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Martin Campbell Martin Campbell looks at whether tax measures have had their intended effect in Edinburgh.

A third of partners in law firms are women while more than half of all partners were educated at state schools, The Brief reports. Data from the Solicitors Regulation Authority shows that the profession is balancing at senior levels across 9,000 law firms, .

A student-run law clinic is to offer free legal advice to shoppers in Glasgow from today.

Julian Assange Wikileaks founder Julian Assange (pictured) has failed in an application to Westminster Magistrates' Court to have a warrant for his arrest withdrawn.

in other payment systems, discriminatory rules, and restrictions on the basis of institutional status. In that case, the High court asks whether, in the event that a three party payment system such as American Express enters into co-branding arrangements or makes use of an agent, that system is sub

Peter Littlefield Turcan Connell is more than doubling the size of its Glasgow office due to rising client demand in the city.

James Mure The in-depth implications of the Brexit negotiations for Scottish lawyers will be the subject of an important seminar to be held in Edinburgh on Monday 26 March.

Julie McMahon Power of attorney registrations have risen by nearly 40 per cent in four years.

A property developer has been ordered to pay nearly €5.5 million to a group of graffiti artists after destroying their work without warning. The street artists took the developer to court after 45 separate artworks were whitewashed as a precursor to the redevelopment of a site.

The Abduction Convention cannot be invoked if by the time of the alleged wrongful act, whether by removal or retention, the child is habitually resident in the state where the request for return is lodged, justices in the Supreme Court have ruled. Lord Hughes gives the lead judgment with whom Lady H

A woman who was left in legal limbo for five years after her rape complaint was bungled by the Crown Prosecution Service and Metropolitan Police has abandoned it in frustration. The CPS has apologised to the woman, who is now in her mid-twenties, after a failure of communication between police and p

Half of trainees joining top law firms were privately educated and will earn more than their state school colleagues as they progress in their careers, The Times reports. A new survey shows that there is a bias towards privately educated candidates at top-paying law firms despite attempts by the pro

Margaret Huang Amnesty International USA has declared a "human rights crisis" after at least 17 people were killed in the eighth US school shooting of the year.

Anuja Dhir QC An Old Bailey judge and graduate of Dundee University is to deliver a guest lecture as part of the university's Saturday Series.

Val Surgenor Val Surgenor and Rhea McKenzie consider OSCR's guidance for charities published yesterday in light of the Oxfam scandal.