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The Scottish Episcopal Church is set to become the first church in the UK to allow its clergy to conduct same-sex church weddings, The Times reports. Scotland's third-largest church will take a vote on its position on Thursday 9 June.

The Scottish Civil Justice Council (SCJC) has set up a new working group to take forward legislative changes to inquiries into fatal accidents and sudden deaths. Nominations were sought for membership appointments and considered by the Lord President. The working group comprises:

Andrew Mackenzie The Scottish Arbitration Centre has won its bid for Edinburgh to host the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) Congress 2020. The other cities that bid for the congress were Copenhagen, Mexico City, Stockholm, St Petersburg, Vancouver and Vienna. The final written

Addi Shamash Following the announcement that corporate insolvencies in Scotland fell by almost 10 per cent in the final quarter of last year, Addi Shamash, corporate restructuring partner in HBJ Gateley’s Aberdeen office, said while parts of the Scottish economy were enjoying strong growth, severa

The Magic Circle’s 40 new promotions have revealed the most common universities partners attended, with two Scots institutions among them. The Lawyer reports that Oxford produced 12 partners this year, more than any other institution. It was followed by Cambridge with seven and Edinburgh, with fou

Lord Carloway The Scottish Civil Justice Council (SCJC) has extended its current membership by adding two newly appointed judicial members.

(L-R): Brandon Malone, Sir David Edward QC and Andrew Mackenzie

Rosemary Agnew The Scottish government has been found guilty of breaching freedom of information laws by keeping Prince Charles’ “black spider” letters secret.

Videos giving information on criminal, civil and children’s legal aid are now available on the Scottish Legal Aid Board’s website in British Sign Language (BSL). The translated videos produced by Deaf Action correspond to information available in printed leaflets and on the website.

Andrew Mackenzie

Financial performance is strong and firms are confident that their pipeline of client instructions will continue to flow steadily in 2016 according to the results of BDO’s survey of independent Scottish legal practices. For the first half of the financial year 2015/16, 88 per cent of respondents r

The Scottish Sentencing Council has brought together comprehensive and easy to read information on sentencing practice in a bid to demystify the sentencing process in Scotland. Sentencing can be complicated and the resource has been developed to provide comprehensive information in one place as a re

Scottish laws on insolvency have been brought together into one piece of legislation for the first time in a generation today as the new Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill 2016 was passed by the Scottish Parliament. The bill captures all of the amendments made to the primary legislation governing bankruptcy

Aileen Campbell

Alison McInnes The Scottish government has put out for consultation proposals to raise the age of criminal responsibility from eight, the lowest in Europe, to 12 following the publication of a report.