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Pictured: Lawyers at last year's Society of Advocates annual dinner Gordon Jackson QC, Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, will address the Society of Advocates' annual dinner in Aberdeen next month.

David Snell Law firms are embracing commonplace, but not cutting edge, technologies, according to a new study by PwC.

Dr Dirk Voorhoof Dr Dirk Voorhoof of the Human Rights Centre at the Faculty of Law and Criminology at Ghent University addresses a recent European court judgment.

David Sanders The former chief marketing officer of Edinburgh-based law firm Maclay Murray & Spens has joined the Board of Directors of Lex Mundi.

Members of Terra Firma Chambers are to participate in Sleep in the Park, the world's largest ever sleep-out to end homelessness in Scotland. Team Terra Firma, comprising Andrew Bowen QC, Graham Dunlop, Roddy MacLeod and clerks Emma Potter and Andrew Veitch, will be part of a 9,000 strong gathering s

The second Highland Noir novel from Inverness solicitor Helen Forbes will be released on Thursday. Madness Lies, the long-awaited follow-up to In the Shadow of the Hill, follows DS Joe Galbraith on a new murder investigation and moves between Inverness, North Uist and London, reaching a terrifying d

A man has alleged that he was wrongly sacked by a gay porn company when he refused to continue injecting enhancement drugs into models' penises after accidentally piercing his thumb with one of the syringes. Ronald Baker is suing the Adult Entertainment Broadcast Network because his wages and benefi

A Gambian “overstayer” who claimed asylum after becoming liable to deportation following a conviction for a drugs-related offence has successfully challenged the Home Secretary’s decision to reject his application for asylum. The petitioner’s original claim that he was a homosexual and that

Lord Keen of Elie QC A major campaign to promote the UK's legal services internationally will also benefit Scotland, the Advocate General, Lord Keen of Elie QC, has said.

Lisa Henderson QC addressed students and faculty as the main speaker at University of Aberdeen's 2017 Matriculation Dinner.

Killer drivers face life sentences under new legislation to be brought in across Britain. The UK government has announced maximum sentences for drivers who cause death by speeding, racing or using a mobile phone will be increased from 14 years to life, in line with the maximum sentence for manslaugh

The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association (SYLA) is delighted to introduce a new event on “Arbitration, at home and abroad” in November. The seminar in the SSC Members' Lounge, Edinburgh on Thursday 2 November, 6.15pm, with guest speakers Brandon Nolan and Ryan Whelan, promises to be "extremely in

Pictured: Colin Graham with Thorntons' award Thorntons has been named Scotland's Best Large Employer for a second year running at Scotland’s Best Employer Awards 2017.

Miller Hendry has celebrated the service of a senior executry paralegal who recently celebrated 30 years with the firm. Linda Christie was presented with gifts on behalf of the Tayside solicitors and estate agents by Ernest Boath, head of private client, at a special ceremony attended by her colleag