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James Wolffe QC In this year’s SLN Annual Review, Lord Advocate James Wolffe QC addresses concerns expressed by the current Dean of Faculty, Gordon Jackson QC, that the Crown Office has become too closely aligned to the perspective of victims of crime.

David Ridley David Ridley looks at what the Scotland Act means for the oil and gas sector.

Ruth Davidson A member's bill on whole-life sentences will be brought before MSPs following an exchange at Holyrood this week.

Michael Watson Michael Watson discusses an innovative approach by Aberdeen City Council to raising cash.

Brenda Mitchell This year’s SLN Annual Review profiles PI lawyer and motorcycle expert Brenda Mitchell who established the UK’s first legal practice devoted to helping her fellow motorcyclists.

Fraser Gillies Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) has appointed Fraser Gillies as the firm’s next managing partner from the 1st April 2017, to succeed Liam Entwistle who is stepping down after over three years in the role.

A jobseeker who was denied employment in a care home after a disclosure check revealed that he had been “convicted” before a Children’s Hearing of lewd and libidinous practices nearly three decades ago had his human rights breached. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that the automatic disc

Lord McCluskey One of Scotland’s most respected legal figures, crossbench peer Lord McCluskey, is to retire from the House of Lords on grounds of poor health.

Cat Maclean In this year's SLN Annual Review, MBM Commercial’s Cat Maclean (pictured), who secured victory for her client, Mr Carlyle, at the Supreme Court in a bank dispute case in 2015, looks at the state of third party litigation funding in Scotland – without which her client could not have h

Professor Stephen Tierney The upheaval of 2016 could overshadow every constitutional change since the late 19th century, writes Stephen Tierney, professor of constitutional theory at Edinburgh University and legal adviser to the House of Lords Select Committee on the Constitution in this year's SLN

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Lady Paton A man convicted of culpable homicide some 50 years ago who claimed that his human rights had been breached because he had not been given a reasonable opportunity to rehabilitate himself after being transferred from the state hospital to prison has had his legal challenge dismissed.

Miles Briggs A Holyrood member's bill to introduce a law extending free care for dementia to patients under 65 will be launched in the summer, the Scottish Conservatives have announced.

Pictured (L-R): Martin Darroch, Dan Wallace and Colin Hartley.