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Paul Hally Shepherd and Wedderburn has announced the appointment of a three partner team to their leading restructuring and insolvency practice. Yvonne Brady,Fiona McKerrell and John Gallacher join the firm in the New Year from HBJ Gateley.

L-R: Gordon Davidson, Jennifer Burnett, Alasdair Smith, Barbara Calderwood and Neil Fraser Raeburn Christie Clark & Wallace (RCC&W) has announced the appointment of four partners and a consultant to strengthen its complete legal services offering for the commercial, corporate and private mar

Sir Crispin Westwater Advocates is to jointly sponsor with theLegal Services Agency a major seminar on housing law. The seminar, to be held on 29 February in Glasgow, will look at important recent developments and future changes in housing law and practice in Scotland.

Michael Matheson Justice Secretary Michael Matheson hailed theScottish government's penal reforms during a visit to veterans who have become involved in offending after struggling to make the transition from a life in the forces to living in the community.

A decision that a sheriff’s finding of contempt of court and subsequent sentence for breach of interdict were reviewable only by petition to the “nobile officium” has been overruled. A five-judge bench in the Inner House of the Court of Session held that a previous case in which it had been he

Alistair Carmichael Liberal Democrat Alistair Carmichael faces a legal bill of £150,000 following his victory in the Election Court which saw him defeat a bid to unseat him as MP for Orkney and Shetland.

Frank Mulholland QC New prosecution guidelines, designed to protect refugees fleeing persecution, have been introduced by the Lord Advocate, Frank Mulholland QC.

People caught by police with small amounts of cannabis will be given warnings rather than be prosecuted, The Herald reports. The move is part of a change in how officers deal with petty crimes to free up police and prosecutors' time for more serious offending.

A conman who impersonated the Duke of Marlborough and accrued bills of over £10,000 has been jailed for three-and-a-half years. Alexander Wood managed to blag his way into top hotels in London by assuming different personae such as a senior member of British Airways staff and, in one instance, the

A man found guilty of rape who claimed that the trial judge “misdirected” the jury when he said the complainer’s diary entry could provide evidence of her distress and thus corroboration of lack of her consent has had an appeal against conviction refused. The Criminal Appeal Court ruled that a

Changes to Scots law will now mean fatal accident inquiries (FAI) can be held in cases where people die abroad. The Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths (Scotland) Bill, which was passed without opposition at the Scottish Parliament, increases the number of situations where FAIs are mandatory as well a

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The Herald has published a full obituary of sheriff and historian David Buchanan Smith who died last month aged 79.

Martin Darroch Harper Macleod has been appointed by the Scottish government to help administer the £195 million successor to its hugely popular Help to Buy schemes.

A man has been convicted of murder in part as a result of his distinctive walk. Gordon Veitch, 56, from East Lothian, was sentenced to 16 years in prison for the murder of Brian Bathgate, 45, a joiner.