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Alan Cowan The Faculty of Advocates has welcomed two new members from the solicitors’ branch of the profession – David Swanney and Alan Cowan.

Hamish Trench The newly formed Scottish Land Commission has announced the appointment of Hamish Trench as their permanent chief executive.

Pictured (L-R): Ross Linn, Jaclyn Russell, David Rennie, Emma Stephen and Bob McDiarmid.

Theresa May Jail terms for terrorism offences could be significantly increased the Prime Minister has said.

An Austrian politician whom a TV programme said was “usually surrounded by little brown rats” suffered no article 6 violation, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. In its decision in the case of Haupt v. Austria, the European Court of Human Rights has unanimously declared the applicatio

Lawyer Eric Conn has disappeared, shortly after admitting that he effectively stole $600 million from the US government. The Kentucky lawyer accepted that he made millions for himself by bribing a doctor and a judge to approve fraudulent disability claims.

Keith Anderson Vialex, a legal services company, has unveiled plans to expand its existing client base south of the border.

Colin Henderson (left) and David Campbell

The Law Society of Scotland has called for increased investment, less bureaucracy and better use of technology to ensure the long-term sustainability of legal aid. The Law Society has set out a series of recommendations in its comprehensive submission to an independent review of legal aid in Scotlan

A Holyrood committee is asking for views on which acts should come under its scrutiny.Since the opening of the Scottish Parliament in 1999, hundreds of acts have been introduced in Scotland. These put in place a range of laws covering community care and mental health acts, criminal justice, standard

A businessman is seeking to copyright the word “covfefe”, a typo from a recent tweet by US President Donald Trump. If Tim Saciri’s application is accepted, the word will be registered under his name and will be a Swiss trademark.

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A former solicitor who was jailed for fraud has had his prison diary published as a daily blog, The Herald reports. Lawrence Rew, 70, was handed a 10-month sentence in 2008 after he took £25,000 from a client’s bank account.

The RBoS Shareholders Action Group has voted to accept an 82p a share offer to finally settle with Royal Bank of Scotland over its disastrous 2008 rights issue. The group comprises 9,000 private and commercial shareholders who claimed they were duped into handing £12 billion to the bank during the