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After more than two centuries without a leader, one of Scotland's oldest clans has a chief again. The Clan Gunn, descended from the Norse Jarls nearly 1,000 years ago has been without a chief since 1785.

A series of events to be hosted by the Faculty of Advocates has been announced for the “Securing JUSTICE at 60” appeal. The JUSTICE all-party law reform and human rights organisation is hoping to raise £2 million by its 60th anniversary in 2017.

Deputy President of the Supreme Court, Lady Hale delivered a lecture at Gray’s Inn last night as one of a series of four given by each of the Inns of Court to celebrate the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta. In the address, Lady Hale reflects on the contemporary relevance of the Charter an

A Scottish legal firm has successfully challenged a decision of an arbiter to make an award in favour of a former partner who raised an action against his ex-colleagues following resignation from the partnership. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that the arbiter acted “ultra vires” and “c

Lord Carloway A new sentencing council for Scotland is officially established today.

Roseanna Cunningham To protect Scotland's relationship with unions, it should be excluded from the entire Trade Union Bill according to the Scottish government.

Martin Howe QC The UK government plans to fast-track a proposed British Bill of Rights and get it on the statute books by next summer amid widespread opposition.

Glenn Houston Two panel members have been appointed to Scotland’s Historic Child Abuse Inquiry by Education Secretary Angela Constance today.

Lindsay Urquhart Lindsay Urquhart discusses the consequences for companies of the ECJ's Safe Harbour ruling.

Maggie Moodie The Scottish government has re-appointed Morton Fraser to provide its debt recovery services. It awarded the firm the first contract from its expanded Legal Services Framework which went live in August.

Ashley Hurst Online retail giant Amazon filed papers on Friday against more than 1,000 people in the United States who allegedly posted “false, misleading and inauthentic” online reviews of its products.

Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland QC Two new Libyan suspects have been identified by prosecutors in Scotland and the US over the 1998 Lockerbie bombing.

Two teenagers have been jailed for a minimum of 46 years after being found guilty of killing two men in two days. Following a trial in Glasgow, 19 year old Andrew Moran was convicted of two counts of murder and Paul Erskine, also 19, was found guilty on one charge of murder and one of culpable homic

Belfast solicitor Kevin Winters Applications for official secret court hearings have more than doubled over the past year Ministry of Justice figures show.

Margaret Waldron, principal solicitor at The Law Practice CFINE, the lead partner of the Food Banks Partnership Aberdeen, providing food parcels to those in poverty in the city, has benefited from the donation of more than 500 items since the beginning of the year from The Law Practice Solicitors an