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A policy of forcing public bodies to reduce inequality has had little effect, an investigation has found. The Equalities Commission said that attempts by the Scottish government to create new duties promoting social and economic equality in legislation had had little measurable impact, The Time

Car maker Volkswagen has gone on trial in Germany in the first court case against the firm over the emissions scandal, the BBC reports. Investors seek €9.2 billion in damages, claiming the company should have revealed it was falsifying data sooner.

Fact will meet fiction, with a Faculty feel, at this year’s Blairgowrie, Rattray and The Glens’ book festival, BOOKMARK. Brian McConnachie QC, knows all about true-life crime as one of the country’s foremost defence counsel, while Denise Mina is an author whose novels have captured

The Scotsman has published a full obituary of sports lawyer Alan Grosset. "[He]... was a highly regarded and successful ­Edinburgh solicitor who ­combined a lifelong love of sport with the application of his professional acumen to become an acknowledged leader in the field of sports law.

Criminal lawyers in Edinburgh have withdrawn from a legal aid duty scheme covering the Justice of the Peace court because there are too few solicitors to do the work. Ninety-one criminal law members of the Edinburgh Bar Association, belonging to 35 firms, have stopped providing cover to the Scottish

Pictured Back (L-R): Angela Robertson, Lindsay Cross, Alex Dawson, Colin Graham, Hayley Blackman, Anna Hills, Jillian McLaughlan, Scott Douglas.Front (L-R): Catriona Black, Alan Bell, Chloe Anderson and Maria Gravelle. Eleven trainee solicitors have started two-year traineeships with Thorntons.

Brexit will bring an end to the high-level co-operation between the UK and other EU countries on extraditions, the Lord Advocate has said. James Wolffe QC told MSPs that as a result of Brexit extraditions such as those of Slovakian murderer Marek Harcar, who killed Glasgow sales executive Moira Jone

Murgitroyd, a global intellectual property attorney firm headquartered in Glasgow, has reported a seven per cent increase in underlying profits to £4.1 million. The firm had record year-on-year cash balances of just over £3m, with directors recommending a total dividend of 21p, up 24 per

A leading QC has been elected chair of Faculty Services Limited, the company which provides administrative and other support services for advocates. Geoff Clarke succeeds Peter Gray QC, who stepped down after almost four years in the post.

MacRoberts is a key sponsor of the Social Enterprise World Forum (SEWF) in Edinburgh this week. Ten years since the first ever SEWF event took place in Scotland, CEIS – the founders of SEWF and organisers of the 2018 events – is set to welcome over 1,000 social enterprise delegates from

Adam Smith has joined the commercial property team at Thorntons LLP. Mr Smith advises clients on a range of property matters, including the sale and acquisition of commercial property, and negotiating commercial leases for landlords and tenants.

A fascinating murder mystery will be the subject of an evening of discussion with an American lawyer in Glasgow later this year. David Rudolf, the defence attorney for Michael Peterson, whose case is depicted in the hit Netflix documentary series The Staircase, will be hosting a show exclu

A woman has been found guilty of fraud by false representation after pretending to be a lawyer. Harvinder Kaur Thethi, 46, from, Solihull, West Midlands, was found guilty of six counts of fraud by false representation at Southwark Crown Court. Ms Thethi was remanded in custody pending a sentenc

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) will not reconsider its decision to reject Ireland's application for a revision of the 1978 "Hooded Men" judgment. In March, the ECtHR dismissed the Irish government’s application to revise Ireland v United Kingdom, in which the court found that