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The annual Red Mass to mark the beginning of the new legal year in Scotland takes place on Sunday 1 October at St Mary's RC Church on Broughton Street in Edinburgh at 12 noon. The Mass will be presided over by the Pope's new Ambassador to Great Britain, Archbishop John Adams, the Papal Nuncio.

Chris Rae CMS has advised China’s largest online travel agency on the lease acquisition of its new Edinburgh call centre which will create up to 200 jobs in the capital.

David Gourlay David Gourlay gives SLN readers the latest GDPR update ahead of its introduction next year.

A student at Dundee Law School has been awarded the Ken Scott Bursary by Blackadders.

Pictured (L-R): Bruce Farquhar and Iain Grieve

Whether we are early adopters or less than willing converts, technological advancement will doubtlessly have an increasing impact on the legal profession. This year’s Law and Technology Conference assesses the impact, opportunities and risks that emerging technologies bring to the sector. The conf

Law firms may face retrospective VAT bills, accountants have warned. Following the recent case of Brabners LLP and HMRC, Brabners have been ordered to pay £68,000 in VAT as HMRC claimed that electronic property searches should not have been treated as disbursements for VAT purposes. Accountancy fir

Lord Glennie (right) delivering the keynote lecture

A cemetery worker who admitted to illegally selling burial plots has been jailed for 16 months. Forty-five-year-old William Henderson pled guilty to a single charge of running a fraudulent scheme, which affected 13 bereaved families, at the Mount Vernon cemetery in Edinburgh.

Following an investigation by the Law Society of Scotland, the Scottish Solicitors’ Discipline Tribunal (SSDT) has found former solicitor advocate, Michael McSherry, guilty of professional misconduct in the course of his work at Paisley firm, SBM Law and struck him from the Roll of Solicitors. Lor

A perennial toilet seat thief was caught after being captured on camera clutching his ceramic booty. Johnny Madikana, 61, was arrested in connection with numerous hotel toilet seat thefts in August.

A woman found guilty of assaulting a dog owner with a dog lead has had an appeal against her conviction refused after her case was referred to the Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary by the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC). The appeal judges rejected the appellant’s claim

Michael Tolland Property Searches Scotland have launched their innovative search ordering platform to save even more time for conveyancers as they continue to strengthen their position in the Scottish property market.

Karen Cornwell Accredited specialist in professional negligence law Karen Cornwell reflects on mainstream lending seven months after judgment was handed down in Hughes-Holland v BPE Solicitors UKSC 21.