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Residential law firm and estate agency Coulters has announced that it is ending its six-year association with Coulters Lettings. Ross MacKay, a partner at Coulters, said: “The businesses have worked well together but our view is that the time is right for us to focus on our core property busin

MacRoberts has become a member of the Stonewall UK Diversity Champions Programme. Stonewall UK is a charity providing support and education to individuals on all LGBTQ+ issues, as well as providing tailored training to organisations to support employers in effectively training and enhancing their wo

An Edinburgh University lecturer has been awarded funding for her research into identity deception. Dr Chloë Kennedy, senior lecturer in criminal law, has been awarded a research leader fellowship by the Arts and Humanities Research Council to investigate the phenomenon.

Four new trainees have joined Ledingham Chalmers.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau violated the country's ethics laws when he told his Attorney General not to prosecute a company in a conflict of interest case, a watchdog has ruled. The country's ethics commissioner said that Mr Trudeau engaged in “flagrant attempts to influence&rd

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A woman who was sacked on the day her dog died has launched a campaign to provide bereavement leave for pet owners. Emma McNulty, 18, lost her part-time job at a sandwich shop after telling her manager that she was too upset to come in for her shift.

The Crown has succeeded in challenging a sheriff’s pre-trial ruling that evidence gathered by so-called ‘paedophile hunters’ that the Crown proposed to induce at the trial of an alleged sex offender was inadmissible. The Procurator Fiscal at Dundee brought a Crown bill of

Northern Ireland victims' rights campaigner Raymond McCord has launched a challenge in the Northern Ireland courts aimed at preventing the Prime Minister from suspending Parliament to force through a no-deal Brexit. The case has been brought before the Lord Chief Justice, Sir Declan Morgan in t

CMS has announced 22 new promotions across its three Scottish offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen. Alan Hughes, a senior associate in the firm’s Glasgow real estate team, and Frances Reilly, a senior associate in the energy practice in Aberdeen, have both been promoted to of counsel.

181 writers and campaigners including Ian Rankin, Sara Sheridan, Christopher Brookmyre, Karen Campbell, Christine de Luca, Zoe Wicomb, James Robertson and Zoe Strachan have signed a letter authored by Scottish PEN calling on the Scottish government to introduce a defamation bill in the forthcoming y

This year's Reith Lectures are now available on BBC iPlayer. In his first lecture, recorded at Middle Temple in London in front of an audience, retired Supreme Court Justice Lord Sumption argues that, until the 19th century, law only dealt with a very narrow range of human problems. But that has cha

The man attempting to privately prosecute Prime Minister Boris Johnson over allegations he lied during the 2016 EU referendum has failed in a bid to take the case to the Supreme Court. Marcus Ball accused Mr Johnson of "abusing public trust" after he claimed the NHS could get an additional £35

Members of the public are being sought to help and support the way in which the University of Dundee’s world-leading forensic science research is planned, conducted and communicated. The University’s Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science (LRCFS) is looking for people from in an

An event for Black, Asian and ethnic minority professionals to come together, expand their network and hear from an inspirational speaker will be held in Edinburgh next month.