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Thompsons Solicitors has announced the opening of a new office in Dundee, to be run by newly-promoted associate Eilish Lindsay.

The Scottish government has launched a consultation on how children and victims of domestic violence can be prioritised in family court cases when parents separate. The role of the courts in cases involving children of separated parents and the law around parental responsibilities and rights will be

The Law Society of Scotland has launched a new mental health resource, Lawscot Wellbeing, to coincide with Mental Health Awareness Week 2018. The web-based resource provides information, help and guidance to those working in the legal sector through a dedicated online portal on the Law Society of Sc

Lawyers from Morton Fraser have raised nearly £2,000 for the Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH) after participating in ‘Gung-Ho! Seriously Fun 5k’ on Saturday 12th May.

The All-Scotland Sheriff Personal Injury Court has published a judgment which deals with the approach to be taken for certification of skilled witnesses. The sheriff in the case ofMargaret Hunter v East Lothian Council held that while the witness was “skilled”, the relevance of his skill

The Scottish Parliament is to consider a private members' bill creating a new form of protection order in cases of stalking. SNP MSP Mairi Gougeon will bring forward legislation to create "stalking protection orders", which would allow police to apply to court for a protection order on behalf of a v

The Supreme Court has begun hearing an appeal by a mixed-sex couple who are fighting to have a civil partnersip instead of a marriage. London-based couple Rebecca Steinfeld, 36, and Charles Keidan, 40, lost their case at the Court of Appeal last February following a ruling that said they could not e

Scottish lawyer and academic Professor Joe Thomson passed away over the weekend at the age of 70. He was Regius Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow from 1991 to 2005, and later an honorary professor in the School of Law.

Eamon Keane, solicitor and convener of the Scottish Legal Action Group (SCOLAG), responds below to recent comments by Lord Carolway on the conduct of rape trials. On the 1st of May 2018 the Lord President announced that “rape victims should not have to appear in court”. Speaking to the B

Aberdeen firm Balfour+Manson has strengthened its team in north-east Scotland with the appointment of Anne McTaggart, who joins as partner in the firm's family law team. A practising solicitor since 1976, Ms McTaggart is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a family law specialist and as a s

All Scottish prisoners should have the right to vote, the Scottish Parliament's equalities and human rights committee has said. The commitee began considering the issue last September after receiving a letter on the issue from Scottish Green MSP Patrick Harvie.

Edinburgh-based IP practice Marks & Clerk has announced plans to relocate to larger premises in the regenerated Haymarket area.

Dickson Minto has announced the appointment of Catherine Christie as a partner in its corporate M&A team in Edinburgh. Ms Christie has been with the firm for the entire length of her legal career, starting in 1997.

The UK government has apologised for its role in a Libyan dissident's 2004 abduction, torture and rendition to Libya. In a letter, Prime Minister Theresa May acknowledged that an MI6 tip-off allowed Abdul Hakim Belhaj and his wife, Fatima Boudchar, to be detained by US forces in Thailand.