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Ben Macpherson Figures from the Scottish legal world have been elected as MSPs in the Holyrood elections.

Trade negotiations between Europe and the US have been put in peril following the leak of hundreds of pages of documents in recent days. Speaking to The Brief, City of London lawyers said the leaked documents show how difficult negotiations over the transatlantic trade and investment partnership (TT

Terra Firma Chambers’ deputy clerk, Andy Veitch will be running the Edinburgh Marathon on Sunday 29th May in aid of Parkinson’s UK. Every hour, someone in the UK is told they have Parkinson's. Parkinson’s UK offer friendship, support, expert information and advice; they also fund ground breaki

A man found guilty of a charge which libelled that he broke into a residential property and stole jewellery has failed in an appeal against conviction after claiming there was “insufficient evidence” to corroborate the theft. The Criminal Appeal Court rejected the appellant’s claim that the st

The House of Lords European Union Committee will next week publish its report on the UK government’s proposals to introduce a British Bill of Rights and repeal the Human Rights Act. During the inquiry, the committee heard evidence from a number of witnesses including Justice Secretary Michael Gove

Bill Banks Kingdom Housing Group has appointed six firms to its new three-year legal framework in a procurement process that highlighted the requirement of the successful firms to include community benefits in their tenders to deliver added value.

Stuart Murray Shoosmiths' Edinburgh corporate team has advised Californian games publisher Maximum Games LLC on their acquisition of UK-based video games developer and distributor Avanquest Software Publishing Limited.

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TC Young has announced that Alison Hempsey has been promoted from associate to partner, in its private client team, and that Marianne McJannett has been promoted to associate within its employment team. Ms Hempsey has a particular interest in adult incapacity law and is a member of the Law Society�

Voting is now open for the Law Society of Scotland Council elections in the constituencies of of Glasgow & Strathkelvin and Cupar, Dunfermline & Kirkcaldy. Seven of the 10 seats due to be filled on the Law Society’s Council this year will see a contested election after 15 solicitors put th

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A dramatisation of the 1528 trial of Patrick Hamilton, the first martyr of the Scottish Reformation, is being staged in St Andrews, where he was convicted of being a heretic and burned at the stake.

A gambler who lost more than £90,000 after placing an online bet on a Scottish football match has failed in a legal challenge over the bookmaker’s decision to refuse to pay out. A judge in the Court of Session refused permission for the application for judicial review to proceed after ruling that

A wave of claims from motorists fined for driving in bus lanes could soon flood Scottish courts according to one expert, The Herald reports. Paul Mackie, a consultant on CCTV, said a challenge by a Livingston couple to their £274 fine, on the basis it falls foul of data protection legislation, coul