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Scottish Water has reappointed CMS Cameron McKenna and DLA Piper to their commercial legal team following a public procurement exercise. The publicly-owned water company has also appointed BLM and Anderson Strathern for litigation advice, and Lindsays and Anderson Strathern for conveyancing.

Registers of Scotland (RoS) has published its third 10-year property market report, detailing trends in the land and property market between 2005-15. The report is based on all property sales, even those which do not involve a mortgage, and so delivers "an insight into what's going on in the Scottis

The Law Society of Scotland, while supporting the aims of the Scottish Parliament’s Apologies Bill, has raised questions on what it could achieve in cases involving medical practitioners. Laura Ceresa, a member of the Law Society’s Health and Medical Law Committee, will give evidence today befor

McEwan Fraser Legal has received both Investors in People and Investors in Young People accreditation, the solicitor and estate agents firm has announced. The firm, which has just been voted Best Estate Agency in Scotland for the third successive year by The Sunday Times, said they were "incredibly

A group of airline workers is planning legal action against British airlines who allegedly poisoned them with contaminated cabin air. Unite the Union is funding legal action by seventeen former and serving cabin crew members, who believe they fell sick after breathing in fumes mixed with engine oil

The Scottish Government has published plans to make people in Scotland "safer, secure and cyber aware". A Cyber Resilience Strategy for Scotland: Safe, Secure and Prosperous Online sets out the government's approach to online security and seeks to gather views on "what we can all do to become more i

A ban on adults smoking in cars while children are present is a laudable initiative, however would prove difficult to enforce, the Law Society of Scotland said today. The Law Society has submitted its written evidence on the Smoking Prohibition (Children in Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Bill which aims

The Scottish Solicitors Benevolent Fund Golf Outing is taking place across the Forth in Leven Links this year, with the backing of the First Scottish Group and Legal Post (Scotland) Limited.

The proposed assisted suicide bill would fail to protect the people it intends to due to lack of clarity the Law Society of Scotland has warned. It said the lack of clarity in definitions and ambiguity of the proposed legislation remain a key concern, and if enacted could be difficult to enforce.

Morisons has completed its move to a new Edinburgh office at 1 Exchange Crescent in Conference Square. The practice, which has 19 partners, around 100 staff, and another office in Glasgow, has relocated to the larger Edinburgh premises as part of its ongoing growth, which has been underscored by a s

Philip Rodney and Ian Wattie have been re-appointed as chairman and managing partner respectively of Burness Paull. Mr Rodney said they would approach the roles "with energy and excitement", having led the firm since its creation out of the 2012 merger between Burness in the Central Belt and Paull &

Lecturers at the University of Edinburgh Law School have been awarded a global legal consultancy to provide guidance for the Food And Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO). Dr Elisa Morgera, senior lecturer in global environmental law, and Dr James Harrison, lecturer in international

The Scottish Legal Action Group wishes to express its serious concerns over the UK government’s proposed repeal of the Human Rights Act 1998 and introduction of a "British Bill of Rights". In our view the most detailed policy document produced by the Conservative Party to date on the topic; (“Pr

Maclay Murray & Spens (MMS)'s private client and charities team has been accredited by the newly-created STEP Employer Training Scheme. MMS is the first firm in Scotland to achieve the recognition, accepting the 'Platinum Training Partner' award - the highest of three accreditation levels - for

A member of the Faculty of Advocates will lead a training programme at the prestigious Energy Studies Institute (ESI) in Singapore. Steven Walker (pictured) has been invited to lead the ESI's specialist professional seminar training programme aimed at the global energy industry.