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Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie has announced that David Boyce (pictured) will be retiring from the partnership with effect from 30th April, but he will be taking up a new role with the firm in a business development consultancy role as of 1st May 2015. Mr Boyce will working out of the Glasgow offi

Lord Prosser

The Eurodevils with Stephen O’Rourke, front centre, and, to his right, Charles Mullin of the European Lawyers Association  

Complaints arising from family law transactions account for one in five of all complaints made in Scotland about solicitors. In response to this, the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has released a guide for consumers, aimed at helping them avoid running into difficulties with their famil

The UK Supreme Court ruled yesterday the letters written by the Prince of Wales to government ministers can be published.

Back row from left to right – Rachael Etheridge, Marketing Executive; Frances Muir, Client Cashroom Supervisor; Lindsay McCulloch, Associate; Adelle Seaton, Senior Solicitor; Scott Hunter, Associate; Alan Dean, Senior Tax Manager; Lyndsay McGregor, Senior Solicitor; Don Macleod, Senior Associate;

Scottish ministers have called on the UK government to keep its promises on devolving further welfare powers and reverse the extension of new Work Programme contracts. The move came at the joint ministerial working group on welfare, where social justice minister Alex Neiland fair work minister Rosea

An increasing number of fake marriages are taking place in Scotland as people attempt to use the system as a means of entry into the UK according to official figures. Registrars have reported a peak of 570 suspected fraudulent weddings in the past year, according to the National Records of Scotland.

The School of Law at the University of Aberdeen hosted this year’s Scottish Client Consultation Competition Final on 11 February. Representatives of six Scottish universities (Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Robert Gordon and Strathclyde) participated in the contest, which simulates an initi

The Scottish corporate team at DWF has acted on deals totalling over £175m in the first six weeks of 2015 - highlighting a significant uplift in deal activity. The team has advised on a range of high-profile deals, including acting for the sellers and management team on the £20m PDG Helicopters MB

A solicitor who stole thousands of pounds from clients as well as his boss to fund his gambling addiction has been ordered to undertake unpaid work in the community and pay the money back to his victims. David Nightingale, 32, took the money after saying his father was in mortgage arrears and requir

It has emerged that the chair of the police watchdog, who earned £90,000 last year, submitted claims of hundreds of pounds to attend the funerals of victims of the Clutha helicopter disaster. Vic Emery, the Scottish Police Authority’s chair (pictured), made the claims for expenses to attend the f

A father who took out after-the-event (ATE) insurance for a legal dispute with his son cannot recover the premium as part of his expenses, after the UK Supreme Court ruled that it was not a recoverable cost against the unsuccessful party in legal proceedings. A panel of three justices unanimously he

Mark Brady

It will be a notable first when the Faculty of Advocates hosts a seminar examining state aid law from a Scottish viewpoint. The half-day event on 2 February, is the first organised by the UK State Aid Law Association (UKSALA) to be held outside London.