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Pupils from schools in Dundee, Glasgow and St Andrews have earned their places in the final of the Donald Dewar Memorial Debating Tournament, having pitted their wits against schools across the country.Just four of the original 128 teams that entered the Law Society’s national debating tournament,

Four new appointments have been made to the Scottish Police Authority board. Grant Macrae, Matt Smith and Caroline Stuart join the board from 1 April. The start date for Robert Hayes is to be confirmed.

The family of a man who drowned after his vehicle collided with a “defective parapet” on a bridge and fell into the sea have successfully sued the local authority. Plumber David Bowes, 46, drowned after his pick-up truck collided with the parapet on the Kyle of Tongue Bridge in Sutherland and fe

The impact of Brexit on the law and legal practice is a key issue for Scottish solicitors, according to the findings of a recent survey. Research carried out by Ipsos MORI for the Law Society of Scotland, has shown that 96 per cent of those surveyed cited freedom, security and justice as important i

Gordon Keyden Clyde & Co and Simpson & Marwick were chosen as "Scottish Law Firm of the Year 2017" at the Scott + Co Scottish Legal Awards.

The UK Supreme Court has today announced it will sit in Edinburgh between Monday 12 – Thursday 15 June 2017. The court will sit as a panel of five judges, with Lord Neuberger, President of the Supreme Court presiding. It will hear three cases over the four day period:

Jackie Baillie The chair of the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) appears to have “behaved inappropriately”, according to a Holyrood committee.

Kirstie Maclennan Brodies LLP is the top ranked independent Scottish law firm in a league table of the UK’s 300 top graduate employers published by The Guardian.

Calum Brewster Glasgow’s suburbs are predicted to see the largest increase in average house prices in Scotland by 2021, according to new research released today Barclays.

James Wolffe QC A Scottish government strategy to help train professionals to spot the signs of human trafficking and provide new powers to disrupt trafficking activity has been published.

Gill Grassie Brodies is the only Scottish law firm to have achieved a gold ranking in this year’s IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals – a guide to the leading patent professionals in key jurisdictions around the globe.

Following the results of the general election, Burness Paull chairman, Philip Rodney, has said Scottish businesses will react positively to the diminished possibility of a second independence referendum and a "Hard Brexit. Commenting this morning, Mr Rodney said: “At a constitutional level, it wou

Ken McEwan McEwan Fraser Legal has announced its intention to be the most visible business in Scottish football.

Cybersecurity risks can be particularly severe for solicitors – but simple steps will help to reduce the risk of cyber attacks, according to a new guide published by the Law Society of Scotland. The Law Society’s Guide to Cybersecurity sets out key risk areas, the potential impact and consequenc

Harper Macleod has advised Aprirose, the real estate investment company, on the Scottish aspects of a deal to buy a 73-asset pub portfolio from Mitchells & Butlers (M&B). The deal, reported to be worth £42 million, included 65 freehold and eight lease hold properties located across the UK �