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The Faculty of Advocates has raised a fundamental question over planned legislation for Scotland which aims to alter attitudes to apologising – where is the evidence from anywhere in the world that such laws are an effective means of bringing about the desired change? Under the Apologies (Scotland

Burness Paull has been named "Exemplary Employer of Choice" at The cHeRries Awards 2015, which recognises excellence in human resources, recruitment and training in the north east of Scotland. The judges were impressed by “Burness Paull’s ability to create a new and attractive employment culture

A Scots lawyer who was jailed for embezzling thousands of pounds of clients’ money has been struck of the solicitors’ roll for professional misconduct. Steven Crommie, who was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment earlier this year after pleading guilty to the offence, “deliberately and repeated

Justice secretary Michael Matheson MSP Almost £640,000 in extra public funding is to be awarded to twelve community projects working to tackle women's offending in Scotland.

Members of Faculty with the Declaration of Arbroath A delegation from the Faculty of Advocates found a historic reminder of home on a visit to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.

Lord Malcolm The Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) has clarified inaccurate media reports about the lack of availability of legal assistance in double jeopardy cases.

Chris Harte, chief executive at Morton Fraser Morton Fraser has "seen success on a number of fronts" over the past year, the firm said today as it announced its financial results for 2014/15.

From left: Douglas McLachlan, Murray McCall, Robert Carr, Paul Brown Anderson Strathern is reporting year-on-year growth for the first six months of its financial year.

A football fans' organisation has responded to Friday's publication of an independent evaluation of the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act which found that only 21 per cent of cases brought under the section 1 of the act secured a conviction. Fans Against C

A man who appeared in court wearing shorts was warned he risked a jail sentence for contempt of court. Darren Dixon apologised for his dress at Selkirk Sheriff Court where he appeared wearing a t-shirt and shorts.

Alex Salmond Alex Salmond has criticised “clever-Dick” lawyers and sheriffs, whom he refers to as “daft toffs”, for opposing legislation to tackle sectarianism at football matches that he brought in during his tenure as First Minister.

A last-minute amendment to the Scottish government's Community Empowerment (Scotland) Bill has given statutory protection to the standard size of an allotment. Members of the Scottish Allotments and Gardens Society (SAGS) celebrated as the government confirmed it would defend the standard plot size

The Scottish government is to launch a "full consultation" on giving football fans the right to buy their club. Alison Johnstone, the Green MSP who fronted the Fans First campaign and lobbied for the move within Holyrood, said it was a "landmark decision for Scottish football".

The House of Commons Library has noted the absence of proposals on welfare from the Scotland Bill. The proposals were drawn up during the cross-party Smith Commission talks but the principle that discretionary additional benefits must provide extra income is missing while the idea of “no detriment

Judicial complaints reviewer Gillian Thompson OBE MSPs yesterday heard evidence from judicial complaints reviewer Gillian Thompson OBE in support of a register of judicial interests.