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The Lord President, Lord Carloway, introduced the opening of the legal year at a ceremony yesterday in Court 1 at Parliament House in Edinburgh.

Eoin Quinn has been made a partner at Keoghs Scotland LLP. Mr Quinn has extensive experience in acting for sector one domestic and foreign insurance clients, large corporations in the supply and retail sectors, local authorities and offshore oil and gas companies.

Two bungling burglars with the exact same name have been jailed. The two Bernie McDonaghs – who lived 100 miles apart and are reported not to be related – were sentenced last week after carrying out a series of thefts in and around Coventry.

People who break abortion buffer zones have been warned they face "significant fines". Legislation establishing protected zones of 200 metres around abortion services comes into force tomorrow.

Proposals for a tax on developers, aiming to raise funds to fix building safety issues in Scotland, have been published for public consultation. Views are being sought on the proposed Scottish Building Safety Levy, which will be introduced under powers due to be devolved by the UK government later t

Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC will deliver this year's James Wood lecture on the topic of the prosecution of sexual offences. The James Wood Lecture is the principal public lecture hosted annually by the University of Glasgow School of Law, having first been delivered by Lord Fraser of Tullybelton i

The Supreme Court and Judicial Committee of the Privy Council have published their third annual update on the Judicial Diversity and Inclusion Strategy. The update on the court's activities includes the partnership with the Black Talent Charter, inviting judges from lower courts to sit on UKSC and J

A man who caused a woman to suffer life-changing injuries after crashing into a car at high speed has been imprisoned for three years. The 27-year-old woman was left paralysed from the neck down after the Ford Fiesta she was travelling in was struck from behind by Gavin Coull’s BMW on the sout

Digby Brown won the litigation team of the year prize at the Scottish Legal Awards.

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Lindsays has appointed Lisa Mannion as a senior associate in its residential property team in Dundee. A graduate of the University of Dundee, she has spent the past 11 years working in the city, previously with Thorntons.

A zoo in China has admitted painting dogs to look like pandas. The zoo in southern Guangdong province described the animals as "panda dogs" after a viral video showed the animals panting and barking in their enclosure.

The Scottish Solicitors’ Bar Association recently conducted a survey of its members that found that despite the solicitor profession now being majority female, 70 per cent of SSBA members are male, less than two per cent identify as BAME and only three per cent are members of the LGBTQ+ commun

Last night saw Samantha (Sammi) Mackie, a senior associate in the employment team at Shoosmiths in Scotland, named Rising Star of the Year at the Scottish Legal Awards in Glasgow. Based in the Edinburgh office, she is a specialist in employment and discrimination law with maintained experience in im

The Glasgow Conveyancers Forum is to host a seminar on the new Scottish Standard Clauses Edition 6. It will be presented by speaker Struan Ferguson Thursday 26 September at 5.30 pm at the RFPG Hall. Mr Ferguson is the chair of the Scottish Conveyancers Forum, which is responsible for updating the SS