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Nicola Sturgeon First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s pledge to forge ahead with a new Climate Change Bill and energy strategy has been welcomed by Pinsent Masons.

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has updated its internal guidance which will apply to the determination of all complaints that go to determination committees from 1 September 2016. According to the SLCC, while there is no change to the maximum amount of complaints levy that can be im

Maria Botha-Lopez House prices in east central Scotland are continuing to increase year-on-year, despite predictions that Brexit would have an effect on property prices, according to the latest analysis from ESPC.

Iain Patience One of Scotland’s leading family law solicitors has decided to change his role after almost 39 years in the legal profession. Iain Patience, founding partner of Aberdeen-based family law specialists, Patience and Buchan, has retired as a partner to become a consultant with the firm.

Changes to the Ordinary Cause Rules will make it clear that, when a family or civil partnership action is intimated to a child who is not a party to the proceedings, a copy of the initial writ must not be sent to the child, the Scottish Civil Justice Council has said. Currently, the Ordinary Cause R

The Faculty of Advocates will be a proud host of the celebratory launch of a Scottish group which has emerged from the wreckage of a GB adoption charity to continue vital work on behalf of children in need. The British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) had been renowned for promoting goo

Andrew Walker QC Barristers have been warned they must fully brief themselves on the facts of a case before going to court.

Thorntons has pledged its support for Cash for Kids each year through a Charity Wills campaign – and this year the firm’s new Kirkcaldy office will also back the annual appeal this September.

Lord Carloway The Lord Justice General, Lord Carloway, has written a practice note on continuity of representation, reproduced below.

Prince Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein The United Nations’ human rights chief has blasted populist politicians in the West, calling them "demagogues and political fantasists" and decrying their tactics of using half-truths and oversimplification, “the two scalpels of the arch propagandist”, in an impass

Donald Trump US presidential hopeful Donald Trump could be sued for breach of privacy by a rambler on his golf course in Aberdeenshire.

A drug dealer from Livingston has been ordered to pay £80,000 under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. At Livingston Sheriff Court, Graham Carroll was made subject of the confiscation order after previously having been found guilty of being involved in the supply of "designer" drugs.

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Iain McLean, a real estate partner at DWF’s Edinburgh office, is to go the extra mile for the Howard’s Way Walk, a unique fundraising activity launched in 2007 to raise money for Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund in memory of Howard Kerr, by hiking an extra 7 miles