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Morton Fraser has welcomed 11 new trainees. Bethany Reed, Connor Ewing, Dana Strain, David McBride, Erda Kollovozi, Gregor Page, Hannah Bryson, Jordan Scott, Kirsty McArthur, Natasha Grant, and Robyn Benton have all joined the firm.

Addleshaw Goddard has unveiled the 13 tech businesses chosen for this year's AG Elevate mentoring scheme. From creating a safe metaverse space for children to building industrial scale vertical farming solutions, the high-growth potential businesses selected span the tech economy.

Scottish prosecutors staged a mock trial at Glasgow Sheriff Court to highlight racially aggravated hate crime. Equality representatives from the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) helped organise the event to raise awareness of the legislation on race-related hate crimes and how thes

Said to be a 'living instrument', the European Convention on Human Rights was conceived in the throes of reconciliatory passion in May 1948 at the Congress of Europe in The Hague. It was brought to term by more than a hundred parliamentarians from across the region, including the Edinburgh-born Cons

Parliamentary privilege would be extended to members of the Scottish Parliament under plans set out by Liz Truss ahead of a Tory leadership hustings in Perth this evening. At present, MSPs — like members of the devolved assemblies in Wales and Northern Ireland — do not have the same free

An English intellectual property judge has rejected a contention that the manufacturers of a wooden rowing machine had no chance of arguing it to be a “work of artistic craftsmanship” within the meaning of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. WaterRower UK Ltd had originally rais

Macdonald Henderson has advised N4 Investments on its investment in Opulus Financial, the chief financial officer solutions business headquartered in Glasgow. With a team of over 40 people based across the west of Scotland, Opulus provides a range of financial and operational solutions to help small

The Scottish government has been urged to deliver a proper pay deal for officers and tackle soaring numbers of officers considering retirement after Police Scotland confirmed that the number of planned retirements is 69 per cent above normal retirement levels when compared with the five-year averag

Brodies' solicitor advocate Tony Jones QC was called to the English bar in a ceremony conducted at Middle Temple last week. Mr Jones is the only QC in Scotland to be accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as an expert in both professional negligence law and construction law. He frequently represe

Businessman Craig Whyte is to sue Scottish police and prosecutors for £10 million on the basis he was maliciously prosecuted during the botched probe into Rangers FC. Mr Whyte, 51, bought Rangers for £1 from Sir David Murray in 2011. He was arrested over an allegedly fraudulent buyout of

Shoosmiths has announced its year end results for FY 2021/22. Revenue at the firm has risen eight per cent to £181.8 million while net profits increased nine per cent to £60.7m and PEP increased by three per cent to £675,000.

The Scotsman has published an obituary of John Logan Mitchell QC, who passed away on 29 May in Edinburgh, aged 74. "Born in Dumfries in 1947, John’s very early years were spent in Kenya where his lawyer father was employed. On the family’s return to Scotland he was educated at the Royal

Aberdein Considine has taken on 10 new trainees.

An English Family Court judge has granted permission for a dual UK-US citizen to relocate with her two young children, both of whom had heart conditions, to Boston following her separation from her husband. Applicant TR and respondent JM had two daughters together, aged six and four, and had lived t

Only Fools and Horses character Del Boy is protected under copyright law as a "literary work", an English judge has ruled. The High Court in London was asked to rule in a dispute between the makers of the TV show and an "interactive theatrical dining experience" called Only Fools the (Cushty) Dining