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A councillor in Aberdeen has received an interim suspension of three months after he was convicted of sexual assault. The Standards Commission for Scotland imposed the suspension on councillor Alan Donnelly of Aberdeen City Council after receiving complaints that he had failed to comp

The Duke of Buccleuch has agreed to transfer land to a community group in the Borders, The Herald reports. He has gifted the land from the Buccleuch family's Borders Estate to Newcastleton & District Community Trust.

Thousands of sitting days have been restored to the Crown Court following comments made by the Lord Chief Justice. Lord Burnett of Maldon said the hearings were “listed further into the future” than they had been in recent years, The Times reports.

The Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) will continue to publish details of solicitors and advocates’ legal aid earnings despite the equivalent body in Northern Ireland discontinuing the practice amid GDPR concerns. Our sister publication Irish Legal News reported that the Legal Services Agency is

Balfour and Manson has presented its final donation to Children 1st following a year of fundraising. Throughout 2019, staff at the firm baked, ran and held quizzes, raising an impressive £6,309 for the charity.

A man who swallowed his false teeth has been awarded nearly £200,000 in damages after suffering “severe” injuries during a hospital procedure to remove the dental plate from his food pipe. Derek Hamilton, who swallowed his dental plate while playing with his grandson, sue

Julie Keir looks at the key issues for employers as we face the spread of the coronavirus. So what do employers need to know and do?

A woman who fell into an open grave at a funeral has settled her lawsuit against the undertakers, gravediggers and owners of the graveyard. Margaret Walsh told the Irish High Court she fell into the grave while attending the funeral of a first cousin in September 2011.

The International Criminal Court's prosecutor can commence an investigation into alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Afghanistan, judges have ruled. The ICC's appeals chamber today unanimously decided to overturn a 2019 ruling which found that the commencement of an investigation would

The search for the latest bright idea in risk management within the Scottish legal sector has been launched. Now in its third year, the Innovation Cup aims to tap into the expertise of the Scottish legal community and improve risk management across the profession. The Law Society of Scotland is runn

Ampersand’s Aidan O’Neill QC and Laura-Anne van der Westhuizen were in attendance at the Legal 500 UK 2020 Awards winner’s event in London to celebrate their successes in winning “Scottish Bar Senior of the Year” and “Scottish Bar Junior of the Year” respect

Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf has thanked Colin McConnell for his work as chief executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) following his decision to retire later this year. Mr McConnell has led the SPS since May 2012, following a career in prisons in Scotland, England and Wales and Northern Ire

Harper Macleod has revealed that 10 per cent of its people joined the firm through a modern apprenticeship scheme as the firm marked Scottish Apprenticeship Week by celebrating its most recent graduates. The firm was visited by James Kelly MSP as its the latest batch of modern apprentices quali

Terra Firma’s Mark Lazarowicz will be one of the key speakers at a seminar focusing on EU Citizens’ rights in the UK post-Brexit. ‘EU citizens' rights in the UK after Brexit: the law and the Practice’ will be held at the Augustine United Church on George IV Bridge, Edinburgh

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has warned traders that if they exploit the coronavirus outbreak to take advantage of consumers they will face enforcement action and that, if necessary, it will ask the UK government to introduce price controls. The CMA will consider any evidence that com