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(L-R) Judge Ian Forrester QC and Peter Sellar

MSPs have passed measures banning the sale of e-cigarettes to under-18s. The new rules come as part of the Scottish government’s Health Bill which also limits advertising of the devices.

The Faculty of Advocates has underscored a need to protect confidentiality between intellectual property advisors and their clients in cross-border cases. A questionnaire on cross-border aspects of client/patent attorney privilege (CAP) asked if there was a need to protect communications between IP

Norman Biggart CBE, former president of the Law Society of Scotland between 1982-83, passed away last week.

The First Minister Nicola Sturgeon (centre) with conference attendees

Alan Matthew Scottish taxpayers will see a new tax code appearing on their payslips from this week as the Scottish Parliament sets income tax levels for the first time.

Hamish Patrick Shepherd and Wedderburn has acted alongside Allen & Overy on the £6.1 billion securitisation of residential UK mortgages by US investment firm, Cerberus Capital Management ─ the largest residential mortgage-backed securitisation (RMBS) since the financial crisis hit in 2007.

Jenny Allan Five Scottish-based colleagues at CMS are included among the 31 promotions being announced across 22 of the firm’s offices.

Gillespie Macandrew has entered into a significant legacy agreement with the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS).

Edward Snowden Documents revealing Scottish police had access to a GCHQ spy programme which collects information on individuals’ communications, use of social media and movements have been passed on to The Ferret.

Ahead of next week's Brexit referendum, Scottish lawyers have voted overwhelmingly in favour of Britain remaining in the EU. Of the 528 respondents in a poll conducted by Scottish Legal News, the daily news service for Scotland's lawyers, 78 per cent voted in favour of Remain and only 22 per cent in

Martin Gill Over two thirds (69 per cent) of Scottish mid-sized businesses are committed to remaining in the EU after an "uninformative and lacklustre" Leave campaign, according to a new poll published by business advisory firm BDO.

Professor Hector MacQueen Scots law has traditionally allowed the parties to a contract to create rights under their contract for others (who are called “third parties”, to mark out the distinction between them and the contracting parties). The process goes by the Latin name of jus quaesitum ter

Derek Ogg QC The Crown Office has told Scottish Legal News that a fatal accident inquiry into the death of a Scottish woman in Israel is "not competent under the current legislation" as the relevant provisions of the Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Act 2016 are not y