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Members of Gildeas Solicitors' Edinburgh office will be participating in the Edinburgh City Centre Tough Mudder event on 25 August to raise funds for Teenage Cancer Trust.

Govan Law Centre (GLC) has commenced additional legal proceedings at the Court of Session on behalf of an Iraqi asylum seeker threatened with a "DIY eviction" by Serco. The proceedings are against Serco Group plc, Compass SNI Ltd, and the Home Secretary.

Via @thewssociety: Welcome to law student interns Elizabeth Olofsson @AberdeenUniLaw, Laura Crocker @UofGLaw & Andrew Clark @EdinburghNapier – starting their research on the impact of the 'Me Too' Movement on employment law.

Maurice O'Carroll, advocate at Terra Firma Chambers, has been appointed a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb). Mr O'Carroll is a highly experienced advocate, specialising particularly in the fields of town and country planning and employment law.

Royal Mail has been fined a record £50 million by the UK communications watchdog Ofcom after a "serious breach" of competition law in 2014. The regulator found Royal Mail to have abused its dominant position in the market by discriminating against its only major competitor deliv

Following Scottish Legal News' editorial on attacks on solicitors, members of the profession are being invited by the Law Society of Scotland to take part in an anonymous survey and share incidents of violent or threatening behaviour, experienced in the course of their professional du

Twenty-two members of Faculty of Advocates have been appointed standing junior counsel to the Advocate General for Scotland. The appointments are for three years, and took effect from 1 August.

Glasgow Caledonian University law lecturer Martin Jones is currently scaling Bishop's Seat to raise money for Olly’s Wee Bothy, a charity established in memory of his son Olly, who passed away two years ago. From base camp at Pucks Rest in the West Bay, Dunoon, Martin is going up and down

A woman has availed herself of the ancient Norman rite of Clameur de Haro in an attempt to stop the narrowing of a road in Guernsey. Rosie Henderson invoked the clameur by kneeling and crying for help and reciting the Lord's Prayer, in Norman French.

Young people at risk of being drawn into serious offending will receive more co-ordinated support and early intervention, the Justice Secretary has said. Humza Yousaf said an extra £1.6 million will be given to local authorities over the next two years to strengthen youth justice services, inc

The legal profession in Scotland is in the midst of a regulatory review, overseen by Esther Roberton. One of the issues raised is the question of internal instruction of solicitors with extended rights of audience, usually referred to as solicitor-advocates. The ability of a solicitor to seek extend

The Faculty of Advocates has sounded a note of caution about making changes to an important piece of family law legislation. The Scottish government is reviewing Part 1 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 which covers parental responsibilities and rights, and contact and residence orders.

Macdonald Henderson has advised HALO Scotland on its partnership with CGI a global IT services provider. The agreement will see the HALO and CGI work to develop technologies that will provide young people and current workforces with skills in, digital, space technology, health and finance. One