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A Chinese woman who claimed she would be persecuted if returned to her home country having had two children out of wedlock has successfully challenged a decision to refuse her application for asylum. The Upper Tribunal had upheld a decision of the First-tier Tribunal to dismiss the woman’s appeal,

Ewan Alexander Pinsent Masons today revealed its unaudited results for 2016-17 which shows global turnover increased by 11 per cent to £423.1m.

Lord Neuberger The UK has a ‘serious problem’ with access to justice, the president of the Supreme Court has said.

Pictured (clockwise from top left): Fiona Rasmusen, Lindsay Maclean, Stuart Millar and Hazel Mclauchlan

John Muir A group of 58 former employees of a leading independent Scottish construction company that went spectacularly bust have won their two year battle for redundancy payments.

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Ken Dalling and Amanda Millar have been elected as the newest members of the Law Society of Scotland’s board. They will take up their new positions as of the next board meeting on 10 July. The board is a committee of the Council and supports the office bearers and the Council in overseeing decisio

Anne Begg Nearly £70 million worth of homes were sold by Perthshire property bosses during the first half of 2017, with some homes selling in a matter of days.

Fiona McPhail Housing and homelessness charity Shelter Scotland has appointed Fiona McPhail as its new principal solicitor.

Holyrood’s Justice Committee is seeking the public’s views on proposals to repeal the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications Act 2012 following the introduction of a members bill by James Kelly MSP.The bill would fully repeal the 2012 Act, as Mr Kelly believes that the cu

Graham Matthews Scottish solicitor advocates and Scottish solicitors based outside Great Britain will be invited to nominate themselves as Law Society of Scotland Council members before noon on 30 August.

The WS Society has welcomed its first law student interns of 2017, (L-R): Jess Eaton @UoELawSchool, Rachel Campbell @GCULaw & Kieran Buxton @AberdeenUniLaw.

A man who was disqualified from driving for life following the latest in a series of motoring offences has failed in an appeal against the sentence imposed. The Sheriff Appeal Court dismissed Robert Laidlaw’s claim that the ban was “excessive” after noting that the appellant had an “appallin

Michael Matheson Legislation combating unauthorised sharing of intimate images comes into force today.

Dame Elish Angiolini QC Former Lord Advocate Dame Elish Angiolini QC has said that too many women are being jailed because judges do not believe in community sentences, The Herald reports.