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Morton Fraser has appointed banking law specialist Kirsty McBirnie as legal director in its banking and finance group. Ms McBirnie has over 15 years of experience in the sector, having previously advised clients at Pinsent Masons and Brodies. She is the third legal director to be appointed by M

People campaigning to extend adoption rights to people over the age of 18 gave evidence to the Public Petitions Committee in the Scottish Parliament this morning. During his opening remarks, Nathan Sparling said that the current law that prohibits people over the age of 18 from being adopted is at o

A launch event will be held next month to mark the introduction of the new Common Law Programme at Glasgow University's School of Law. Starting at 3.00pm on 19 October there will be a panel session among senior members of the judiciary/practitioners/academics on: “The tradition and evolut

A new action plan aims to encourage the growth of Scottish cybersecurity research. The Scottish government and Scottish Enterprise will work with partners to explore economic growth opportunities of the increasing demand for cybersecurity goods.

More than a third of women claim they have been sexually harassed at work in the last 12 months, a new study has found. Thirty-seven per cent say they have experienced harassment and 39 per cent have witnessed colleagues being abused.

Police in Scotland are to be given a 6.5 per cent pay rise, it has been announced. The award means will see "mid-point constables" benefit from a salary increase of £2,300 in addition to £6,000 in pay over the coming 31 months.

A school bus driver who allegedly let children as young as 11 take the wheel has been arrested. Joandrea McAtee, 27, is suspected by police of having allowed three pupils aged 11, 13 and 17 to drive the bus for a short distance on a rural road.

CMS has announced it will double this year’s number of Scottish bursaries to support two aspiring law students. As part of an annual UK-wide initiative, the firm awards £2,500 each year to a high-performing Scottish state school pupil from an economically disadvantaged background while t

As plans for legal apprenticeships gain steam, Scottish Legal News is asking readers whether they think apprenticeships ought to be introduced in Scotland as an alternative route to qualification as a solicitor. Holyrood’s Justice Committee has called for the introduction of legal ap

Digby Brown Solicitors has said it has heard from twice as many alleged survivors of child sexual abuse since the three-year limitation period on claims for damages was lifted last year. The Limitation (Childhood Abuse) (Scotland) Act 2017, which was commenced last October, abolished a long-standing

Lord Wilson, a justice of the Supreme Court, returned to Northwestern University in Chicago this week to urge US law students to "strive tirelessly" to secure the protection and development of human rights. His speech, titled Our Human Rights: A Joint Effort?, looked at the "historical development"

Complainants in rape cases in some parts of England are being asked to hand over massive amounts of personal information in order to progress police investigations into their allegations, The Guardian reports. Assistant Commissioner Martin Hewitt, lead for adult sexual offences at the National Polic

An intriguing character from Scotland’s legal past will be brought to life for visitors to the Faculty of Advocates this weekend on Doors Open Day. A small exhibition about Peter Williamson, also known as "Indian Peter", is to be a feature of a tour of the Advocates Library as it welcomes the

The 32nd annual James Wood Lecture will be delivered by Professor Jo Shaw LLD FRSE AcSS, Salvesen Professor of European Institutions at the University of Edinburgh, on the topic “Integration, Dis-integration and Citizenship in a Troubled European Union”. The lecture will examine the impa