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Applications are now open for recently qualified solicitors who want to join the Law Society of Scotland’s decision making body.

Aberdeen Solicitors’ Property Centre Limited, in cooperation with the University of Aberdeen, Business School, Centre for Real Estate Research, has published statistics for the fourth quarter of 2015 relating to the Aberdeen Housing Market. The report is based on a constant quality methodology. Th

Clare Butler Partners in law firms are spending over six and a half weeks more in the office compared to two years ago as they compete for business with accountancy firms according to research by a legal recruiter.

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(L-R): Howard Beach, Donna Strong and Andrew McCowan Glasgow-based commercial law firm Leslie Wolfson has announced the promotion of a partner within the firm, along with a new lateral associate hire, as part of its ongoing expansion programme.

Members of a Holyrood committee are to discuss a petition that seeks to legalise incest between consenting adults after a man submitted a petition. Richard Morris is lobbying the Scottish government to change the law so that it no longer applies to adults over the age of 21 consenting to incestual r

Roseanna Cunningham The Scottish government will “leave no stone unturned” in its attempt to block the UK government’s Trade Union Bill being applied in Scotland and said only devolving full powers over industrial relations will see an end to the "draconian" measures proposed in the bill.

Brandon Malone The Scottish Arbitration Centre’s chairman, Brandon Malone, has been invited to speak at the 27th European Energy Law Seminar which will take place on 25-26 January in The Hague, the Netherlands.

Thieves have stolen $50,000 worth of bull semen from a farm in California. The valuable ejaculate comes from “the top one per cent of the world population ,” owner of the farm, John Azevedo, told CBS Sacramento.

Judges in the Court of Appeal have declared the so-called bedroom tax discriminatory following legal challenges made by the family of a seriously disabled teenager and a domestic violence victim. “A”, a single mother, lives in a three-bedroom council house which had a panic room installed to pro

Lawyers have paid tribute to the father of the modern land reform movement, Simon Fraser. Mr Fraser, who died on Monday at the age of 60, was legal advisor to many major Highland community land buyouts – from Assynt to Eigg, Knoydart, Bhaltos, Abriachan, Fernaig, Kylesku and Gigha, The Herald repo

Pagan Osborne is expanding its support to small and family businesses with the appointment of an employment law consultant. Elaine Leitch brings 15 years’ experience of providing a high quality employment law and HR services to both small and family business owners, which includes advising on staf

A new group in the Faculty of Advocates is looking forward to hosting an event to celebrate the recent appointment of a Scottish advocate to the General Court in Luxembourg. The Advocates Group on European Union Law (AGEUL) has brought together senior and junior counsel with a shared interest and ex

Friday 29 January Registration & breakfast: 8.30 - 8.40am

5.45pm on Thursday 28th January 2016 Room H230, Faculty of Health and Social Care, Robert Gordon University, Garthdee, Aberdeen