Paralympian Samantha 'Sammi' Kinghorn, Scotland's leading wheelchair racer, has signed up as Harper Macleod's Athlete Ambassador for the fourth year in a row. The firm's relationship with Sammi began after the firm became legal advisers to the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and they supported the t
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Shepherd and Wedderburn have been crowned Scotland’s brainiest business after winning the Marie Curie Glasgow Brain Game.
The Scottish Parliament has agreed to the creation of a Justice Committee Sub-Committee on Policing to consider and report on the operation of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012, as it relates to policing. The committee’s membership is drawn wholly from the current Justice Committee, a
Scottish-based colleagues at the law firm which managed the complex insolvency of a North Sea exploration and production (E&P) company have been recognised for their ground-breaking work by the British Legal Awards. The work carried out for First Oil PLC, led by CMS’s Edinburgh and Aberdeen of
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".
The main character in WHS McIntyre’s book is Robbie Munro, a criminal lawyer in a one man band on Linlithgow High Street. From this book’s opening paragraph, it takes the reader into the highly recognisable field for lawyers undertaking criminal work as it refers to “Clients. They fall into on
A man who sold washing powder under the pretence of dealing cocaine has been convicted of a fraud offence. Jamie Lee Taylor, 27, pleaded guilty to offering to supply cocaine to others as well as "possession of an article for use in fraud".
Launching its Business Plan this week, the Scottish Sentencing Council announced the areas its first guidelines will cover including death by driving, and environment & wildlife offences. Environmental and wildlife issues have particular significance in Scotland relating to tourism, rural indust
Ronnie Coulter has been convicted of the 1998 murder of Surjit Singh Chhokar, following a retrial under the Double Jeopardy (Scotland) Act 2011. At a trial in 1999, Mr Coulter, 48, from Wishaw was acquitted of murdering the 32-year-old Indian waiter in Overtown, North Lanarkshire.
Three students from the University of Edinburgh have been awarded £1,853 after their landlady failed to lodge their rental deposit in the approved tenancy scheme, the BBC has reported. Regulations introduced in May 2013 require landlords and letting agents to hand over deposits to an approved third
The fourth in Dr Fiona Westwood's series has just been published and is a must for any solicitor taking the nurturing of young lawyers or their own professional development seriously. Following Achieving Best Practice-shaping professionals for success (2001), Accelerated Best Practice-implementing s
The Defense Secretary Michael Fallon (pictured right) will today announce plans to allow parts of the European Convention on Human Rights to be suspended during military conflicts. Ahead of his speech at the Conservative Party conference, Mr Fallon claimed the legal system had “been abused”.
Morton Fraser has enhanced its intellectual property (IP) expertise with the appointment of Dr Julie Nixon (pictured right) as a senior solicitor in its corporate team. Dr Nixon's appointment sees Morton Fraser become Scotland’s only law firm to have two IP lawyers with PhDs. She joins Dr Peter Ga
It will no longer be necessary to have a law degree in order to qualify as a solicitor under plans being pushed by regulators. The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s new scheme would see a single new entrance exam for everyone wishing to enter the profession.
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
