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Burness Paull LLP has appointed four new partners as its new management team officially takes the helm. With effect from 1st August 2018, Peter Lawson takes over as chairman while Tamar Tammes moves into the role of managing partner.

The number of violent crimes in Scotland has risen to its highest level since 2012/13. Scottish government figures show there were 7,164 violent crimes in Scotland last year, compared to 6,737 in 2015/16.

Govan Law Centre is working with MPs, Glasgow City Council, and a number of third sector agencies and charities to identify affected asylum seekers with a view to raising legal proceedings to prevent Serco from summarily evicting people who are asylum seekers in Glasgow. GLC will also explore the po

The Court of Session has ruled that a 14-year-old boy should now be able to apply to participate fully in his brother's children's hearing. The court recognised the difficulty with the current test for participation as being too restrictive and has decided that words require to be read into the defi

Raeburn Christie Clark & Wallace (RCC&W) has appointed solicitor and rising referee Dan McFarlane to its commercial property department. Mr McFarlane joins RCC&W from Aberdein Considine, where he has worked for the past four years. Starting as a summer placement student, he wen

Edinburgh- and Munich-based lawyers from CMS have advised the lead investor in a €37 million funding round for Berlin-based technology business Grover. The investment round, consisting of €12m from equity investors and €25m in debt capital, was led by Edinburgh-based Circularity Capit

Clíona Kimber SC, who lectured in law at the University of Aberdeen for eight years from 1993 to 2000, has been elected as chair of the Employment Bar Association at the Bar of Ireland. Ms Kimber is a Senior Counsel (equivalent to Queen's Counsel) in Ireland, specialising in litigating in emp

Far-right political activist Tommy Robinson has been bailed after succeeding on appeal against a contempt of court finding. Mr Robinson, 35, from Luton, admitted the charge and was sentenced to 13 months' imprisonment in May after he made a film outside Leeds Crown Court.

The Law Society of Scotland has welcomed publication of the final report of the Criminal Justice Disability Project. The Criminal Justice Disability Project: Final Report makes 76 recommendations to promote and enable accessibility of service across the criminal justice sector in Scotland for p

A survey of over 10,000 judges has revealed concerns that the £1.2 billion courts modernisation programme in England and Wales is being "driven by austerity and the need to achieve savings". The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Lord Burnett of Maldon, and the Senior President

The UK's only court-based improv show, This Is Your Trial, returns to the Edinburgh Fringe for a sixth year from tomorrow, at Just The Tonic.

John Forsyth looks at the revival of the Notable British Trials series. The first Notable Scottish Trial, Trial of Madeleine Smith, was published in the autumn of 1905. It was published by William Hodge and Company whose intent that it would be the first of a series was clear from the plural Notable

A trio of thieves briefly succeeded in stealing a shark from an aquarium by disguising it as a baby in a pram. CCTV footage released by police shows two men and a woman lifting the horn shark from a public pool where visitors are allowed to stroke the fish.

Involving the UK’s devolved administrations on a formal basis should be part of post-Brexit trade negotiations according to the Law Society of Scotland. In its consultation response to the House of Commons International Trade Committee’s UK Trade Policy Transparency and Scrutiny inquiry,