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Gregor Duthie

John Macmillan MacRoberts LLP has had an impressive year with increased turnover, profits and headcount. Draft accounts in the year-end to April 2016 show turnover up by 10 per cent to £19.78 million, profits climbing 12 per cent to £6.9 million and the firm’s headcount increasing by 12 per cent

A sheriff has suggested Celtic Football Club could take action against a fan who possessed smoke grenades where the law prevented her from doing so. Sheriff Tait at Perth Sheriff Court could not impose a football banning order on Colum Martin, 24, because he had not actually set the canisters off wh

Zoe Ogilvie and Malcolm McPherson

Andrew Walker HBJ Gateley has successfully provided legal advice to Castle Water – a provider of water and waste services in Scotland - through the process of acquiring all retail activities for business customers from Thames Water.

Chris McDowall The SLN Spotlight falls on Chris McDowall this week, a partner in the employment unit at Anderson Strathern. He is the partner with overall responsibility for human resources and was instrumental in the firm winning the Employment Team of the Year Award at the Scottish Legal Awards th

Joel Conn The directors of Mitchells Roberton have announced that Joel Conn has joined the firm from Morton Fraser as a director/partner from 1 August 2016.

Annabelle Ewing There were 17,242 full time equivalent (FTE) police officers in the first quarter of 2016/17 according to figures released today.

Medieval silver finger ring

Eilidh Wiseman Following the news that the Scottish government has issued a consultation paper in which possible increases of 24 per cent are mooted in an effort to recover the cost to the public of providing the services of the courts, the president of the Law Society of Scotland has expressed conc

Lady Smith A senior judge, the Right Honourable Lady Smith will lead Scotland’s independent public inquiry into the abuse of children in care from August, following the resignation of Susan O'Brien QC earlier this month.

Kenny Crawford The volume of residential property sales rose 4.9 per cent in the first quarter of 2016-17 (April-June) compared to the same period last year, according to official statistics published today by Registers of Scotland (RoS). A total of 25,760 properties changed hands between April and

After more than four centuries, a book that once belonged to Scots poet Alexander Hume has returned home to the University of St Andrews. Dating from 1548, the rare legal manuscript described by scholars as “Scotland’s first great law book” was gifted to Hume by his maternal uncle, Alexander H

Lynsey Walker HBJ Gateley has appointed two of its former trainees to senior positions within the firm.

Lord Bracadale A Court of Session judge has been appointed Scotland’s new “surveillance tsar” in the wake of police spying revelations.