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Staff at Pinsent Masons' three Scottish offices are saddling up with international colleagues for a week-long charity push which will see them pedal almost 25,000 miles – the equivalent of a round-the-world cycle – over seven days. The WE Cycle the World challenge is the firm's first glo

Margaret Reid, higher executive officer at Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service; Frank Reid, managing director, Robertson Northern; Jeff Hedley, project director, Robertson Northern and Nikki Burnel, executive officer to Sheriff Principal A key milestone has been reached at the Inverness Justice Ce

The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) has announced plans to publish a new statistical bulletin providing quarterly data on criminal case activity in the Scottish courts for the first time. The first Quarterly Criminal Court Statistics bulletin, covering the first quarter of 2018, is now

Global attention has recently focused on the appointment of Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court, but Graham Ogilvy reports that the appointment of Scottish lawyer James Wilson as one of the first six SCOTUS justices was also controversial — when Wilson was twice incarcerated in a debtor&rs

With a bill introduced to the Scottish Parliament to reduce the general speed limit from 30mph to 20mph, Louise Gallagher looks at the legal implications of this and other attempts to protect or benefit “vulnerable road users”. Drive through the centre of any major Scottish city or town

Peter Coghlan has joined Gilson Gray as finance director. Mr Coghlan has more than 16 years’ experience in the Scottish legal sector and will work closely with senior management to mould the firm’s future finances.

Practical guidance has been produced to help businesses identify and prevent human trafficking and exploitation across their operations. Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf has also announced he will write to all major Scottish companies who appear not to have met their duty to publish an annual statemen

The Scottish branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) has launched the Young Members Group Committee. The committee consists of Laura McEwen (chair, CMS); Fiona Menzies (Scottish Arbitration Centre); Jennifer Macdonald (Turcan Connell); Martin Campbell (HKA); Sarah McIvor (Lloyd

The Scottish Debt Arrangement Scheme has jokingly had its acronym, DAS, compared with a famous washing powder (Daz), the idea being it washes away debts, which is appropriate. Like many a washing powder, it has been through numerous re-launches, with each promising to be better than the last, writes

Terra Firma Chambers has again been recognised in the latest edition of Chambers & Partners UK Directory as one of the leading stables at the Scottish bar, retaining its Band 1 rankings for Planning and Environmental Law, Agriculture & Rural Affairs and Tax. Terra Firma remains the only stab

Andrew Mackenzie, chief executive of the Scottish Arbitration Centre, has instructed and coordinated an International Bar Association study into ombudsman services. The research culminated in a report which was published at IBA Rome earlier this month. The report, written for the IBA by the Bingham

Bruce Wood reflects on the slow pace of change in updating the moveable transactions regime. In The Scotsman on 28 August 2011 I lauded the Scottish Law Commission's discussion paper on the reform of the law on moveable transactions. (More on what those are in a minute.) I pointed out that this

The senior woman at the Scottish bar, Frances McMenamin QC, is to continue her long association with the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission for at least another six months. Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf has announced that Ms McMenamin’s appointment – she first became a board

Alan McIntosh writes on problem debt ahead of tomorrow's meeting of the Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee. The decision by the Scottish government this week to reject the evidence of Citizen Advice Scotland, Money Advice Scotland, Stepchange and Govan Law Centre over the evidence of Esther McV

Morton Fraser has been appointed to the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Wider Public Sector Legal Services Panel. Morton Fraser is the only Scottish independent firm to be directly appointed to lot one of the panel, meaning its public sector team will be available to provide commercial legal ser