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Numerous criminal barristers are going broke as a result of the shrinking legal aid budget, The Times reports. The Bar Council, which represents more than 15,000 barristers, has told the UK government that the profession is “at a pivotal point”.

BTO Solicitors LLP has announced it will be supporting art workshops for residents at Hillside View Care Home in Paisley this autumn.

Following the annual Patience and Buchan bake sale to raise funds for Alzheimer Scotland, the firm is pleased to announce a donation of £1,418 for the charity.

A dedicated team of walkers from Miller Hendry have raised a total of £3,325 after completing a special charity trek in memory of two former colleagues who passed away.

Austria's Supreme Court has ruled that a Turkish man, who is anonymous, gave up his right to Austrian nationality when he registered to vote in Turkey, setting a precedent for 20,000 naturalised Turks to be deprived of Austrian citizenship. The right-wing Freedom Party, which is in control of the in

Students have been given a list of offensive costumes they have been told not to wear for Halloween, including cowboy outfits. Also in the list of proscribed dress, issued by Kent University's student union, are the clothes of priests, nuns, Nazis, Crusaders, ISIS bombers, Native Americans, Israeli

A man whose wife made a false rape allegation against him and moved away with their children has been granted a divorce and a contact order in a case in which the sheriff found the children's negative views of their father were not independently formed and that the mother's witnesses,

TLT has acquired Glasgow-based commercial real estate firm Leslie Wolfson & Co. The deal adds three partners to TLT in Scotland: senior partner Howard Beach who advises on a wide range of commercial real estate work including investment purchases, sales, leasing and bank

Gillespie Macandrew has promoted experienced corporate and commercial lawyer Chris Gibson to partner. Mr Gibson manages a broad range of corporate and commercial work and is a member of the Scottish Legal Awards’ newly recognised Corporate Deal Team of the Year 2018.

Dr Stuart Waiton looks at the issue of rape being examined in the civil court following vindication of an accused at trial. Men in Scotland are now at risk of being branded ‘rapist’ for political and ideological reasons, following the Stephen Coxen case. Coxen was tried for the

Miller Hendry has welcomed two newly graduated trainee solicitors, as it continues to expand and strengthen its team in its Dundee and Perth offices. Edinburgh University law graduate Adam Hoggan has joined Miller Hendry's Dundee office after finishing his studies over the summer.

Michaela Dougan has joined Thorntons' personal injury team in Edinburgh. Throughout her training and since qualifying in 2017, she has specialised in pursuing a variety of personal injury claims including road traffic accidents, slip and trip claims, occupiers liability, employers liability, no

The U-turn over when and where this month’s Betfred Cup semi-finals will take place is yet another frustrating example of how supporters have become virtual bystanders in the governance of Scottish football, writes Arveen Arabshahi. With both sides of the Old Firm advancing in the competi

Last year saw only one recorded incident of illegal bird of prey poisoning in Scotland, according to new maps published by the Partnership for Action Against Wildlife Crime (PAW) Scotland. This is the lowest total in a single year since PAW Scotland began compiling data for 2004 onwards.Despite the