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New figures have shown that despite a record number of solicitors in the year 2016/17, there were only 23 more complaints against the legal profession, representing less than one per cent of solicitor transactions. The number of Scottish solicitors holding a practising certificate during 2016/17 was

Pictured: Olivia Laird, Morgan Forbes, Roman Burke, Anique Burke, Zosia Kuczok and Finlay McConnachie

Pictured (L-R): Jo Nisbet, Martin Darroch (both Harper Macleod), Jim Duffy, Al Walker and Sharon Mars (all Moonshot).

Pictured: Ethel and former Law Society president Richard Henderson in 2009 when she was awarded honorary membership of the Law Society The Law Society of Scotland has paid tribute to Ethel Houston OBE, one of the first women to become a partner of a Scottish law firm, who died last week aged 93.

Stephen McGowan Stephen McGowan, partner and head of licensing (Scotland) at TLT, has received a specialist accreditation from the Law Society of Scotland in liquor licensing law in recognition of his extensive and wide-reaching skills and experience in this area.

Sally Nash

Two names in the sheriff officer profession have joined forces in a new venture; Fraser Irvine Sheriff Officers. The firm is a collaboration between Alex Irvine (pictured right) and Andrew Fraser (pictured below).

Helen Moore Housing associations in Scotland could be subject to freedom of information (FOI) laws from April 2019, subject to a parliamentary vote, it has been announced.

Concerns over “rigid control” of the Scottish Parliament and a greatly altered balance of power between Edinburgh and London have been raised by the Faculty of Advocates in evidence to MPs about the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill. An inquiry by the Public Administration and Constitutional Affa

Paul Motion

Changes are needed to ensure the Scottish Parliament can scrutinise the detail of how Scotland’s new social security system will operate, according to a report by the Social Security Committee. The committee’s report follows consideration of the Social Security Bill – one of the biggest transf

Michael Matheson Scotland’s policing capability will be highlighted at an international conference in Edinburgh today.

Steven Walker QC Terra Firma Chambers’ Steven Walker QC has been ranked as a New Silk for Dispute Resolution - Arbitration (English Bar - Singapore) in the latest edition of Chambers & Partners Asia Pacific Guide (2018): "New silk Steven Walker of Terra Firma Chambers advises on a wide range o

Members of the public would support restrictions on who can refer to themselves as a lawyer. There are current and long standing legal restrictions on who can call themselves solicitors or advocates. However, there is no such restriction on the use of the term lawyer with any person able to use that

Nick Scott