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A 55 year old man has been jailed after being found guilty of sexually abusing three young girls. At Kilmarnock Sheriff Court, Duncan Mulholland was sentenced to three and a half years imprisonment and placed on the Sex Offenders' Register for abusing the girls who were aged between 7 and 15 .The of

Alan Sheeley Pinsent Masons has warned that police budgets risk being swallowed up by law firms unless work given to them to seize fraudsters' assets is done either on a “no win no fee” basis or according to competitive tendering.

Four legal claims worth tens of thousands of pounds each arising out health care products for the treatment of urinary incontinence have been remitted to the Court of Session. A judge allowed the actions to be remitted from the sheriff court after ruling that “cause had been shown” as there was

The Law Society of Scotland has successfully petitioned the Court of Session to appoint a Judicial Factor over Paisley legal practice, Robertson and Ross Solicitors Limited. Morna Grandison, director of interventions at the Law Society, was appointed by the court as the interim Judicial Factor. As a

Derek Mackay The Scottish government has asked the UK government to reform laws allowing for a Scottish business vehicle to be used in criminal activity.

Alan Strain Davidson Chalmers has announced the appointment of Alan Strain as partner and Jenny Davies as a senior solicitor.

David Flint David Flint considers the potential consequences of Brexit on competition law.

Alan Matthew A strict new copyright law will ensure extra protection for artists and designers from those attempting to rip off their designs.

Michael Fallon Birmingham firm Public Interest Lawyers (PIL) will close at the end of August after being told it will receive no more legal aid funding.

Alison Wild Westwater Advocates’ Alison Wild is taking part in the Edinburgh Culture Crawl to raise money for Maggie’s, the stable’s sponsored charity.

Harper Macleod chief executive Martin Darroch and Sammi Kinghorn

A man accused of drugs-related offences who challenged the admissibility of “expert” evidence of a police officer whose report included content copied from the “Ask Frank” government-funded website has failed in an appeal. The Criminal Appeal Court upheld the sheriff’s decision to repel th

Two former teachers were today jailed for a total of 15 years for physical and sexual abuse over a four year period against a number of boys in their care. John Farrell and Paul Kelly, former members of the Christian Brotherhood, carried out the abuse from January 1979 until July 1983 while they wer

Trade union GMB is celebrating a landmark legal victory over German-owned, low-cost supermarket Lidl. The Central Arbitration Committee (CAC), the independent tribunal with statutory powers over trade union recognition, dismissed Lidl’s attempts to block warehouse operatives employed at the compan

Lewis Crofts and Alison Mackay