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Compass Chambers' Glasgow Conference will take place on Friday 1 June 2018 at 200 SVS (200 St Vincent Street) from 1pm until 5pm and is open to all solicitors, in-house lawyers, trainees and paralegals. Under the Law Society of Scotland's Guidelines, delegates may claim 3 hours of CPD time. The conf

Holyrood has passed a new law that stops Shetland being put in a box on maps of Scotland. Under the Islands (Scotland) Bill, Scottish government bodies will not be able to include Shetland in a box.

The Scottish Arbitration Centre co-organised with the Beijing Arbitration Commission/the Beijing International Arbitration Center (BAC/BIAC) the 2018 Edinburgh Summit on Commercial Dispute Resolution in China, which was held at the centre on 22nd June 2018. BAC/BIAC was established in 1995 as an ind

The UK's secondary market in renewable energy projects has seen the energy & natural resources team at Harper Macleod complete a series deals worth in excess of £300 million in an unprecedented six-month spell. Led by senior partner David Bone, the firm acted for The Renewables Infras

A 35-year-old man has been jailed for 12 years after being convicted of terrorism offences. The High Court in Edinburgh heard that Peter Morgan was in possession of bomb-making manuals as well as equipment and a selection of Neo-Nazi and other extreme right-wing paraphernalia and flags.

We are delighted to invite you to attend our 11th Annual Conference which will take place on Friday 23rd November at the Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh. As you know, the Compass Conference is one of the highlights of our year and it is an event we are very proud of. It is an event that seeks to bring lea

A law firm in Edinburgh has signed up to write wills for charity – for the fourteenth year in a row.

Armed robbers who stole more than £500,000 of luxury watches from a hotel have been jailed. Richard Fleming, Liam Richardson and a third man were armed with a handgun, a machete and a hammer when they raided the Mappin & Webb store at the Gleneagles Hotel in June last year.

The Faculty of Advocates Choir is fine-tuning its festive songbook, ready for the traditional charity carol concert. As it has done for the last 22 years, the choir will perform all the seasonal favourites at its Christmas concert in aid of Edinburgh’s homeless.

The Faculty of Advocates' choir is fine-tuning its festive songbook ahead of its traditional charity carol concert on Tuesday. As it has done for the last 22 years, the choir will perform all the seasonal favourites at its Christmas concert in aid of Edinburgh’s homeless.

David Lorimer analyses some technical aspects surrounding the introduction of independent legal representation for rape complainers.  On the 28 November 2018, The Faculty of Advocates hosted a debate on independent legal representation (ILR) for complainers in rape trials. This was informe

Professional searcher firms owe a duty of care to creditors who have registered an inhibition, the continuing effectiveness of which depends on it being disclosed by the search carried out, the Sheriff Appeal Court has ruled. The court refused an appeal by a firm of searchers, upholding a

Tributes have been paid to Dundee solicitor Malcolm Farquhar who has passed away at the age of 63, the Evening Telegraph reports. Mr Farquhar joined Thorntons in 2005 following the firm's merger with Scott & Soutar.

The estranged wife of former Rangers Football Club owner Sir David Murray has been granted a court order preventing a firm of solicitors acting for her husband in a divorce action. Kae Murray sought an interdict after a lawyer who acted for her when the couple signed a pre-nuptial agr