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Maggie Moodie Morton Fraser has been appointed as sole external legal advisers under the Scottish Government Framework 2015, providing litigation services to various Scottish government directorates and agencies and to the Office of the Advocate General.

The International Bar Association’s access to justice and legal aid committee is seeking responses from Scottish practitioners involved in child and family law in respect of its international survey on access to justice for children. The committee is working with the Bingham Centre for the Rule of

David Smith The latest annual legal benchmarking review from Henderson Loggie, in conjunction with the firm’s UK accountancy association MHA, points to encouraging signs of growth for a second year, most notably through an upturn in the property and construction sector.

Michael E. Lamb A member of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry panel has resigned, claiming the Scottish government has “doomed” the inquiry before the first witness has been heard by repeatedly threatening its independence.

Paul Geoghegan Morton Fraser has been appointed as an approved legal adviser to member clubs of Scottish Gymnastics, the national governing body for the sport of gymnastics in Scotland.

Education Secretary John Swinney A new controversial law in Scotland could see parents taking schools to court if their children do not perform well, a politician has warned.

Duncan Osler MacRoberts has successfully bid to provide external legal services required by Scottish ministers, as well as by a range of departments, agencies and other parts of the UK government.

Andy Wightman

A tour of the Faculty of Advocates and Parliament House - and judges’ wigs - caught the imagination of a group of more than 20 students from the United States who are visiting Scotland. Through a longstanding partnership with Aberdeen University, the law schools of the University of Baltimore and

Gordon Jackson QC The Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, Gordon Jackson QC, has sounded a note of concern about access to justice in light of proposed increases in civil court fees.

The main national issue of concern to people across Scotland is the threat of terrorism, followed by violent crime, according to the first results from Police Scotland's new online survey, 'Your View Counts'. The survey has now been live for three months and was completed by more than 10,000 people

Lord Pentland The Faculty of Advocates and the Scottish Law Commission have worked together to produce a detailed study of the commission and its law reform work.

A group of four councils who broke away from local authority representative body Cosla has threatened to take the Scottish government to court if ministers continue to freeze them out of funding talks. At the moment Holyrood will only negotiate with the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (Cosl

Liz Campbell

Dr Andrew Steven The Justice Secretary Michael Matheson has announced the reappointment of Dr Andrew Steven as commissioner to the Scottish Law Commission.