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Michael Sheridan questions the sense of the Scottish government's court fee proposals. The Scottish government has issued an inquiry entitled Consultation on Scottish Court Fees. This document asks how court fees should be increased in order to achieve full cost recovery.

In the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town in the middle of Festival season, a fabulous and funky fundraising concert took place recently to raise money for the Child Brain Injury Trust’s Scottish Child & Family Support Project. Ticket holders enjoyed a wide range of uplifting soul and gospel hits

Colin Souter has written a response to a September 5 article by solicitorBrian Inkster. The views expressed below are not those of shareholders at Upper Coll Common Grazings or of Scottish Legal News. As the Grazings Constable for Upper Coll, I took over under difficult circumstances, after the form

The Guardianship Court at Edinburgh Sheriff Court (and the associated AWI User Group) now has a dedicated web page for applications lodged at that court under the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000. It can be accessed via the Scottish Courts website at http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/the-courts

Edinburgh-based legal historian Karen Baston’s monograph Charles Areskine’s Library: Lawyers and Their Books at the Dawn of the Scottish Enlightenment has been nominated by publisher Brill for the De Long Book History Prize Charles Areskine might be better known to legal scholars as Lord Tinwald

David Bone Harper Macleod has advised on the financial close of a £78m investment in a Scottish windfarm.

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Graham Reid It will be interesting to see whether the recent fine of £5 million on the operator of Alton Towers has any influence on the future approach to be taken by Scottish courts in health and safety sentencing, writes Graham Reid.

Ross Harper remembers Ross Harper, as author of this biography, certainly needs no introduction to Scottish lawyers given the number of legal roles, both in Scotland and at the International Bar Association, which he undertook during his lengthy career. That career included academia and the judiciar

A special Saturday sitting at Edinburgh Sheriff Court will help local school pupils learn about the Scottish justice system. The teenagers from eight schools across the capital are taking part in a MiniTrials event, an initiative developed by the Faculty of Advocates to demystify the law and show wh

Pictured: chairman Jack Robertson (front centre, holding award) with the team from Thorntons after winning the title of Best Scottish Employer 2016.

Teams of runners from Harper Macleod had success on and off the road last weekend when they took part in the "Bank of Scotland Great Scottish Run".

Heather Mckendrick Heather Mckendrick explains the work of the newly-launched Lawscot Foundation in supporting the next generation of Scottish lawyers.

Ian Maxwell Families Need Fathers Scotland, the Scottish charity supported by the Scottish government and the Tudor Trust, is recruiting for a ‘lay assistant’ free training course to run in Edinburgh in November.

The Court of Session in Edinburgh has backed a bid by the Humanist Society Scotland (HSS) to seek a judicial review into the rights of pupils to opt out of religious observance in Scottish schools. Currently only parents can opt-out of religious observance on behalf of their children, although the G