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Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP has announced the promotion of Martin O’Neill (pictured) to senior associate and Nicola Martin to associate. Mr O’Neill is a member of WJM’s corporate team and specialises in commercial contracts, intellectual property and technology law.

Scotland's total legal aid bill was £137.8 million in 2015-16, down slightly on £138.6 million in 2014-15, according to the Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB). The figures are included in SLAB's annual report, laid before the Scottish Parliament yesterday.

The Crown Office has announced that it will stage a single Fatal Accident Inquiry into two separate fatal accidents for the first time. Under sections 13 and 14 of the Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Act 2016, an FAI will be held within the Lothian and Borders Sheriffdom to conside

The Law Society of Scotland has welcomed the Scottish government’s proposed criminal procedure reforms for the introduction of a new domestic abuse offence and warned that the courts may have to anticipate the need for additional resources. In its response to the Scottish government's consultation

The Law Society of Scotland has praised the Scottish government for taking a “ground breaking” approach in its new delivery plan, A Fairer Scotland for Disabled People. A Fairer Scotland for Disabled People is the Scottish government’s delivery plan for the United Nations Convention on the Rig

Rona Jamieson The International SOS Foundation, the global not-for-profit organisation striving to protect the health, wellbeing and safety of people at work, and Burness Paull have published a white paper detailing the duty of care required by Scottish companies for workers travelling on business a

John MacMillan Armed with only a sleeping bag each, John MacMillan, MacRoberts managing partner and Laura Wilson, the firm’s marketing director will brave a cold December Night to help raise vital funds for some of Scotland’s most vulnerable people.

School pupils from across Scotland successfully debated the pros and cons of holding referendums to win through to the next stage of the Law Society of Scotland’s national debating tournament. The opening rounds of the Donald Dewar Memorial Debating Tournament saw 128 teams from 85 Scottish school

Pictured (L-R): Simon Massey, Valerie Harty, Patricia Jackson and Derek McCulloch

James Wolffe QC The Lord Advocate has asked judges in the Brexit case the reason for enshrining the Sewel Convention in law if it were not to become a “provision that the courts can address”.

Simon Rubinsohn House sales in Scotland will continue a downward trend into 2017 due to a lack of stock while prices are expected to rise over the next three months, surveyors have suggested.

Val Surgenor The Scottish Fundraising Implementation Group has announced that MacRoberts’ Val Surgenor will make up part of the Independent Fundraising Standards and Adjudications Panel for Scotland, which which will oversee fundraising standards in Scotland and fundraising complaints about charit

The Frank Maguire Memorial Award gives students at law schools across Scotland the chance to win a prize of £1,000 and an internship at Thompsons Solicitors. The award was set up in 2014 in memory of Frank Maguire, who was senior partner at Thompsons and one of Scotland’s foremost campaigning law

Simon Mackintosh The lack of alternative business structures in Scotland leaves its law firms less competitive than those south of the border, according to one expert.

Sheenagh Adams The world’s oldest national register of land and property will celebrate its 400th anniversary during Scotland’s 2017 Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology.