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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

Shepherd and Wedderburn have been crowned Scotland’s brainiest business after winning the Marie Curie Glasgow Brain Game.

The founders of Aberdeenshire brewery BrewDog have changed their first names to Elvis after being threatened by Elvis Presley's estate. The brewery was told it could face legal action from the American musician's estate over the name of its grapefruit and blood orange IPA, Elvis Juice.

A man acting under a power of attorney who claimed that a local authority should pay for his elderly mother’s 24-hour one-to-one care at home has had a petition for judicial review dismissed. The petitioner “PQ” argued that the respondent Glasgow City Council failed to perform its statutory du

Graham Ogilvy The UK Government has wisely rowed back on its proposed Foreign Workers’ Directive which was produced with a flourish at last week’s Conservative Party conference by a Home Secretary playing to a xenophobic gallery.

Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire The UK government is planning to work with the Irish government to strengthen the external border of the Common Travel Area (CTA) after Brexit, The Guardian reports.

Justice Secretary Michael Matheson The Campaign Opposing Police Surveillance (COPS) has criticised the Scottish government's decision to ask the HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMIC) to carry out a review of secret policing, The Ferret reports.

Lord Sumption Lord Sumption of the UK Supreme Court recently delivered a lecture to an audience of Administrative Appeals Chamber and Immigration and Asylum Chamber judges in London.

Heather Mckendrick Heather Mckendrick explains the work of the newly-launched Lawscot Foundation in supporting the next generation of Scottish lawyers.

Ciaran Dougherty Harper Macleod has continued to expand its Personal Injury & Reparation (PI&R) team by bringing in its fourth new recruit in the past month.

Associate Solicitor Nicola Gray Mackinnons have announced the promotion of Associate Solicitor Nicola Gray to Partner with effect from 1st October.

Mike Polson, managing partner of Ashurst Glasgow Ashurst has announced the launch of a new diversity initiative aimed at creating an inclusive working environment for LGBT people.

A £1.25 million sniffer dog unit at a major UK airport has identified nearly 200 kilos of meat but failed to find any class A drugs, a report has found. Six dogs at Manchester Airport helped customs find 181 kg of meat and 46 kg of cigarettes over a seven-month period, but the dogs did not turn up

A man in Ireland has won his battle with Clare County Council over walking across Donald Trump's luxury golf course to access a local beach. Mr Trump himself was apparently unbothered about the issue, leading the council to give up halfway through a Supreme Court case.

A Ukrainian widow seeking leave to remain in the UK with her daughter and son-in-law has successfully challenged a decision by the Secretary of State for the Home Department (SSHD) to refuse her claim as “clearly unfounded”. A judge in the Court of Session reduced the decision, which precluded a