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Andrew Mackenzie, chief executive of the Scottish Arbitration Centre Andrew Mackenzie, chief executive of the Scottish Arbitration Centre, has been appointed as the non-executive member of the newly formed RICS Dispute Resolution Appointments Board in Scotland.

Former First Minister Alex Salmond MP will deliver the inaugural Thomas Muir lecture tonight as part of a series of events to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the pioneering Scottish advocate who was transported to Australia for the advocacy of democratic rights. The Thomas Muir Memorial Lecture

Brian Docherty, chairman of the Scottish Police Federation The chairman of the Scottish Police Federation has said the first major survey of Police Scotland staff will reveal a police force at "breaking point".

Former First Minister Alex Salmond MP has called for a posthumous pardon to be granted to persecuted Scottish reformer Thomas Muir of Huntershill. Making the inaugural Thomas Muir lecture at St Mary's Cathedral in Edinburgh last night, on the 250th anniversary of the eponymous radical's birth, Mr Sa

An animal rights group has written to the Scottish Government demanding a member of a group examining wild fisheries law be removed because of his alleged association with recent wildlife crime. Animal Concern has said George Pullar, director of The Scottish Wild Salmon Company, should no longer sit

Professor Lorne Crerar Harper Macleod has attracted five new partners among ten recruits from fellow Scottish firm McClure Naismith LLP, which entered administration on Friday.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced an end to employment tribunal fees as she revealed the Scottish government's legislative programme yesterday. She promised to draw on new powers delivered by the Scotland Bill to scrap charges for bringing cases to an employment tribunal, winning praise from

A challenge to legislation which will see a “named person” assigned to every child in Scotland has been refused by appeal judges in the Inner House of the Court of Session. Four charities and three individuals contended that provisions in the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 passed

Thomas Leonard Ross President of the Scottish Criminal Bar Association, Thomas Leonard Ross has responded to the Society of Solicitor Advocates concerns, published in yesterday'sScottish Legal News that the High Court has criticised the independence, integrity and professionalism of criminal defence

Gordon Dalyell Personal injury lawyers have called on Scottish ministers to allow potentially thousands of historical child abuse cases previously rejected to be brought again if they lift a time bar on damages claims.

SLTA chief executive Paul Waterson Scotland's new drink-driving legislation is having a negative impact on the Scottish pub trade, according to the Scottish Licensed Trade Association (SLTA).

Edward Snowden An influential business lobby group has declared it shares concerns about controversial proposed changes to the governance of Scottish universities.

Civil servants yesterday dismissed claims that the Higher Education Governance Bill will enable government interference in the governance of Scottish universities. Stephen White, strategic policy lead at the Scottish government, told the Scottish Parliament's finance committee that there had been a

The Faculty of Advocates has staged a major conference to highlight and examine the most significant structural reforms of the Scottish court system in more than 150 years. The event, Court Reform: The New Law, proved so popular that it had to be moved from its original venue of the Faculty’s Mack

Professor Hector MacQueen, Scottish Law Commissioner Businesses can suffer serious loss if insurance companies delay paying claims.