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Colin Lancaster Projects managed by the Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) aimed at helping people cope with issues including debt, mortgage worries and benefit problems will continue after receiving £6 million of funding.

The Scottish Parliament has agreed to the creation of a Justice Committee Sub-Committee on Policing to consider and report on the operation of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012, as it relates to policing. The committee’s membership is drawn wholly from the current Justice Committee, a

Scottish-based colleagues at the law firm which managed the complex insolvency of a North Sea exploration and production (E&P) company have been recognised for their ground-breaking work by the British Legal Awards. The work carried out for First Oil PLC, led by CMS’s Edinburgh and Aberdeen of

Maria Botha-Lopez Houses in South Queensferry have shown one of the largest increases in average house prices over the last three months, according to the latest analysis by ESPC.

Chris Harte Morton Fraser recorded a strong performance last year with newly lodged accounts showing turnover, profits and cash in the bank all up.

Shaun Mackintosh Boyd Legal has secured the services of Shaun Mackintosh who joins its ranks fresh from a senior Aberdeen-based role.

The bar regulator has proposed three new ways of qualifying as a barrister in a consultation. The first option in the Bar Standards Board’s (BSB) Future Bar Training Consultation is the “evolutionary” approach, which would preserve the current system of academic study, vocational training and

Teams of runners from Harper Macleod had success on and off the road last weekend when they took part in the "Bank of Scotland Great Scottish Run".

A motorist who was jailed after admitting driving while disqualified and without insurance has failed in an appeal against his sentence. Stephen Gilchrist, who was sentenced to 11 months imprisonment – reduced from 12 on account of his guilty plea – argued that he ought to have been given a grea

On the whole, there is parity regarding the numbers of male and female judges and public prosecutors, despite the continued existence of a “glass ceiling” blocking access to higher responsibility positions, according to a major new study of different judicial systems across Europe published toda

A couple suspected of tax evasion whose home was searched did not suffer any violation of their article 8 rights, the European Court of Human Rights has unanimously held. The proceedings against them had been triggered when information about their assets held in a Liechtenstein bank had been illegal

Launching its Business Plan this week, the Scottish Sentencing Council announced the areas its first guidelines will cover including death by driving, and environment & wildlife offences. Environmental and wildlife issues have particular significance in Scotland relating to tourism, rural indust

David Flint MacRoberts has been shortlisted for commercial team of the year at the British Legal Awards alongside Eversheds, Herbert Smith Freehills, Olswang, Simmons and Simmons & Ward Hadaway.

Stuart Gillies As Brexit looms, Stuart Gillies (pictured) highlights the top five clauses to consider when reviewing loan documentation.

Pictured: chairman Jack Robertson (front centre, holding award) with the team from Thorntons after winning the title of Best Scottish Employer 2016.