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The Royal Faculty held a drinks reception this week to celebrate the honorary membership of the Law Society of Scotland given to Michael Samuel. Mr Samuels is the only the 20th person to have been so honoured.

An Ellon-based tyre company has been fined £9,800 for health and safety breaches which came to light as part of an investigation into the death of an employee. Kairdson Tyres Limited, who provided vehicle recovery services to Police Scotland, pled guilty to failing to ensure their employees ha

Mackinnons Solicitors LLP has announced the addition of two new lawyers to its conveyancing and private client teams. Amanda Gibb has joined the firm as a senior associate from Raeburn Christie Clark and Wallace, bringing a wealth of experience in property work to the current team.

A team from Blackadders LLP is raising money for Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS).

Macdonald Henderson has advised the shareholders of Anderson Engineering (Generator Specialists) Ltd on the disposal of the company to Wernick Power Solutions Limited.

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Alison Bryce has joined Brodies LLP as a partner. She joins from Dentons and brings more than 20 years of experience. In addition to core commercial contracts, she specialises in IP and innovation, with sector expertise in food and drink, fintech and green energy.

The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), responsible for investigating possible miscarriages of justice, is set to review the case of Andrew Malkinson. Mr Malkinson wrongly served 17 years behind bars for a rape conviction.

Hikers in the French Alps have been warned they face fines of up to €750 (around £640) if they pick protected flowers on their walks. Thousands of génépi sprigs and edelweiss flowers were seized by French police during a week-long operation earlier this month, with 20 hikers

The High Court of Justiciary has tripled a fine imposed on a care home that pled guilty to an offence under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 following the death of a resident after the Crown challenged the original level of fine as being unduly lenient. Tigh-Na-Muirn Ltd pled guilty to the

Campaigners have backed proposals for a new ecocide law in Scotland. Such a law would establish a specific crime for causing mass environmental damage. The move would fulfil the decade-long campaign of the Scottish barrister Polly Higgins, who passed away in 2019.

David J Black reads the fine print of the Book Festival furore. Many of us may share the underlying views of those who believe we should be cutting back on the use of fossil fuels to save the planet, but scratch beneath the indignant morality of the latest attack by a number of Greta Thunberg inspir

The Scottish government is careful to limit the public's participation in the legal system so as not to frustrate its own ends, suggests Andrew Stevenson. In the preface to his 1906 satire The Doctor’s Dilemma, George Bernard Shaw launched a coruscating attack on the medical profession as it t

A football tournament intended to promote world peace descended into chaos after hundreds of people brawled over political disagreements until riot police were deployed. The annual Canada World Peace Soccer Tournament in Edmonton was called off at short notice due to rain, but hundreds of people gat

Only 23 per cent of the public support Britain's departure from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), a poll has revealed. The poll, conducted by think tank More in Common, suggests that 49 per cent of respondents want the UK to continue its membership in the ECHR.