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The Law Society of Scotland’s financial benchmarking report shows improving fortunes for smaller law firms. The annual survey of law firms’ financial performance in 2013-14 has shown an overall increase from £64,000 to £69,000 in profits per equity partners. (Profits per equity partner are bef

Morton Fraser represented administrators FRP Advisory in the proposed sale to Finsbury Food Group of the business and assets of Glasgow-based Johnstone’s Just Desserts Limited (In Administration). The Morton Fraser team, led by Iain Young (pictured) and Bruce Wood, and assisted by Nicola Ross, San

The Scottish Police Authority (SPA) has appointed George Graham, former head of Northern Constabulary, to its board. Mr Graham, an experienced officer who retired after completing 31 years in the Scottish police service, also served in Dumfries and Galloway and was HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary

Voting is now open for the Law Society of Scotland’s Council elections and solicitors in the five contested constituencies are being encouraged to make the most of their vote.

The Faculty of Advocates has voiced reservations about allocating fatal accident inquires (FAIs) to summary sheriffs, the new lower level of judicial office created under court reform legislation. Ministers have included FAIs in the jurisdiction of summary sheriffs in the Inquiries into Fatal Accide

Lord Carloway The Lord Justice Clerk, Lord Carloway, has launched a programme of workshops run by the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service to discuss methods to discover the truth in criminal trials in the modern era, and the greater use of pre-recorded evidence.

Morton Fraser represented international investment group Rockspring Property Investment Managers in the successful but "challenging" sale of student accommodation in Edinburgh for £20 million. The Morton Fraser team, led by lawyers Elspeth Carson and David Stewart, dealt with all property and const

A prison officer who was injured while taking part in a riot training exercise has had an action for damages refused. A sheriff ruled that the pursuer failed to prove that the accident was caused to any extent by a breach by the defenders of any statutory obligation incumbent on them, or by fault on

A member of the Faculty of Advocates will lead a training programme at the prestigious Energy Studies Institute (ESI) in Singapore. Steven Walker (pictured) has been invited to lead the ESI's specialist professional seminar training programme aimed at the global energy industry.

Joanna Cherry QC Joanna Cherry QC, a member of the Faculty of Advocates, has been appointed as the Scottish National Party (SNP)'s justice and home affairs spokesperson in Westminster.

The Electoral Commission is in discussions with prosecutors over a potential breach in electoral campaigning law by the Better Together campaign group. The pro-Union organisation, which was forged as an alliance between Labour, the Conservatives, and the Liberal Democrats, failed to submit all of th

Bruce Crawford MSP Draft legislation that would deliver new powers for the Scottish Parliament falls short of the recommendations made in the cross-party Smith Commission, MSPs have said.

Michael Howlin QC Terra Firma Chambers has announced that Michael Howlin QC has joined the stable with immediate effect.

The new Conservative administration is set to publish a European Union Referendum Bill as soon as next week, according to a senior Whitehall source quoted in press reports. A piece of legislation to enable an in-out referendum on the European Union is expected to be among the first bills published o

Bruce Crawford The Scottish Parliament's Devolution (Further Powers) Committee has given its backing to a bill that would allow 16 and 17-year olds to vote in the next Holyrood election.