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Shoosmiths has expanded its family offering in Scotland with the hire of leading lawyer John Fotheringham, who joins the firm’s Edinburgh office as a consultant.

The European Court of Human Rights will be delivering a Grand Chamber judgment in the case of Murray v the Netherlands at a public hearing on 26 April. The case concerns the complaint by a man convicted of murder in 1980, who consecutively served his life sentence on the islands of Curaçao and Arub

The Law Society of Scotland has made a £780,000 payout from its client protection fund to two homebuyers, 13 years after they were victims of a solicitor’s fraud which meant they did not own the Aberdeen flats they lived in, The Herald reports. Sinclair Brebner and his neighbour ColinTorr found o

A cross-border effort has “dismantled” a Romanian crime gang trafficking women into Scotland’s sex trade. Police Scotland, in conjunction with Europol and DIICOT – Romania’s counter-mafia police – raided properties in Glasgow.

Football fans have been left confused by archaic heraldry laws that have forced clubs to scrap their crests, The Herald reports. More than 20 clubs may be in breach of ancient laws, dating back to 1592, if their badges contain elements such as saltires, lions, shields or thistles.

Gibson Kerr has announced the appointment of two solicitors, Angela Agrawal (pictured right) and June Paterson (pictured below) to its property team. Ms Paterson will focus primarily on residential property while Ms Agrawal will advise on residential and commercial property matters.

Gillespie Macandrew is the latest local business to become a corporate patron at the Black Watch Museum and Castle. The firm, which operates a land and rural business practice from its Perth office, is already making the most of the new relationship by hosting a number of client events within the un

The House of Lords Committee on Sexual Violence in Conflict has today published Sexual Violence in Conflict: A War Crime, in which it calls on the government to set out ambitious policy goals for reducing conflict-related sexual violence to ensure the international momentum created by the Preventing

A Catholic monk was jailed today for seven years for physically and sexually abusing a number of boys in his care at an East Lothian school between January 1971 and July 1985. At the High Court in Edinburgh, Lord Uist sentenced Michael Murphy to seven years imprisonment after he was found guilty of

Applications for CMS’ 2016 Bursary programme, now in its fifth year, are open for entry in the UK. The popular scheme, which awards up to five bursaries worth £2,500 each year for aspiring students to use towards their law degrees, has had significant success since its launch. Solicitor Sarah Hyd

Lorna Walker (pictured on left), senior solicitor at Govan Law Centre's Prevention of Homelessness Projectexplains how GLC's partnership work with Glasgow City Mission's Glasgow Winter Night Shelter has helped prevent people sleeping rough on the streets of Glasgow. Most people are aware of the stat

Nominations are now open for solicitors hoping to join the Law Society of Scotland’s decision making body. Becoming a member of the Law Society Council provides an opportunity to influence key decisions, contribute to the work of the society and help to represent and support local solicitors.

Burness Paull has announced it is the official sponsor of Team Scotland at this year’s Homeless World Cup.

Optimism among Scotland’s solicitors continues to rise, research carried out by the Law Society of Scotland has found. The annual survey of more than 500 solicitors from different sectors of the profession, which was carried out during 2015 by Ipsos MORI, gathered views on a range of issues.

The Faculty of Advocates has voiced misgivings about the draft of a new criminal offence of domestic abuse. While acknowledging immediately that drawing up an offence which encompasses threats, physical and psychological abuse, and coercive control is “not without difficulty”, the Faculty said i