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Shoosmiths has increased its salaries for newly qualified (NQ) lawyers, upping pay by eight per cent (from £90,000 to £97,000) in London and by five per cent regionally in England to £63,000. In Scotland and Belfast, the firm also raised its NQ rates to £57,000 and £37,

Human rights campaigners have called on the Scottish government to do more to hold Israel accountable for serious breaches of international law in the wake of a controversial meeting between Angus Robertson and the deputy Israeli ambassador. The letter to First Minister John Swinney from Amnesty Int

Sixty-nine per cent of adults in Scotland either do not have a will or have one that is out of date, a national will-writing charity has revealed.

Martin Griffiths OBE, the former UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, gave the keynote address at this year’s Scottish Global Dialogues at the Signet Library. Scottish Global Dialogues is a joint initiative of Beyond Borders Scotland and the WS Society, which brings a speaker o

A commercial judge has directed that an administration process for a company registered in Luxembourg but with its principal asset comprising a long lease of commercial premises in Scotland should be regarded as ancillary to a primary insolvency process already underway in Luxembourg. Stuart Preston

Scotland's housing market is showing promising signs of growth, with the highest level of optimism since early 2022, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

Dear Editor,  Your story last week on the Council of Europe's biannual European Judicial Systems CEPEJ Evaluation Report revealed some interesting statistics and commentary on how Scotland compares with European neighbours on a range of measures.

Amnesty International has called for a full review of how due diligence is conducted on arms companies in receipt of grants from Scottish Enterprise. In a letter to the Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes, Amnesty warned that current human rights due diligence procedures at Scottish Enterprise may not

Thorntons has advised on a landmark deal that will secure new social housing for some of the country’s most vulnerable people. Its lawyers helped UK fund manager Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC) to agree a £4.925m loan from its dedicated social housing fund to Registered Social Land

A march will take place on Human Rights Day next Tuesday to call on the Scottish government to reintroduce the Scottish Human Rights Bill. Organisers and participants are urging the Scottish government to bring the bill back and to MSPs to pledge their commitment to the bill, prioritising it in thei

“This budget invests in public services, lifts children out of poverty, acts in the face of the climate emergency, and supports jobs and economic growth.” That’s according to the finance secretary, Shona Robison, in the Scottish government’s 2025/26 budget statement, wri

Burness Paull has become the first Scottish law firm to support the 93% Club as a corporate sponsor. The 93% Club is described as the UK’s “least exclusive members’ club” dedicated to representing the 93% of the UK population who attended state schools. The organisation exist

The Scottish Arbitration Centre has appointed Alice Leggat as a director of the board and Laura West as a member of its court. Ms Leggat, a solicitor practising in both Scotland and in England and Wales, is head of legal at SSE Thermal, a key business of SSE plc, where she advises on all manner of c

The 6th edition of the Scottish Standard Clauses has been released by the Scottish Conveyancers Forum. The Scottish Standard Clauses are a set of standard missive conditions which are used in the vast majority of residential sales and purchases in Scotland.