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Brodies lawyer Duncan MacLean has raised over £5,000 for a prostate cancer charity by taking part in the Grand Départ Classic cycle race. Mr MacLean, an experienced commercial litigator, rode the 125-mile first road stage of the 2017 Tour de France in June in memory of his dad and uncle, who both

Pictured: Kenneth Shand and Jeremy Cohen Scottish firm Maclay Murray & Spens has announced plans to merge with Dentons, the world's largest law firm by headcount.

Pictured (l-r): Laura Burns and Shirley Li-Ting A double appointment at Gilson Gray's Glasgow office has further bolstered the firm's pool of talent.

Senior partner Brenda Mitchell A specialist road traffic accident law firm has expanded its Peebles office with a series of new appointments and promotions.

Nur Ben-Hamida Cloch Solicitors has welcomed postgraduate law student Nur Ben-Hamida to the firm as part of its University of Glasgow LLM exchange programme.

The application window for Balfour+Manson traineeships commencing next year will close tomorrow. Would-be applicants have until Friday 21 July to submit their application and compete for a traineeship with the Edinburgh- and Aberdeen-based firm.

James McGachie James McGachie, legal director in DLA Piper's Edinburgh offices, writes on proposed changes to civil litigation funding in Scotland.

Liam Kerr The number of prisoners disciplined for taking drugs in jail has nearly doubled over the past four years, according to Scottish Prison Service figures.

Graham Stevenson Macdonald Henderson has advised The Glenallachie Consortium in the signing of an agreement to acquire the Glenallachie Distillery from Pernod Ricard.

Commissioner Kate Frame The Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) found a number of failings in the way police responded to reports of concern about a man suffering from Asperger’s Syndrome, who was later found dead.

Andy Kinsella Work on a £2 billion wind farm off the Fife coast will begin next year after the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) lost a long-running legal battle against the development.

The House of Lords' EU committee has warned that conferring legal personality upon Scotland, to enable it to negotiate its own agreements with the EU or third countries, would have "profound and unpredictable constitutional and political consequences". The committee's fourth report, published today,

Jody Crockett Burness Paull has announced a raft of appointments and partner promotions that it says underpin its ambitious strategy for the future.

Equalities secretary Angela Constance Public bodies in Scotland will become the first in the UK to be legally required to put reducing poverty and inequality at the heart of their decision making, under new proposals outlined by ministers.

Michael Dempsey Michael Dempsey called to the bar on Friday 14 July, joining Hastie Stable.