The total cost to the taxpayer of legal assistance in Scotland was £138.6 million in 2014-15, a decrease of 8 per cent compared to the previous year according to the Scottish Legal Aid Board's (SLAB)annual report, published today . This £11.9m decrease is partly due to changes in the flow of crimi
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Digby Brown has reported its financial results for the year ending March 2015. Revenues were £24.6 million, up from £23.4m in the previous year, a 5 per cent increase. Profit for the firm was £7.8m, compared to £9.0m in the previous year, which it said was the result of significant investment in
Duncan Osler MacRoberts has secured one of the first contracts under the new Central Government Legal Framework.
(L-R) Banking partner Jonathan Edwards, Deborah Abraham and Andrew Palmer. DWF has been recognised with a "Commitment Marque of Excellence", the national standard that recognises high levels of organisational performance.
Members and staff of the Faculty of Advocates have been thanked for their “wonderful” response to a collection of Christmas presents and treats for vulnerable families. Maria Maguire QC, assisted by Irene Cumming, Faculty Superintendent, organised the collection for the charity, Home-Start Glenr
There are now more female solicitors than male according to the latest statistics from the Law Society of Scotland. For the first time, 51 per cent of Scotland’s 11,000+ practising solicitors are female following an influx of women entering the profession in recent years.
Leonie Donald A litigation partner at Aberdein Considine has become one of only a handful of lawyers in Scotland to secure a coveted legal title.
Phil Gormley Police Scotland will need to make further savings according to the single force's new Chief Constable, Phil Gormley.
A Dundee woman who hid her partner's salary of £53,000 a year from welfare authorities so she could claim £27,000 in benefits to play the lottery and shop online has been jailed for a year. Anita Brown, 56, fraudulently claimed benefits for four-and-a-half years before being caught. She said she l
Gordon Jackson QC Gordon Jackson QC notes that all those who uphold the rule of law should be accorded equal respect.
A Scot who found himself at the centre of an uproar in Kyrgyzstan after he said the country's national dish looked like a horse's penis has claimed he was told the incident could spark a war between the UK and the Central Asian state. Michael McFeat was employed as a welder at the Kumtor gold mine,
Ruaraidh Nicolson A senior police officer brought up concerns about seeking information on journalistic sources before Police Scotland acted illegally by breaching data guidelines.
John Sturrock QC John Sturrock QC reflects on his years as a devil at the bar.
The University of Glasgow has celebrated the success of a business law project involving Diploma in Professional Legal Practice (DPLP) students providing advice to business start-ups. CLASP (Corporate Law Advisory Support Project) sees students providing advice, under the supervision of qualified la
A crime and justice think tank has called for greater use of electronic tagging to ease the strain on remand wings in Scottish prisons. Over half of all new arrivals to the nation's jails are people placed on remand by the courts.
