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The First Minister has rejected calls for a register of judges' financial interests, saying the current rules were “sufficient”. Nicola Sturgeon said the proposal for a register, put forward by campaigner Peter Cherbi, was unnecessary.

A man in Miami was arrested after authorities said he held someone at gunpoint and stole jewellery from them before returning to complain the item was fake. Daniel Sion Palmer, 26, stole a gold chain from a man before sprinting away.

Simpson & Marwick's family law team is joining Brodies LLP. Partners Shaun George, Richard Smith and Lisa Girdwood are joining Brodies' personal and family department from 1 June this year.

Amal Clooney (pictured) is set to travel to Belfast next month to meet nine claimants who want the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to rule that Edward Heath's government was complicit in the torture of Irish nationalists. Fourteen detainees were subjected to 'deep interrogation techniques' aft

Law firm Balfour+Manson LLP is to welcome Army veteran Adam Powell for work experience this week thanks to its long-standing relationship with Scottish Veterans Residences (SVR). SVR is a registered charity that provides high quality accommodation in registered housing support services in Edinburgh,

Shoosmiths partner Alison Gilson Shoosmiths has provided "exceptional advice" to a Scottish commercial vehicle specialist on a £6 million funding package to enable the company to expand into the Midlands of England.

Scottish legal firm Thorntons has invested in a new Cupar office, moving from its current location in Crossgate and Bonnygate to a larger property in the Fife town. The new office building at 49 Bonnygate, which previously housed a supermarket, is described as a modern office with reception area, me

Members of the Scottish Parliament are set to debate the Scottish Government's Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Bill today. Holyrood will debate the general principles of the legislation, which is intended to "consolidate and strengthen the existing criminal law against human traffickin

Left to right: David Barniville, SC, Chairman of the Bar Council of Ireland, Gordon Jackson, QC, James Wolffe, QC, Dean of Faculty, Stephen Hockman, QC, Treasurer of Middle Temple, and Gerald McAlinden, QC, Chairman of the Bar Council of Northern Ireland. The Faculty of Advocates was a proud host of

NHS 24 is suing a software company following a contractual dispute over the terms of an agreement to install a new computerised system for handling calls. A judge in the Court of Session allowed the Scottish medical advice service a proof before answer in its dispute with Capgemini UK Plc over two k

The Faculty of Advocates has voiced reservations about allocating fatal accident inquires (FAIs) to summary sheriffs, the new lower level of judicial office created under court reform legislation. Ministers have included FAIs in the jurisdiction of summary sheriffs in the Inquiries into Fatal Accide

This week the SLN Spotlight falls on Morton Fraser partner Elspeth Carson (pictured) who recently led a team representing international investment group Rockspring Property Investment Managers in the £56 million purchase of 1 Tanfield, a 190.000sq. ft. Edinburgh office building. What has been your

Voters could be asked to elect the next intake of MSPs for a five-year term to avoid an electoral clash with the UK general election expected in 2020. The devolved parliament has four-year terms, but is barred by law from holding elections at the same time as UK general elections, European Parliamen

Coroner Joanne Kearsley A private security guard who shot and killed two ex-servicemen in Iraq was not properly vetted by his employer, according to an inquest into their deaths.

A prominent Orthodox rabbi who pleaded guilty to secretly videotaping scores of women in a changing room of a Jewish ritual bath is now looking at 17 years in an Israeli jail. Bernard Freundel's lawyer has now asserted in a court document filed last week ahead of his May 15 sentencing that putting h