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Michael Livingston Michael Livingston has been elected chairman of Maclay Murray & Spens LLP (MMS), following banking partner Robert Laing's decision to retire after 32 years at the firm. Elected in 2010, Mr Laing is set to hand over the reins on 1 June.

The House of Lords EU Committee has invited the UK government to articulate the positive benefits of EU membership, clearly presented to the public, "rather than playing on the fear of the alternative". It welcomes the government’s new emphasis on the UK’s geopolitical role as part of the EU, an

Graham Murray

The application process for some lending on land and property in Scotland will change from 1 April 2016 as a new trigger to support the completion of theLand Register of Scotland is activated. The historic deeds-based General Register of Sasines will close to standard securities on April 1 and, as a

The dispute resolution team at MBM Commercial beat stiff competition from CMS, Shoosmiths, and Thompsons to win Litigation Team of the Year at this year's Scott + Co Scottish Legal Awards.

Community Contribution Award (L-R): Dougie Vipond; Fiona Sargent; representative from award sponsors, Frasia Wright Associates; Catriona Shearer, Alasdair Cummings

(L-R): Dougie Vipond of BBC Scotland, Donald Walker, assistant editor, The Scotsman, Mark Harris of Pagan Osborne, Catriona Shearer, BBC Scotland

(L-R): Jack Boyle, Simon Allison and Andrew Wallace

The First Minister Nicola Sturgeon (centre) with conference attendees

A lawyer who helped establish the Cayman Islands as a tax haven has left over £1.4 million in his will. Harvey McGregor QC, an Edinburgh native, helped set up the islands as a place for rich clients to safeguard their money from the taxman in the 1970s. He was also Warden of New College, Oxford and

Clare Foster Shepherd and Wedderburn has advised the UK Green Investment Bank plc (GIB) in relation to its latest green loan to help Stirling Council save £31 million over the next 30 years by installing energy saving streetlights.

SLN assistant editor Kapil Summan visited Parliament Hall in Edinburgh to hear former Supreme Court Judicial Assistants (JAs) give their first ever talk in the UK about their roles at an event held by the Scottish Young Lawyers’ Association (SYLA) and kindly hosted by the Society of Solic

A man found guilty of assaulting and robbing a homeless person who claimed that the sheriff erred in repelling a “no case to answer” submission and that the sheriff “misdirected” the jury has failed in an appeal against conviction. The Criminal Appeal Court refused the appeal after ruling th

Financial performance is strong and firms are confident that their pipeline of client instructions will continue to flow steadily in 2016 according to the results of BDO’s survey of independent Scottish legal practices. For the first half of the financial year 2015/16, 88 per cent of respondents r

The Law Society of Scotland has urged legal complaints handling body, the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC), to focus on its statutory core functions following publication of its draft four-year strategy along with its budget and annual plan for 2016/17. The SLCC’s budget was laid before