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Cybersecurity risks can be particularly severe for solicitors – but simple steps will help to reduce the risk of cyber attacks, according to a new guide published by the Law Society of Scotland. The Law Society’s Guide to Cybersecurity sets out key risk areas, the potential impact and consequenc

Dr Tobias Lock Dr Tobias Lock, senior lecturer in EU law at Edinburgh University Law School, writes on the first major Brexit bill.

Axiom Advocates is delighted to welcome two new members, David Welsh, the recipient of the Lord Reid Scholar 2016-2017, and Kirsty Tyre.

Arnot Manderson has welcomed Simon Crabb and Paul Harvey to the stable following their admission to the Faculty of Advocates today.

Rules coming into effect in September will make new provisions for case management, and pre-proof hearings in Court of Session family actions. The new rules, announced today by the Scottish Civil Justice Council, make provision for a case management hearing which must be fixed when defences are lodg

Graham Matthews, President of the Law Society of Scotland The Law Society of Scotland has called for a "whole of governance" approach to the so-called Great Repeal Bill, the first of eight Brexit bills.

Prosecutors successfully challenged a sheriff’s decision to refuse a vulnerable witness application made on behalf of a complainer in an assault case who said he was “terrified” of seeing the two woman accused of attacking him. The application was opposed because it was lodged too late, but th

More than 22,000 people have inadvertently signed up for 1,000 hours of community service each after failing to read the terms of a public Wi-Fi hotspot. Manchester-based company Purple inserted the community service clause into the terms and conditions for its public Wi-Fi hotspots to illustrate "a

Simon Allison A lawyer from Dundee who survived a serious stroke in January is taking part in a charity walk to raise money for the Stroke Association.

A target date for entirely smoke-free prisons will be announced by the Scottish Prison Service at the launch of a major report into the exposure of prison workers to second-hand smoke. The now-completed Tobacco in Prison Study (TIPS) was led by Glasgow University with input from Aberdeen University.

Andy Harris, associate partner at Hazlewoods Profitability at UK law firms jumped to a seven-year high last year, driven by robust fee income growth coupled with tight control of overheads.

Kenny Rose A team of Scottish-based lawyers at CMS have helped a world-leading yacht services company complete its successful listing on London’s AIM exchange.

Calum MacNeill Westwater Advocates’ Calum MacNeill QC has qualified as a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), the leading professional membership organisation representing the interests of private dispute-resolution practitioners worldwide.

Aberdeen-based family law specialists Patience and Buchan have appointed senior solicitor Gillian Smith to the position of associate.

Diane Nicol Diane Nicol, head of employment at Pinsent Masons and one of three panel members supporting Matthew Taylor on the Taylor Review, writes about the implications for employers.