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The UK's secondary market in renewable energy projects has seen the energy & natural resources team at Harper Macleod complete a series deals worth in excess of £300 million in an unprecedented six-month spell. Led by senior partner David Bone, the firm acted for The Renewables Infras

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced a series of measures to crack down on crime and violence in English and Welsh prisons, including the wider roll-out of in-cell telephones.Justice Secretary David Gauke revealed the new scheme and other initiatives as he announced a £30

The University of Aberdeen School of Law will once again open its doors to students from the USA as part of its Baltimore/Maryland Summer School this year. The summer school is a long-standing tradition between the institutions – the programme was initiated in 1987 by Baltimore and Aberde

Seven new members have been admitted to the Faculty of Advocates, and welcomed to a “great national institution”. The seven are: Ann MacNeill, Amy Donachie, Adam McKinlay, David Adams, Kevin Henry, Ewen Brown and Alex Sutherland.

Pinsent Masons today revealed its unaudited results for 2017-18 which shows global turnover increased by six per cent to £449.8 million. Fees billed rose by 10 per cent on the previous year and in the last five years turnover has increased by more than 40 per cent while profit growth has risen

A young clarinet player has been awarded over £200,000 in damages after suing his ex-girlfriend for sabotaging his scholarship. Eric Abramovitz was offered a full scholarship from Colburn Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles, worth about £38,000 a year, but the email was intercepted by h

Just Employment Law has pledged to back Partick Thistle Football Club for another season, putting pen to paper on an extension of its deal this week.

Former Justice Secretary, Ken Clarke, has called on the Prime Minister to set up an independent, judge-led inquiry into the UK’s role in torture and rendition – in the wake of her apology to torture victims. Former Prime Minister, David Cameron, promised an inquiry as one of his fir

The court service has maintained a strong fines collection rate, new figures show. Eighty-six per cent of the value of Sheriff Court fines imposed during the three-year period between 1st April 2014 and 31 March 2017 have either been paid or are on track to be paid consistent with the figure at 17 J

Wendy Sinclair-Gieben has been appointed the new HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland, the first woman appointed to the role. Ms Sinclair-Gieben has a background in justice in the UK and Australia, including terms as a prison governor and managing a reintegration facility for young male offend

A retired lawyer in the Hebrides is suing a neighbour whose sheep allegedly "eyeballed" him and damaged his car. John Macaulay claims his Ford Mondeo was badly scratched by the aggressive sheep's horns, Hebrides News reports.

Plans to modernise the justice system south of the border will see about 6,500 courthouse and backroom jobs lost by 2022, The Guardian reports. The UK government launched a £1 billion programme to introduce online pleas and remote video hearings in 2016, with details emerging from a consultation ci

Pictured (L-R): (top) Louise Kelso, Jane McMonagle, David Lightbody (bottom) Elaine Petterson, Angela McCulloch

Pictured (L-R): Calum MacNeill QC, Liam McConnell QC and Lord Neuberger

A local authority has won a four-year legal battle over its confiscation of a pony that was being kept in a living room instead of a stable. Stephanie Noble, 71, went to court to demand the return of her pony, which was seized in 2014 out of concern for its welfare.