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The Sheriff Principal has issued Practice Note No. 1 of 2017 altering the timetable for procedural steps in actions in the All Scotland Personal Injury Court, following consultation with the Personal Injuries Users Group. It should be noted that the Practice Note relates only to actions in the natio

Scullion LAW has announced its partnership with Alzheimer’s Scotland and is supporting World Alzheimer’s Month in September by offering clients and contacts a discount on Powers of Attorney (POA) and a free Living Will throughout September and October. For each completed POA transaction the firm

James Keith MacRoberts has announced a trainee retention rate of 77 per cent as well as a number of internal promotions.

The ex-wife of a man found guilty of murder and being concerned in the supply of cannabis is to be removed from her “family home” after a judge granted a proceeds of crime order for administrators to recover the property. Margaret Duncan, former wife of convicted killer and drug dealer James Dun

The 250-year-old history of one of Scotland’s most high profile small firms came to an end over the weekend with the long anticipated collapse of Pagan Osborne. Pagan Osborne had attempted in recent times to rebalance the business and move away from domestic conveyancing but it would appear that d

Douglas Mill In his regular SLN column, former Law Society of Scotland chief executive Douglas Mill considers this weekend’s sad demise of Pagan Osborne and gives his personal view.

Pictured (L-R): Paul Motion, Lynn Richmond, Alan Borthwick and Laura Irvine

Brodies LLP has expanded its insurance & risk team with the appointment of new partner Duncan Mawby, a clinical defence and professional discipline specialist with 16 years’ experience representing healthcare professionals in clinical negligence and regulatory proceedings. Mr Mawby is one of a

Pictured (L-R): Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP Partners Angus MacLeod and Ian Donaldson with Keith Robertson of Robertson & Co

Vikki Melville Vikki Melville takes a look at the problem of fraudulent conduct in civil cases and the shortcomings of the bill intended to remedy it.

A trainee solicitor has been convicted of providing illegal immigration advice and services. Babar Khan, of Sydenham, London was convicted on 24 August at Southwark Crown Court of providing unregulated immigration advice and services. He was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment suspended for two yea

Countryside campaigners who sought judicial review of a decision to approve plans for a new wind farm in a designated “wild land” area have had their legal challenge dismissed. Danish billionaire and landowner Anders Povlsen, director of Wildland Limited, which owns the Ben Loyal, Kinloch and Ho

Lord Bracadale The Offensive Behaviour at Football Act has been described as “unusual” and unlike anything else in the rest of the world by academics involved in a review of hate crime, The Herald reports.

David Flint David Flint looks at a case illustrating the fine line between necessary and unnecessary restrictions in the competition rules.