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A motorcyclist who was seriously injured in an accident has had a £250,000 damages action against a Scottish local authority over the council’s alleged failure to repair a damaged strip of road dismissed. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that the pursuer had failed to prove that the defender

Pictured (L-R): Professor Eric Bergsten, president of the Willem C. Vis moot with three members of the RGU team, Jennifer Lambart, Roy Janho and Annabelle Macpherson.

Malcolm Combe Malcolm Combe dispels myths surrounding Gaelic signage.

Alan Cowan The Faculty of Advocates has welcomed two new members from the solicitors’ branch of the profession – David Swanney and Alan Cowan.

James Wolffe QC The Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC, has said corroboration could yet be scrapped.

Pictured: Arun Smith and Matthew McIlree winners of the Dewar Debate 2016/17 (centre) pictured with presiding officer Ken MacIntosh MSP, Andrew Stevenson, Glasgow Bar Association and Graham Matthews, president of the Law Society Scotland

Angela Constance Legislation to increase the number of women on public boards has been published.

Sarah with her mum and gran

A sheriff has ruled that a family home that was built on a plot of land owned by one party to a marriage but which was not matrimonial property could be valued separately from the land for the purposes of calculating financial provision on divorce. The pursuer claimed that when the house was built o

Simon Allison A lawyer from Dundee who survived a serious stroke in January is taking part in a charity walk to raise money for the Stroke Association.

Nur Ben-Hamida Cloch Solicitors has welcomed postgraduate law student Nur Ben-Hamida to the firm as part of its University of Glasgow LLM exchange programme.

Pictured (l-r): Laura Burns and Shirley Li-Ting A double appointment at Gilson Gray's Glasgow office has further bolstered the firm's pool of talent.

Baroness Hale of Richmond will succeed Lord Neuberger as President of the UK Supreme Court, making her the first-ever woman to hold the top judicial post, it was announced today. She will be sworn in on 2 October 2017, the same day that Lady Justice Black, Lord Justice Lloyd Jones and Lord Justice B

Advocate Niall McCluskey reflects on the life of his uncle, former judge and peer, Lord McCluskey, who passed away last week at the age of 88. When I was a child, my uncle John (Lord McCluskey) was a family legend. My father, Raymund, would recount how the family meals of his childhood were fre

The High Court has decided that the trial involving the rendition and torture of a leading Gaddafi opponent and his pregnant wife should be conducted in secret. Abdul-Hakim Belhaj and his wife Fatima Boudchar opposed the UK government’s request for a secret trial under section 6 of the Justice and