining Brodies LLP. Partners Shaun George, Richard Smith and Lisa Girdwood are joining Brodies' personal and family department from 1 June this year.

Andrew Mackenzie Andrew Mackenzie, chief executive of the Scottish Arbitration Centre, has been appointed communications officer for the International Bar Association Access to Justice and Legal Aid Committee.

Michael Matheson The Scottish government will build a new women's prison at Cornton Vale as part of a new strategy on women offenders, Justice Secretary Michael Matheson has announced.