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Alan McIntosh, senior money adviser in Inverclyde Council, writes on the Common Financial Tool. In the first year of implementation of the Bankruptcy and Debt Advice (Scotland) Act 2014 (BADAS), the number of sequestrations in Scotland dropped by 44%; Debt Payment Programmes dropped by 50%; and alth

Andrew Green QC The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has agreed to the Treasury Committee’s proposal for a legal adviser to study its report into misconduct at 73 per cent state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland’s now notorious GRG restructuring unit.

Joe Boyd An Edinburgh-based solicitor has spoken out about being a lawyer with a stammer in the run up to International Stammering Awareness Day.

Lord Matthews The Boundary Commission for Scotland has published its Revised Proposals for UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland as part of its 2018 Review.

Pizza shop sex couple Daniella Hirst and Craig Smith have been slapped with a curfew aimed at preventing them from performing an encore. Images of the pair engaging in sex while waiting for a 12-inch pizza in a Domino's store went viral after a staff member posted pictures online.

A Scots lawyer who failed to pass on information from the legal aid board to a client in order to progress a medical negligence claim against the NHS has been found guilty of professional misconduct. The Scottish Solicitors’ Discipline Tribunal (SSDT) also fined Raymond Mallon, 50, for causing his

Cat MacLean One of Scotland’s leading legal authorities on banking misconduct has said only a tiny fraction of the businesses affected by the RBS Global Restructuring Group scandal are likely to ever have any real prospect of compensation due to the extraordinarily stringent rules the bank has app

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