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A new inquiry looking at the performance of employee-owned businesses following a sustained period of growth in their number over the past five years has launched a call for evidence. At a time when there is a significant focus on UK productivity, corporate behaviour and Brexit, the Ownership Effect

After many weeks of training and preparation, seven of Clyde & Co’s most adventurous employees took part in the Cateran Yomp to raise money for ABF The Soldiers’ Charity last month. The Yomp is an epic 54 mile walk in rural Perthshire; completed within 24 hours. Harry Boyle, Kirsten Thomson,

Ewan Alexander Pinsent Masons today revealed its unaudited results for 2016-17 which shows global turnover increased by 11 per cent to £423.1m.

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Scotland has the chance to use a conference in Edinburgh to firmly establish the country as a seat of international arbitration, according to a leading world figure in alternative dispute resolution.

Sheenagh Adams Today Registers of Scotland (RoS) mark 400 years of the General Register of Sasines, the oldest national land register in the world, as a specially commissioned poem by Scotland’s Makar, Jackie Kay, was read to the public for the first time.

Liam McArthur MSP The Scottish Liberal Democrats have said the creation of a new expert group to make changes to the police’s use of biometrics was long overdue, coming 18 months after an HMICS report vindicated the party’s concerns and recommended an overhaul.

Eurodevils 2017 with Charles Mullin of ELA (second left) and Peter Sellar, co-ordinator (fourth from right)

Angela Wipat Angela Wipat looks at the divisive Named Person scheme and its latest developments.

Finance Secretary Derek Mackay has said he is open to reexamining the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) bands in a move that could save homebuyers thousands of pounds. Ministers had previously remained firm on LBTT bands but Mr Mackay has now said he is willing to increase the upper limit of

Carol Ewart The Campaign for Freedom of Information in Scotland today warned that the independent inquiry into Scottish government’s handling of FoI requests, agreed by all parties in the Scottish Parliament yesterday, must be comprehensive, take evidence from requesters across society, and be ful

Shelagh McCall QC The convener of the Faculty of Advocates’ Human Rights and Rule of Law Committee, Shelagh McCall QC, has been appointed chair of JUSTICE Scotland.

Artist Isobel Williams, whose book, The Supreme Court: A Guide for Bears was featured in SLN yesterday has also recorded scenes from the court's historic Edinburgh sitting in the illustrations below.

Setting clear targets and establishing a National Poverty and Inequality Commission would help to meet aims of eradicating child poverty, the Law Society of Scotland has said. The Law Society has said in a briefing paper on the Child Poverty (Scotland) Bill that setting clear aims would be required

Sheriff Principal Brian Lockhart Sheriff Principal Brian Lockhart has sat as a judge for the final time, marking the end of a distinguished legal career spanning more than 50 years.