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Burness Paull, based on the third floor of Exchange Plaza in Edinburgh has leased the 16,676 sq ft second floor beneath its current premises, taking its total floor space in the building to 33,353 sq ft.

Lord Sumption's retirement from the Supreme Court this week has triggered renewed calls for the age at which judges must leave the bench to be raised, The Times reports. Lord Sumption caused a stir after he was elevated to the Supreme Court straight from the bar in 2012.

Adverts that depict gender stereotypes including women struggling to park and men being baffled by nappies are to be banned under new rules set out by advertising regulators. These “harmful gender stereotypes” will be outlawed in an attempt to curb adverts which could negatively impact t

Jennifer Broatch and Maria Gravelle look at the provisions of the new domestic abuse legislation. Domestic abuse can describe a multitude of behaviour, from physical violence to exercising total control over a partner’s everyday life. Yet, the current law in Scotland only recognises the physic

Alan Meek analyses the Court of Appeal case of Global Corporate Limited v Dirk Stefan Hale. The original decision of HH Judge Paul Matthews last year in this case had been the subject of considerable adverse comment but has now been overturned by the Court of Appeal.

Thorntons has welcomed an experienced property manager to its team to cover South and West Fife. Gavin Venters, who has 19 years’ experience in property valuations, has been appointed as Dunfermline property manager.

Shoosmiths has been appointed to two full-service lots in England, Wales and Scotland on the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Wider Public Sector Legal Services Panel. Shoosmiths’ partner Kirsten Hewson led the bid in conjunction with partners having public sector experience from across the firm

A dog may be reprieved from a death sentence after the Faculty of Advocates’ Criminal Appeal Service provided free assistance to an animal charity.

Perth solicitor Amanda Millar has been confirmed as the Law Society of Scotland’s next vice president. Ms Millar will assume her new role in May 2019 succeeding current vice president, John Mulholland, when he takes up the reins from current President of the Law Society of Scotland, Aliso

CLT Scotland’s advanced offer for the first event in the Scots Law 2019 Exhibition/Conference Series ends on Wednesday. The event will take place at the Glasgow Hilton on 11th & 12th March and all bookings received on or before Wednesday 19th December will attract an advanced offer price s

More than 7,300 people in England and Wales were referred to the Prevent programme in 2017/18, a 20 per cent increase that includes a sharp 36 per cent in rise in referrals for concerns about right-wing extremism. A total of 7,318 people were referred to the UK's counter-terrorism programme in 2017/

Colleagues at CMS Scotland are celebrating after generating thousands of pounds in donations for this year’s Sleep in the Park fund-raiser staged last Saturday.

Neil Young has claimed victory in his pro-climate campaign against Barclaycard, who were due to sponsor his London concert with Bob Dylan. The music legend announced that the Hyde Park concert would go ahead next summer as an independent event, without backing from promoter British Summer Time (BST)

Section 17 of the Scottish ‘Brexit Bill’ – which requires Scottish Ministers’ consent to certain subordinate legislation – is ultra vires of the Scotland Act, which it would modify, though the bill is not entirely outwith the Scottish Parliament's legislative competence

A Scot wanted by the FBI over an alleged shares scam has successfully challenged a decision by the UK Government to delay the introduction of a possible defence to his extradition to the USA. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that the UK Government was acting “unlawfull