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Lord Carloway High Court judges are unanimously opposed to proposals to let judges decide whether a prisoner should be deprived of the right to vote.

Murray Sinclair A morale crisis in the Scottish Government Legal Directorate (SGLD) is allegedly undermining the ability of lawyers to challenge ministers over government policies, The Herald reports.

David Dunsire Lindsays has expanded its corporate team with the appointment of David Dunsire, who has joined the firm as a consultant in Edinburgh.

Lindsay MacEwen Harper Macleod has named three new associates in its private client team, which provides personal legal services to individuals across Scotland.

Local authority lawyers in Scotland are registering to attend an important seminar on the workings of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015. Advocate Mark Lazarowicz, one of the organisers of the event, said: "The conference has special relevance to local authority lawyers because councils a

Brian Inkster Brian Inkster considers what 2018 holds in store for IT and legal practice.

John Macmillan Profits at MacRoberts fell by 28 per cent in the year after it gave £2 million of advice on the Rangers tax case, The Herald reports.

Harry Smith The Scottish housebuilding sector is performing well despite the political and economic pressures threatened by Brexit, according to Gillespie Macandrew, which has transacted nearly £148 million worth of new build plot sales in the last 12 months.

Calum MacNeill QC Calum MacNeill QC of Westwater Advocates represented a police fingerprint officer in her successful £415,000 claim for compensation from the Scottish Police Authority (SPA).

A wide range of public bodies could find themselves the subjects of applications for “asset transfer” as a result of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015. This legislation gives a wide range of community bodies the right to request “relevant authorities” to transfer land, including

The UK government has announced new measures to tackle the sale of "unsafe" laser pointers, including strengthening safeguards to stop high-powered lasers entering the country. In a response to a call for evidence launched last year following a recent increase in the number of incidents involving la

Ruth Aberdein Today, the first working Monday in January, is traditionally one of the busiest days of the year for family lawyers, with a sharp increase in people separating after the Christmas and New Year holidays.

Alasdair Kyle Thorntons Investments has appointed Alasdair Kyle to strengthen its discretionary management team.

A provision in criminal proceedings which allows a party to serve a statement of uncontroversial evidence (SUE) on the other party is available in extradition proceedings, a sheriff has ruled. Sheriff Nigel Ross held that the procedure outlined in section 258 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act

A report has revealed that more than 500,000 acres of land in Scotland is now in community ownership. But the figures also show that the vast majority of this land is in just two local authority areas: Highland and Na h-Eileanan Siar.