Ten business-minded solicitors gathered at Harper Macleod's Glasgow office for the start-up meeting of the Legal Entrepreneurs' Breakfast Club last week. The Breakfast Club was set up by HM Connect, a support and referral network for law firms in Scotland, to help unlock the entrepreneurial vision o
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A Magic Circle law firm has increased its starting salary for junior solicitors to £100,000. Solicitors qualifying at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer this year will benefit from the £15,000 increase over last year's figure.
The Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi has been cleared of sexual harassment allegations after an inquiry ruled there was no substance to the accusations – as it withheld its report. Mr Gogoi previously claimed the accusations were "false" and intended to "destabilise the judiciary".
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) is likely to be investigated over alleged failures as part of an inquiry into historical child abuse, The Sunday Times reports. The Crown Office said it anticipates being part of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry's (SCAI) investigation.
More than £1 million has been clawed back from fraudsters selling puppies on the black market in Scotland. A taskforce established by HMRC in 2015 to tackle the problem found people selling the dogs on a mass scale for large, undeclared profits.
From Belfast, from Dublin and from London – barristers and judges are heading to Edinburgh as the Faculty of Advocates hosts one of the most eagerly-awaited events in the legal calendar. The Four Jurisdictions Conference is held annually in one of the participating countries, and this year it
Taxpayers must foot the bill for a fail fraud prosecution brought by a millionaire solicitor, a judge ruled yesterday. Judge Phillip Matthews ordered that the public cover the legal costs of Ashok Patel, 68, of central London.
The Court of Session has ruled in favour of the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) in three separate leave to appeal cases. In each case, the court refused leave. The applicants had each argued that the SLCC was wrong to determine that their complaints were made outside the SLCC’s tim
Four Scottish law schools have made the top 10 in this year's Complete University Guide. Glasgow University fell a place to third this year, trailing Cambridge and University College London, and was followed by Oxford in fourth.
A burglar who was stabbed to death by a pensioner was lawfully killed, a coroner has ruled. Henry Vincent was stabbed to death as he burgled the home of Richard Osborn-Brooks, 78, in southeast London last April.
A judge in Virginia has ruled that the Confederate statues in Charlottesville are war memorials protected by law and that they cannot be removed. Judge Richard Moore made the decision in a case against city council members who voted two years ago to take down a statue of Confederate General Robert E
The Scottish committee for Cancer Research Racquet – the international group of US, UK & EU legal professionals who raise money for cancer research – has announced details of its 2019 Scottish fundraiser: a Champagne Garden Party, to be held in Edinburgh on the evening of Friday 24 M
A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. TfL Tube chiefs ban adverts from 11 countries over poor human rights
House prices in Aberdeen fell by 4.3 per cent in the first quarter of this year, new figures show. Aberdeen Solicitors’ Property Centre Limited (ASPC), in cooperation with the University of Aberdeen, Business School, Centre for Real Estate Research, has published statistics for the first quart
Legal action has been commenced against Clydesdale Bank plc (Clydesdale) and its former owner National Australia Bank Limited (NAB) for conduct in relation to its Tailored Business Loans (TBLs). RGL Management Ltd's (RGL) claim group consists of almost 2,000 claimants from England, Scotland and
