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A judge has warned that plans to increase the presumption against short sentences to 12 months could affect those currently sentenced to 18 months, The Herald reports. Lord Turnbull, a former chairman of the Scottish Sentencing Council, told the Scottish Parliament's Justice Committee that because a

DWF has appointed Kevin McGlone as a partner to its expanding real estate team in Scotland. Mr McGlone joins from Brodies where he spent 14 years as a partner and specialises in the buying, selling and leasing of trading businesses in the hotel, hospitality and healthcare sectors.

Anderson Strathern has been selected as the first Scottish legal firm by the Meritas global network that numbers over 180 firms from over 90 countries worldwide. Billed by Meritas as the ‘premier global alliance of independent law firms’, the network has grown extensively since being set

The Lord President, Lord Carloway is to be questioned over demands to establish a judicial register of interests. Politicians on Holyrood's Justice Committee will question Scotland's most senior judge amid concerns over how little is known to the Scottish public about the external interests of the j

The UK government would do well to replicate the American approach to anti-bribery guidance, writes Tom Stocker. Earlier this month the UK government published a response to the findings of a review of the Bribery Act 2010 by a House of Lords Select Committee. The response provided an insight into t

Alisdair Matheson, an insurance and risk partner with Brodies LLP, has been appointed president of the Insurance & Actuarial Society of Glasgow (IASG) – the first lawyer to take up the position in the body's 138-year history. The IASG is a training, mentoring and support network for profes

Advocacy skills training will have a truly international flavour this week at a special course organised by the Faculty of Advocates.

Holyrood’s Justice Committee is to hold its first evidence session on a Scottish government proposal to extend the presumption against short sentences from three months or less to twelve months or less. Although courts would retain the power to sentence as they see fit, the legislation would m

Women in the Law UK, a professional development and support organisation for female lawyers, will hold its first event in Glasgow this month. Entitled “Jobs for the girls: how to progress in your career with confidence”, the event will take place at the offices of Harper Macleod LLP in t

Greater oversight of how the police take, store, use and dispose of data such as fingerprints, DNA samples and facial images, will be created under proposals published at Holyrood. The Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Bill aims to help improve how biometric data is handled by police, ensuring it is

John Mulholland has become the new president of the Law Society of Scotland after taking over from Alison Atack at today's meeting of the Law Society of Scotland's decision-making Council, while Perth-based solicitor, Amanda Millar, became the new vice president. Mr Mulholland said: “It’

Intellectual property firm Marks & Clerk has been named the official corporate sponsor of a gin festival to be held in Glasgow this week.

A "colourful and fascinating" debut novel from a Scots lawyer is due to hit bookshelves this November. Stephen O’Rourke QC's The Crown Agent tells the tale of disillusioned young doctor, Mungo Lyon, who in 1829 is recruited by the Crown to investigate a mysterious murder and shi

Campaigners who claimed that legislation allowing women to terminate pregnancies by taking abortion pills at home is “unlawful” have had their appeal rejected. The Inner House of the Court of Session upheld a judge’s decision to dismiss a legal challenge brought by the Society for

The Scottish government is seeking views on how best to incorporate the UN’s ‘gold standard’ for children’s rights into Scots law and improve the lives of children and young people. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is the most complete statemen