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Pictured (L-R): Mary McQueen; Dot Mullally, partner McQueen Legal and Jo Dallas

The Faculty of Advocates was delighted to welcome two sets of overseas students on visits to Scotland.

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Angela Grahame QC Lawyers have responded to the Scottish ministers' decision to lower the discount rate for personal injury awards in Scotland from 2.5 per cent to minus 0.75 per cent, reflecting the same change south of the border, as announced last month by the Lord Chancellor.

A note of caution has been sounded by the Faculty of Advocates about part of a code of practice drafted by the Scottish Legal Aid Board. A section of the revised code on Criminal Legal Assistance deals with complex and costly case planning in instances where counsel has been instructed and the case

The latest civil justice statistics, published by Scotland’s Chief Statistician today, show that 77,721 civil law cases were initiated across the Court of Session, sheriff courts and the newly established Sheriff Personal Injury Court in 2015-16 (excluding summary applications). This is a rise of

Our individual rights must be protected in the wake of the UK's vote to leave the European Union, experts from Scotland’s third sector organisations have warned in a new report. Human Rights Consortium Scotland's report, Rights at risk: A collection of Scottish civil society perspectives on the po

A man found guilty of behaving in a “threatening and abusive manner likely to cause a reasonable person to suffer fear or alarm” after approaching a 14-year-old girl and asking to go with her to her home has failed in an appeal against his conviction. The Sheriff Appeal Court rejected the argume

Robert Kernaghan Solicitors and staff in the Digby Brown Dundee office were overwhelmed to present a cheque for £10,391.68 to The Brae Riding for the Disabled.

The Scottish Civil Justice Council has today launched a consultation on draft rules for Protective Expenses Orders, which will run until 23 June 2017. The draft rules seek to ensure that, where applicable, the rules regulating applications for Protective Expenses Orders (PEOs) in environmental proce

Linda Urquhart OBE

Widespread distrust among British-born Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) people towards the English justice system is having a negative impact on the legitimacy of its criminal courts, according to a new report. The Centre for Justice Innovation's report, Building Trust: How our courts can imp

Your last chance to nominate someone brilliant for the 2017 In-house Rising Star Award, is fast approaching – final nominations for this prestigious award must be submitted by this Friday, 31 March. The award was launched by the In-house Lawyers' Committee of the Law Society of Scotland in 2013, t

A Swedish hotel chain has begun offering refunds to couples who get divorced within a year of staying at one of its hotels. The Countryside Hotels group’s offer is meant to be a “relationship guarantee”, with the chain offering to reimburse the cost of a two-night stay.

There was a 26 per cent fall in recorded bird of prey crimes during 2016, according to the latest information. Crime maps produced by the Partnership for Action against Wildlife Crime (PAW Scotland) show 14 confirmed bird of prey crimes compared to 19 the previous year.