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The European Council has adopted a directive setting out rules for the protection of trade secrets of EU companies as well as investigative journalists and whistle blowers.

Cat MacLean Cat MacLean writes about barriers to justice and other difficulties in litigating against banks.

Stephen McGowan TLT has successfully secured a permanent 3am licence extension for south side Glasgow nightclub The Shed. This is only the second 3am licence agreed outside the city centre as an exemption to the policy of Glasgow Licensing Board, which permits 3am within the city centre but 2am outw

Asset-rich North Sea businesses are turning to alternative methods of funding ongoing operations as conditions in the region continue to prove challenging, according to lawyers at HBJ Gateley.

Fiona Hyslop The Scottish government has welcomed the consensus reached by the Scottish Parliament to back the campaign for Scotland and the UK to remain part of the EU.

Rt Hon Sir Terence Etherton

Athlete Eilish McColgan took time out from her determined bid to qualify for a second Olympics to present the Lindsays Trophy for cross country participation in Scotland to 2016 winners, Giffnock North AAC.

Former Wimbledon Champion Pat Cash is to return to the Scotland to join fellow legends Tim Henman, Greg Rusedski, Thomas Enqvist and Cédric Pioline at the Brodies Invitational at Gleneagles on June 10/11.

Scottish Legal News will shortly begin a "Weekend Read" slot which will consist of a book review of around 250-300 words to be published each Friday.

A 77-year-old erotic novel writer who died during a solo sex act was described as passing "in flagrante delicto" by an English coroner. Terence Charles Wakelin, writer of titles like Love Slave, was discovered dead by a friend, surrounded with an assortment of "accoutrements" including electric nipp

A Scottish conveyancing solicitor who acted in a series of transactions where the loan paid by the mortgage lender to the purchaser of the property “significantly exceeded” the actual price paid to the seller has been found guilty of “professional misconduct”. Sheena Savage, a former anti-mo

The Law Society of Scotland has paid tribute to past president Michael Park CBE, who passed away on 25 May. Current president of the Law Society, Christine McLintock, said: "Michael was an excellent president and worked tirelessly to represent Scottish solicitors. We were sad to hear the news of his

Professor Lorne Crerar Harper Macleod has won a double appointment to advise Historic Environment Scotland (HES), the new public body which brings together Historic Scotlandand the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Scotland.

The cohort of former Royal Bank of Scotland business customers who have amalgamated to launch a class action lawsuit against the still 73 per cent state-owned, bailed-out bank over its handling of businesses in distress have created a new website to appeal for witnesses.