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Applications are now open for the WS Society's Summer Law Scholarship programme 2024. Designed for law students to enhance their professional and personal development, this is a unique opportunity for participants to spend two weeks as a WS Summer Scholar with the resources of the Signet Library at

CMS has announced partner promotions within its Glasgow and Aberdeen offices. The newly promoted partners include Glasgow-based Fiona Letham, head of the CMS legal services unit (LSU), a key component of the firm’s alternative resourcing offering which features over 100 paralegals.

The Scotsman has published a full obituary for Martin Bell, Scotch Whisky Association deputy director of trade, who has passed away after a brief illness. "Martin was the son of Patricia and the late Isdale Bell, and brother of Penelope. After starting working life as a solicitor in private pra

The Lawscot Foundation has opened this year’s application window to endow new scholarships, including a new category so the charity can provide support to more aspiring lawyers from less-advantaged backgrounds. Pupils who meet the eligibility criteria, including having an offer to begin a Scot

Law students Blair White and Kyle Meechan have won the 13th Glasgow Caledonian University Law Society Moot. The final, in which they faced Kate Millward and Holly Stewart, was judged by Dr Jonathan Brown, of Strathclyde University Law School, who was himself a winner in 2012-13.

Brodies LLP has announced the appointment of four new partners in its latest round of internal promotions and strategic appointments. Edinburgh-based rural business and natural capital lawyer Scott Logan steps up to partner, as do renewables specialist Claire Reid and construction law expert Kirstee

Edinburgh Law School's Professor Gillian Black is to deliver her inaugural lecture next month. Family life is generally regarded as a private matter for the family members. This gives rise to a troubling tension at the heart of family law: how should the state respect the privacy of the family while

Scotland’s legal sector has shown its ongoing commitment to aspiring lawyers from disadvantaged backgrounds with the generous donations made at the Law Society of Scotland’s annual dinner.

Dilapidations in the current financial climate are to be considered at next month’s Commercial Property Conference. The impact of repairing obligations on contemporary dilapidations claims will be examined at CLT Scotland’s Commercial Property Conference which will take place online on 5

Legislation concerned with flexible working will form a key focus at CLT Scotland’s Employment Conference which will take place online on 12 June. Conference chair Lindsey Cartwright of Morton Fraser MacRoberts will look at how the new legislation on flexible working and carers leave is likely

An expert report on the division of the dual role of the lord advocate is expected in the coming weeks. The SNP had promised to make progress on considering reform of the role in its 2021 manifesto.

Following the announcement that the Lord President, Lord Carloway is to retire next year, senior lawyers have wished him well.

Dentons has joined the Lawscot Foundation’s family of sponsors, affirming its commitment to social mobility in the Scottish legal sector. Dentons has committed to a minimum three-year sponsorship to help fund the legal charity’s mission to support aspiring Scottish lawyers from less-adva

Michael Cox and Cameron Knaggs discuss a new and much-needed form of security in Scotland. Modern day businesses can have various significant moveable assets that they would like to utilise for the purpose of raising bank finance. For example, many technology businesses are rich in intellectual prop