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Lawyers in Nebraska may accept cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin as payment for legal services, a local state ethics committee has determined. The eight-member Lawyers' Advisory Committee said in an advisory dated 11 September 2017 that Nebraska attorneys can accept a cryptocurrency as long as they i

A qualified welcome has been given by the Faculty of Advocates to plans for periodical payment orders, which will introduce major change to personal injury litigation. Ministers propose to bring Scotland into line with the rest of the UK by giving courts power to impose PPOs without the consent of p

The Scottish Civil Justice Council reports in its latest update that the Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session 1994 and Summary Application Rules 1999 Amendment) (Miscellaneous) 2017 will come into force on 18 September. It amends Chapter 49 (Family Actions) of the Rules of the Court of Ses

Macdonald Henderson has achieved a doubling in size since its management buyout in 2009 following the announcement of two new appointments. Victoria Lawson has been appointed as a conveyancing executive in the firm's private client team, while Colm Kerr has been appointed as a trainee solicitor in t

Pictured (l-r): Stephen Clark, Jacqueline Tainsh and George Paschakis Morisons Solicitors has welcomed three new appointments to the firm.

Elizabeth Wilson (left) and Angela Gray

Pictured (l-r): Annabelle Gow and Gordon Stevenson Aberdeen and north-east legal firm Raeburn Christie Clark & Wallace (RCC&W) has announced the appointment of two new solicitors to the firm.

Continuing the firm’s ongoing relationship with IP Inclusive, which is committed to making IP professions more inclusive, Burness Paull is hosting a multi-centre breakfast webinar in the topic of Imposter Syndrome. Many of us suffer from it, even if we didn’t know it had a name. It’s that feel

Campaigners who took legal action over a Home Office decision not to extend a public inquiry on undercover policing to Scotland have been granted permission for a full judicial review.

Attorney General for England and Wales, Jeremy Wright QC The Attorney General for England and Wales, Jeremy Wright QC, has called on judges, solicitors and victims’ groups to submit evidence about the impact of social media on criminal trials.

31st August 2017 marked a special day for graduates of the Specialist Paralegal Qualifications offered by CLT Scotland and accredited by the University of Strathclyde.

Home Office officials are reportedly considering whether to proscribe a far-right group called Scottish Dawn, widely believed to be a direct successor to the banned neo-Nazi group National Action. Last December, National Action became the first far-right group in Britain to be added to the list of p

A survey of Scottish law firms’ finances has shown improving fortunes for smaller law firms. Results from the Law Society of Scotland’s new financial benchmarking survey, published this week has shown that profits per partner (profit before tax and allowances for equity partner salaries) for the

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A man found guilty of raping his partner who claimed that he “reasonably believed” she was consenting has failed in an appeal against his conviction. The appellant argued that the trial judge “misdirected” the jury by advising them that they could use evidence of the complainer’s distress