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Donald Findlay QC A pensioner has been jailed for five years for historic sex crimes, despite claims he was unable to fully understand court proceedings due to his advanced dementia.

Lynda Towers Nominations for the Law Society of Scotland's In-house Lawyers Group (ILG) Rising Star Award are now open.

Aamer Anwar There are a number of "complex issues" to be taken into account in the investigation into Sheku Bayoh's death, the Lord Advocate has told Mr Bayoh's family.

Dr. Julie Nixon Dr. Julie Nixon, solicitor at MBM Commercial writes about recent changes to UK consumer law.

Pictured: Nicola Sturgeon cut the 50th anniversary cake First Minister Nicola Sturgeon yesterday visited the Scottish Law Commission at its Edinburgh offices to mark the fiftieth anniversary of its establishment.

Sir John Chilcot Sir John Chilcot has issued a statement saying he understands "the anguish" of families of killed British soldiers awaiting the delayed Iraq Inquiry report.

John McKinlay Multinational law firm DLA Piper has been appointed as the sole legal adviser to CodeClan, Scotland's first digital skills academy.

Paul Motion Scots law firm bto Solicitors has taken the stage at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the sixth consecutive year.

A trade union which challenged the introduction of fees for claimants to pursue employment tribunals has had an appeal for judicial review of the policy refused. Unison argued that the decline in the number of cases being brought to tribunal was due to claimants now having to pay anything up to £1,

Sir Stephen House Sir Stephen House, chief constable of Police Scotland has today announced he will leave his post by December 2015.

Ronald Conway The fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into the Glasgow bin lorry crash has heard the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is "failing the public on a truly disturbing scale".

Lord Woolman The liquidator of a multi-million pound hedge fund who raised an action against the company’s solicitors alleging that the firm “breached its fiduciary duties” to its client has failed in a bid to have three of the firm’s new partners included as defenders in the case.

Graham Ogilvy The number of subscribers to the Scottish Legal News daily newsletter has broken through the 10,000 level with the total number of subscribers to the service reaching 10,080 this month.

Alison Sim Law firm HBJ Gateley has appointed Alison Sim a former legal director of oil and gas contractor Subsea 7, as a partner in its Aberdeen office.

Cat MacLean A well-known Edinburgh solicitor who was aided by the Maggie's centre during her battle against aggressive breast cancer is to swim the Forth to say thank you and raise finds for the charity.