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Geopolitical uncertainty has not dampened enthusiasm for corporate mergers and acquisitions according to one of Scotland’s top dealmakers. Investment levels have remained “buoyant” over the past 12 months, and international interest in investing in Scotland has also been sustained

Gibson Kerr has recruited three solicitors and two support staff and promoted a paralegal to trainee solicitor, bringing its staff portfolio to 15.

The Scottish Bar Association of New York (ScotBarNY) has announced the launch of the ScotBarNY Foundation, a charitable public foundation formed with the purpose of advancing the relationship between legal professionals and students in Scotland and the United States. Over 200 legal and law-rela

Balfour+Manson was the first law firm to assume a female partner in Scotland in 1949, and it continues to promote women on merit, says Elaine Motion. As a lawyer specialising in human rights and civil liberties, I have stood up for equality throughout my career

The Law Society of Scotland has launched an online version of its popular career mentoring scheme with the aim of supporting even more solicitors and students with career development. Since its introduction in 2014, 150 mentees have successfully been matched with a mentor.

Via Martin Hogg: The University of Edinburgh's new Law Library opened its doors today, welcoming students beginning the new term as the Law School completes its return to a refurbished Old College five years after the project was launched – one of the most ambitious in its 300-year histo

A couple in Germany whose four children were temporarily taken into care because they insisted on homeschooling them did not suffer a violation of their article 8 rights, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled. In yesterday's Chamber judgment in the case of Wunderlich v Germany, the co

One of Scotland's most distinguished former judges takes centre stage in a new Netflix four-part series entitled The Tokyo Trial with English actor Paul Freeman playing judge Lord Patrick, a former Dean of the Faculty of Advocates and WW1 Royal Flying Corps air ace, who represented the UK on the Int

House of Commons officials have fitted a tamper alarm to the bust of Oliver Cromwell in order to prevent Labour MP Stephen Pound from turning it to face the wall in protest of the military and political leader's record in Ireland. Mr Pound, the MP for Ealing North, has objected to the bust for a num

A Scots lawyer convicted of embezzling more than £20,000 of clients’ money has been struck off the solicitors’ roll by the Scottish Solicitors’ Discipline Tribunal (SSDT). Paul O'Donnell, of Glasgow, pleaded guilty at Edinburgh Sheriff Court in April 2016 to em

A figure from the children's hearing system has said the age of criminal responsibility could be raised to 16. Malcolm Schaffer, head of practice and policy at the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration, told MSPs that the criminal justice system is not necessary to "control behaviour" of

A former director of Citizens Advice Edinburgh has been appointed to lead the Law Society of Scotland’s regulatory work. Craig Cathcart, senior lecturer at Queen Margaret University’s Business School, has been appointed convener of the Law Society’s Regulatory Committee.

A Court of Session ruling has highlighted how technology suppliers can successfully raise claims for relief for delays caused to their work, and how the businesses engaging those suppliers might properly resist those claims, writes Clive Seddon. Agilisys Limited (Agilisys) was engaged by technology

A woman who made a £1.6 million fortune by selling fake treatments for weight loss and cancer has been banned from running a company for six years, The Times reports. Carol Wiseman, 51, and her sister Helen Buchan, 52, both from Fraserburgh, claimed that their Secret Diet Drops led to weight l

Websites that are more than one-third pornographic will have to verify the age of UK visitors under a newly passed law. While the regulations had been delayed as the government sought to amend them, age verification checks will become active from April.