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George Gretton On 1 December 2017 an all-day conference will be held in Edinburgh to celebrate the career of Professor Emeritus George Gretton. The conference will also mark the publication of A J M Steven, R G Anderson and J MacLeod (eds), Nothing so Practical as a Good Theory: Festschrift for Geor

Andrew Leaitherland DWF has announced it will launch its first office in Italy on 1 November with a team from the Milan office of Italian law firm Pavia e Ansaldo as the business continues to expand its international presence.

Nigel Geddes Boyd Legal has appointed a senior conveyancing solicitor to its Fife branch.

The Faculty of Advocates will be playing Santa again this year to vulnerable families in Fife. Members and staff are being asked to donate presents, treats or cash which will go to the family support charity, Home-Start Glenrothes.

A sharp increase in power of attorney (PoA) applications is the source of registration delays, the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) has said. It emerged that registrations of powers of attorney are facing delays of up to three months, a Scottish government document recently revealed.

Professor Sue Black Sheriffs from across Tayside, Central Scotland and Fife attended a shrieval conference held at Dundee University’s Department of Anatomy on Friday to hear top speakers.

A campaigner who challenged a Scottish local authority’s decision to grant planning permission for a development within a world heritage site has had a petition for judicial review dismissed. Simon Byrom raised proceedings over concern about the potential impact of the proposed development in Edin

David Lidington The UK government is planning to scrap in part the ban on prisoner voting, 12 years after a judgment from the European Court of Human Rights ruled it was unlawful.

A new English-speaking commercial court is to be established in Brussels, the Belgian government has announced. The Brussels International Business Court (BIBC) would hear pleadings and deliver judgments in English, with judges coming from the county’s appeal court.

Shepherd and Wedderburn has made two senior appointments to its business development and marketing team.Scott Thomson joins the firm as director of business development and marketing, while Camillo Fracassini has taken up the newly-created post of head of marketing and communications. Mr Thomson was

Lady Justice Arden, credit: Phoebe Grigor Members of the Faculty of Advocates and guests have enjoyed a talk on international judicial dialogue from an expert in the field, the Court of Appeal’s Lady Justice Arden.

Willie Rennie Registration of powers of attorney are facing delays of up to three months, Scotland on Sunday reports.

Keith Brown Trade unions and the Scottish government should work together to press the UK government to devolve employment law to Scotland, Economy Secretary Keith Brown has said.

Patience and Buchan has announced the appointments of an assistant solicitor, Kirsty Wilson (pictured on left), and newly qualified paralegal Jaclyn Bolt. Ms Wilson joins the practice to specialise in family law, having completed her traineeship in a well respected firm in Inverness.