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An informal gathering in memory of solicitor Michael McGinley will be held next Wednesday in Dundee at Clarks on Lindsay Street and to which friends and colleagues are warmly invited. The event will begin at 5pm.

A law allowing graves to be rented out was the subject of a recent public inquiry. Under an act, relatives can rent graves for periods of 25-99 years if they cannot afford the leasehold fees on a permanent grave.

The UK's bulk interception regime violates article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, judges in the European Court of Human Rights have ruled by five votes to two. The case of Big Brother Watch and Others v the United Kingdom concerned complaints by journalists and rights organisations ab

The European Parliament has given its backing to controversial new copyright rules which critics say will limit freedom of expression on the internet. The revised proposal for an EU Directive on copyright in the digital single market was approved by MEPs by 438 votes to 226, with 39 absten

DWF has announced its results for the year that ended 30 April 2018. Revenue increased by 18 per cent from £199 million to £236m, while profit per equity partner also increased. Andrew Leaitherland, managing partner and CEO, said: “This has been another very strong year for DWF, wi

Partner Jacqueline Leslie (second from left) receives the firm's accreditation from STEP representative Gemma Copestick Harper Macleod has become one of a select group of practices to be recognised as an 'Employer Partner' by STEP, the global professional association for practitioners who speci

Dentons has announced that it is one of the first law firms to partner with Women Returners Scotland, which aims to help qualified lawyers to re-enter the legal profession after an extended period away.  Women Returners Scotland is supported by the Scottish government with funding from the

Professor Hector MacQueen has recorded an account of the laws of medieval Galloway with particular reference to the period between 1150 and 1300.

An advert in the programme for the Wigtown Book Festival has thrown up its own bit of mystery, in the shape of an advocate’s wig. The illustration for Well-Read Books of Wigtown, proclaimed as the town’s newest bookshop, features the wig and a bunch of grapes.

The Scottish Paralegal Association (SPA) was established 25 years ago. It remains the only association recognised by the Law Society of Scotland as representing the interests and promoting the development of Paralegals in Scotland. The SPA host a number of well-attended events around the country whi

All 25 prisons in the US state of Pennsylvania were put on lockdown recently after prison staff fell ill from exposure to a mysterious drug. Nearly 30 employees from ten different facilities have reported the symptoms of nausea, dizziness, tingling and a scratchy throat.

Criminal lawyers in Edinburgh have withdrawn from a legal aid duty scheme covering the Justice of the Peace court because there are too few solicitors to do the work. Ninety-one criminal law members of the Edinburgh Bar Association, belonging to 35 firms, have stopped providing cover to the Scottish

Brexit will bring an end to the high-level co-operation between the UK and other EU countries on extraditions, the Lord Advocate has said. James Wolffe QC told MSPs that as a result of Brexit extraditions such as those of Slovakian murderer Marek Harcar, who killed Glasgow sales executive Moira Jone