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Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC The Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC, has welcomed the beginning of UK Hate Crime Awareness Week with a promise to use the full force of the law against hate crime.

Justice Secretary Michael Matheson The number of homicides in Scotland fell to their lowest on record last year, according to new figures published today.

Lawyers with an interest in children’s rights are being invited to a roundtable event on using the law and human rights to advance policy. Clan Childlaw, which provides children and young people throughout Scotland with free information about the law and their rights, is bringing together voluntar

Following a successful event in Oban, Terra Firma Chambers are looking forward to the next stops on their ‘Autumn Tour’ - Inverness on 26th October and Aberdeen on the 27th. These events are part of TFC’s ongoing commitment to strengthening links with law firms and direct access organisations

Internet users who incite people to harass others online could face prosecution under new guidance adopted by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). The Director of Public Prosecutions, Alison Saunders, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "The internet's not an anonymous place where people can post wi

RGL Management Limited, the group gearing-up to launch a class action lawsuit against Royal Bank of Scotland over the conduct of its disbanded Global Restructuring Group, has said its numbers and value will soar after internal documents containing damning revelations were published. RGL had recently

The GMB union has called for a “massive” housebuilding programme to get underway “without delay” after a report by the union found that workers on average earnings in Scotland are priced out of the housing market in 21 out of 32 local authority areas. Published yesterday, the report shows cu

Paralympian Samantha 'Sammi' Kinghorn, Scotland's leading wheelchair racer, has signed up as Harper Macleod's Athlete Ambassador for the fourth year in a row. The firm's relationship with Sammi began after the firm became legal advisers to the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and they supported the t

Shepherd and Wedderburn have been crowned Scotland’s brainiest business after winning the Marie Curie Glasgow Brain Game.

Graham Ogilvy The UK Government has wisely rowed back on its proposed Foreign Workers’ Directive which was produced with a flourish at last week’s Conservative Party conference by a Home Secretary playing to a xenophobic gallery.

Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire The UK government is planning to work with the Irish government to strengthen the external border of the Common Travel Area (CTA) after Brexit, The Guardian reports.

Justice Secretary Michael Matheson The Campaign Opposing Police Surveillance (COPS) has criticised the Scottish government's decision to ask the HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMIC) to carry out a review of secret policing, The Ferret reports.

Lord Sumption Lord Sumption of the UK Supreme Court recently delivered a lecture to an audience of Administrative Appeals Chamber and Immigration and Asylum Chamber judges in London.

Heather Mckendrick Heather Mckendrick explains the work of the newly-launched Lawscot Foundation in supporting the next generation of Scottish lawyers.

Ciaran Dougherty Harper Macleod has continued to expand its Personal Injury & Reparation (PI&R) team by bringing in its fourth new recruit in the past month.