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Rona Dennison discusses brand development and protection in Scotland’s food and drink sector. After the historic year of 2014, the appetite for Scotland’s food and drink brands shows no sign of being satisfied in the coming 12 months. Our food and drink sector relished the opportunity to showcas

An application to secure EU-protected designation of origin status for rapeseed oil is to be submitted in the coming weeks. There are now eight brands of virgin cold-pressed rapeseed oil in Scotland.

The Law Society of Scotland has paid tribute to former chief accountant and deputy chief executive, Leslie Cumming (pictured), who passed away last week. Mr Cumming joined the Law Society as its chief accountant in 1984 and remained for 22 years until his retirement in 2006.

The Crofting Commission has confirmed that it has withdrawn its appeal to the Court of Session in connection with the Scottish Land Court’s decision of 18 December 2014 in the case of MacGillivray v Crofting Commission. That case concerned the Crofting Commission’s policy on decrofting where a c

James Wolffe, QC, seated, with Ewan Aitken of Edinburgh Cyrenians

A group of young lawyers from the Netherlands enjoyed a visit to the Faculty of Advocates and Parliament House, but found they were in for a shock. Library staff had made the guests feel at home by putting on a display of Dutch law books from the Faculty’s collection, and Parliament Hall filled th

Joanna Cherry QC (pictured right) has been selected by the SNP as their candidate for Edinburgh South West in the general election. The seat been represented by a member of the Faculty of Advocates since 1974, with Malcolm Rifkind QC, Linda Clark QC and, currently, Alastair Darling, who is standing

Gordon Lindhorst (left) and Prime Minister David Cameron

The Scottish Legal News Annual Review 2015 contains an excellent family law section. Linda Walker of Balfour Manson asks: “Are the Scots a tight-fisted bunch when it comes to divorce?”.

MacRoberts has appointed John McGovern (pictured) partner. Mr McGovern heads a three-strong team appointed by the firm to further strengthen the intellectual property, technology & commercial (IPTC) practice group.

The number of attacks on Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) personnel dropped during 2013-14. The total number of incidents where attacks occurred decreased from 81 in 2012-13 to 69 incidents in 2013-14.

The legal affairs minister Paul Wheelhouse (pictured) has given his support to proposals for legislation meant to tackle legal highs. Mr Wheelhouse said he would meet UK crime prevention minister Lynne Featherstone MP to talk about legal controls for legal highs, or new psychoactive substances (NPS)

A party to a legal action who was ordered to pay £150,000 to a Scots lawyer who was suspended from practice has had the decree which was granted in his absence reduced. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that the initial writ served by the solicitor was “defective” because he had been suspen

The Law Society of Scotland has welcomed proposals for new legislation to tackle human trafficking but believes more protections are needed for victims. Alan McCreadie, deputy director of Law Reform at the Law Society, said: “Human trafficking is an appalling crime and it is absolutely right that

CMS has announced the appointment of partners Shona Frame (pictured right) and Ian McCann, adding further resource to the firm’s growing construction team in Scotland. Ms Frame, a construction disputes specialist, will be joining the firm from MacRoberts.