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Thorntons has appointed 11 trainees this month - its highest ever intake, underlining its investment in the future of the business.

The International Bar Association’s access to justice and legal aid committee is seeking responses from Scottish practitioners involved in child and family law in respect of its international survey on access to justice for children. The committee is working with the Bingham Centre for the Rule of

An Edinburgh computer hacker and dark web drug dealer has been sentenced to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work and pay £17,000 compensation at Edinburgh Sheriff Court. The court heard that 26 year old David Trail set up and administered the Topix2 website, an online black market site, which was use

My first realisation that Britain was in the grip of gin mania came via my fashionable young niece. Then signs announcing the arrival of 'Gin Bars' began to sprout everywhere – including one near my home in the leafy West End of Dundee. And so, it was to this establishment that I repaired to revie

A man alleged to have shot a woman while under house arrest evaded suspicion because his GPS tracker ankle bracelet was accidentally attached to a prosthetic leg that he left at home. Quincy Green, 44, was arrested on suspicion of firearm offences in April and kept under house arrest.

David Menzies David Menzies discusses the implications of Brexit for the insolvency and restructuring sector.

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Cori Crider The UK government has spent over £600,000 on lawyers in an attempt to stop a torture case being heard in court, documents obtained by human rights group Reprieve have revealed – even though the victims bringing the case have offered to settle for an apology and a token payment of one

Pictured (L-R) Fiona Richardson and Marina Urie and (bottom) Andrew Ward A Scottish law firm is growing its dedicated team to support those affected by road accidents, by announcing three new appointments.

(L-R): Catriona Watt and Robbie Wilson

Kerry Norval Substantial changes in employment law are not likely in the short-term, writes Kerry Norval.

A lawyer who quit the profession because he was 'average' and saw 'no potential for very large potential gain' has hit the jackpot by setting up a business producing masturbation devices for the burgeoning self-abuse market. Thirty-five year old Brian Sloan, turned his back on the law when he “rea

A Scots lawyer who challenged a decision by the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission to allow a late complaint from an expert witness over the solicitor's firm's alleged failure to pay a fee of £15,000 has had her application for leave to appeal dismissed. A judge in the Court of Session refused th

Aidan O'Neill QC As speculation about whether Parliament's consent is required in order for Britain to leave the EU following last week's historic referendum, Aidan O'Neill QC of Matrix Chambers told Scottish Legal News that Parliament must give its view and mandate the UK government accordingly, ad

An appeal which sought to challenge a sheriff’s decision to grant a residence order on the basis that the sheriff erred in making certain findings in fact has been dismissed as “entirely devoid of merit”. The note of appeal challenged the sheriff’s approach to evidence led at a child welfare