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A new legal resourcing business founded by an international lawyer aims to meet the needs of high-flying practitioners seeking a work-life balance. Natalie Kirk, who worked in the Middle East for eight years with US law firm Weil Gotshal & Manges, is set to open Element Legal Services in Gl

Police Scotland’s computer system is in urgent need of being updated, according to a report from the force’s deputy chief officer, The Scotsman reports. The single force needs more than £200 million to carry out the modernisations — which have been delayed for years.

RSB Lindsays has appointed solicitor Alison Broomhall to its Dundee commercial property team. Ms Broomhall has worked in commercial property for over two-and-half years and her previous experience includes acting for landlord and tenant in retail, hospitality and leisure transactions and acting for

The Home Office has increased the fees to renounce British citizenship after a surge in people adopting the citizenship of other EU countries, The Independent reports. Ministers have been accused of “cashing in on Brexit” and giving Britons on the continent a "last kick out the door" aft

The "professional ethos and culture" of law firms discourages men from taking parental leave, leading to gender inequality in the legal profession, an international study has found.Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland and TÉLUQ University in Québec exami

Anderson Strathern is advising Elgin Energy around Scotland’s largest solar farm at the former RAF base at Milltown in Moray. The 50 megawatt (MW) solar park, which received approval from the Scottish government last week, will likely power a combination of thousands of homes and electric cars

Addleshaw Goddard’s corporate team in Scotland has advised on more than £500 million worth of transactions in 2018 so far. From January to May, the team advised on over 10 deals across sectors including real estate, manufacturing, energy and technology.

The bosses of firms which make nuisance calls could face fines of up to £500,000 under UK government proposals to hold them personally liable. A consultation on the plans is being launched, though the idea was first proposed in 2016 and was meant to be in place last year.

Workers posted temporarily to another EU country must get equal pay for equal work in the same place under new rules agreed by the European Parliament yesterday.The revised rules, approved 456-147 with 49 abstentions, aim to ensure better protection for posted workers and fair competition

Blackadderes' incapacity law team managed to bag a total of 15 Munros raising (to date) a total of £2,504.36 for Alzheimer Scotland. They completed: Ben Lawers (5), White Mounth (5), The Cairnwell Munros (3) and Glen Clova (2). ⛰️

The Scottish Civil Justice Council (SCJC) has launched a public consultation on the case management of family and civil partnership actions in the Sheriff Court. The consultation will run until 22 August 2018. The SCJC’s Family Law Committee is considering ways to improve how family actions ar

An appeal against a sheriff’s ruling on appeal from a children’s hearing should be an “exceptional” occurrence since there is a right of review of the original decision after three months, and the European Convention on Human Rights is not intended to provide a “catch-a

A Holyrood committee has welcomed the Scottish Crown Estate Bill in a report published today, while also suggesting ways it could be strengthened. The Scottish Parliament’s Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee made a series of recommendations followings its examination of the

New figures show a decline in Scotland’s murder rate and an increase in reports of rape, The Herald reports. Unofficial police numbers show murder has fallen to a 40-year low, with 59 killings in 2017-18, one of the smallest figures since 1976. In 2004-05, there were 137 criminally violent dea

Congratulations are due to the University of Dundee, which has been ranked third for law in this year’s Guardian University guide. The university tweeted: “We're elated with this result, and many thanks to all those staff, administrators and students that made it possible!”