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Russell Frith A national data-sharing exercise has found nearly £17 million of fraud and error across services in Scotland's public finances.

Christopher Bright The Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) may require significant reform and investment after the UK leaves the European Union, according to London lawyers.

Paul Geoghegan Morton Fraser has been appointed as an approved legal adviser to member clubs of Scottish Gymnastics, the national governing body for the sport of gymnastics in Scotland.

Alan Matthew Employers can justifiably access their employees’ private emails if there is a good reason for them to do so, according to Tayside solicitors and estate agents Miller Hendry.

On Saturday 25 June 2016, 16 brave souls from the BLM Glasgow office took part in the mammoth challenge of a 26-mile marathon for Macmillan Cancer Support along Hadrian’s Wall. The hike along Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage Site took the team past old Roman forts, settlements and stunning sc

The newly-elected Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, Gordon Jackson QC, has been introduced formally to the Court of Session in a short ceremony. Mr Jackson was presented to the Lord President, Lord Carloway, sitting with Lords Brodie and Bracadale, in the First Division courtroom.

A challenge to a 2008 decision endorsing a prohibition on settlement of the British Indian Ocean Territories has been dismissed by the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal by a majority of 3 to 2. Lord Mance gave the majority judgment, with which Lord Neuberger agreed. Lord Clarke g

Michael E. Lamb A member of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry panel has resigned, claiming the Scottish government has “doomed” the inquiry before the first witness has been heard by repeatedly threatening its independence.

Murray Shaw Gillespie Macandrew LLP has announced an increase in profits in its last financial year of over 18 per cent from £2.4 million to £2.86m on the back of an increase in turnover of 6.7 per cent from £9.81m to £10.47m. These figures are incorporated in the firm’s annual report and acco

Pictured (L-R): Prof Sir Kenneth Calman, Prof David Sellar, Prof John Briggs

Two Scottish prisoners who complained about the excessive length of criminal proceedings brought against them had their article 6 rights violated, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. The applicants, Charles Bernard O’Neill and William Hugh Lauchlan, were born in 1962 and 1976 respectivel

On Saturday 20 August, Edinburgh’s Phoenix Choir will be staging an up-beat, fast-paced soul and gospel concert in the heart of Edinburgh’s old town in order to raise money for the Child Brain Injury Trust, a charity that supports children and young people who have sustained acquired brain injur

Gordon Jackson QC The new Dean of the Faculty of Advocates is Gordon Jackson QC, the current Vice-Dean and former MSP.

Nicola McCartney Expert asbestos-related disease lawyers at Irwin Mitchell Glasgow, which helps hundreds of people affected by mesothelioma every year, has backed Action Mesothelioma Day, which takes place on Friday 1 July.

An appeal which sought to challenge a sheriff’s decision to grant a residence order on the basis that the sheriff erred in making certain findings in fact has been dismissed as “entirely devoid of merit”. The note of appeal challenged the sheriff’s approach to evidence led at a child welfare