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Thorntons is welcoming all budding lawyers to a networking event at its Dundee offices this week. The free event is open to all third and fourth year and Diploma students interested in finding out more about the traineeships on offer at the firm for 2018. Attendees will have the chance to meet some

Ross Jespersen (pictured), the winner of theScottish Legal News / DLA Piper Essay Competition has described his placement at the firm as “invaluable”. Ross, who has a particular interest in the way law intersects with technology, was chosen by a panel of academics from Dundee and Edinburghuniver

The effectiveness of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) as Scotland’s independent prosecutor is to be the subject of a major new inquiry by MSPs on the Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee amid worries it is overburdened. The committee has issued a call for views asking or

Holyrood's European and External Relations Committee, which investigates the implications for Scotland of leaving the EU, has published an initial report today, with access to the single market emerging as a key priority area for businesses and industry in Scotland. Today’s report comes as MSPs on

A Scots lawyer has said preserving the “not proven” verdict while abolishing “not guilty” is logical but may not be desirable due to negative associations with Scotland’s unique third verdict. In a response to the Scottish government’s plans to look at how juries come to their decisions

The Scottish government is seeking views on proposals for a register of controlling interests in landowners and tenants. The consultation takes forward work in the Land Reform Act 2016 to ensure that communities, tenants and land owners know and understand more about who controls land owners and ten

Colin Souter has written a response to a September 5 article by solicitorBrian Inkster. The views expressed below are not those of shareholders at Upper Coll Common Grazings or of Scottish Legal News. As the Grazings Constable for Upper Coll, I took over under difficult circumstances, after the form

A veteran lawyer has said the families of the Glasgow bin lorry tragedy have every right to demand justice, The Daily Record reports. Ross Harper, 81, led Scotland’s first successful private prosecution for a woman who was raped and knifed 34 years ago.

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MacRoberts has promoted one new partner internally and attracted one new partner externally to further strengthen its construction group. David Wilson (pictured), who has been with MacRoberts for 16 years, was previously a director within the construction group. He has extensive expertise in advisin

Pictured (L-R): solicitor advocate Martin Morrow, solicitor advocate Neil Hay and solicitor Murray Aitken

Gordon Jackson QC (pictured), Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, has written an open letter to the new Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC. Dear James

CMS has been awarded “Legal Advisor of the Year” at the Scottish Business Insider Deals & Dealmakers Awards, held in Glasgow. The Deals & Dealmakers Awards acknowledge and reward excellence in corporate finance transactions, and are based on deals completed in the fiscal year 2015/16.

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Invoking Article 50 does not mean it cannot subsequently be revoked, according to one of the EU lawyers who helped draft it. Speaking to Sky News, Jean Claude Piris said: “My opinion is that there is no legal provision in Article 50 providing that when you give your intention you cannot change you